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Personalized cancer vaccines on the horizon
Dec 02, 2014
In the near future, physicians may treat some cancer patients with personalized vaccines that spur their immune systems to attack malignant tumors. Read More
Geographical variation in use of cancer-related imaging does not reflect overuse
Dec 01, 2014
Geographic variation in utilization of health care services may not be a reliable indicator of the extent of overuse, according to an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Read More
Scientists identify early gene changes that precede blood cancer
Dec 01, 2014
Scientists have identified some early, pre-cancerous changes in blood genes that significantly increase a person's chance of developing blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma. Read More
Study implicates TET1 enzyme as a master regulator in cancer
Dec 01, 2014
Mutations in the KRAS gene have long been known to cause cancer, and about one third of solid tumors have KRAS mutations or mutations in the KRAS pathway. Read More
Possible route to new treatments discovered during research on a rare cancer
Dec 01, 2014
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) discovered the unusual role of lactate in the metabolism of alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS), a rare, aggressive... Read More
First steps for new breast cancer vaccine show promise
Dec 01, 2014
A small-scale trial testing the safety of a new breast cancer vaccine in patients with metastatic breast cancer is safe and could slow cancer progression. Read More
Efficacy proven of new drug against stem cells that provoke the onset and growth of cancer and its metastasis
Dec 01, 2014
An Andalusian team of researchers led by the University of Granada has designed a drug that fights cancerogenic stem cells responsible for the onset and development of cancer, for relapse after... Read More
'Therapeutic reprogramming' may lead to treatment for epidermolysis bullosa, a blistering skin disease
Dec 01, 2014
Induced pluripotent stem cells made from patients with a form of blistering skin disease can be genetically corrected and used to grow back healthy skin cells in laboratory dishes, researchers at the... Read More
Findings pave way for new lines of cancer research focused on detection and prevention
Dec 01, 2014
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals have uncovered an easily detectable, "pre-malignant" state in the blood that... Read More
Potential predictive biomarker for response to PD-L1 has implications for lung cancer, melanoma and other cancers
Dec 01, 2014
A promising experimental immunotherapy drug works best in patients whose immune defenses initially rally to attack the cancer but then are stymied by a molecular brake that shuts down the response... Read More
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