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Provider-focused intervention improves HPV vaccination rates
Nov 28, 2014
Changing the way doctors practice medicine is difficult, however a new study has shown that combining traditional education with quality improvement and incentives improves Human Papilloma virus... Read More
Experts call for greater awareness of alcohol related liver disease and liver cancer
Nov 27, 2014
United European Gastroenterology (UEG) is supporting the second annual Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH) and calls for greater awareness of the relationship between alcohol and liver... Read More
New data from a pooled analysis shows improved overall survival for prostate cancer patients treated with FIRMAGON
Nov 27, 2014
New data published in the December issue of the European Journal of Urology indicates improvement in overall survival (OS) and prostate specific antigen progression free survival (PSA PFS) for... Read More
Research team proves the efficacy of new drug against stem cells that provoke the onset and growth of cancer and its metastasis
Nov 27, 2014
An Andalusian team of researchers led by the University of Granada has demonstrated the efficacy of a new drug against cancerogenic stem cells, which cause the onset and development of cancer, of... Read More
Common indigestion medicine could be used in fight against cancer
Nov 27, 2014
According to a new study, a common medicine used to treat indigestion can also improve survival rates in colorectal cancer cases and other forms of the disease. Read More
In mice, therapeutic nanoparticles dampen H. pylori bacteria and inflammation that lead to ulcers and gastric cancer
Nov 27, 2014
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with gastric ulcers and cancer. Read More
Researchers stop 'vicious cycle of inflammation' that leads to tumor growth
Nov 27, 2014
UAlberta research team finds that inhibiting a key enzyme decreases the early development of tumours, their spread to other organs and improves the effectiveness of chemotherapies. Read More
In sub-Saharan Africa, educating the public on sickle cell risk
Nov 27, 2014
Members of the public in sub-Saharan Africa who are carriers of the hereditary disease sickle cell disease must be educated aggressively through public health campaigns to raise awareness of the... Read More
UCLA scientists discover why patients respond to a life-saving melanoma drug
Nov 26, 2014
UCLA researchers have pioneered a new methodology to predict why some patients battling advanced melanoma respond well or not at all to the new breakthrough drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda). Read More
The immune system against cancer
Nov 26, 2014
Promising clinical responses in patients with various cancer types have recently been achieved with checkpoint blockade immunotherapies, which work by reawakening the immune system's response to... Read More
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