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Siblings Of Children With Cancer Helped By New Educational Program
Jan 12, 2012
Having a brother or sister with newly diagnosed cancer can be a distressing and difficult time for a child. While most children eventually cope, there can be a period of adjustment when their school work and social functioning suffer... Read More
Study Reveals Need For Improvements In Decision-Making Process For Breast Cancer Surgery Patients
Jan 12, 2012
According to the results of a new study published in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, many early-stage breast cancer survivors lacked knowledge about their disease and were not meaningfully involved in treatment discussions or asked their preferences regarding the approach to treatment... Read More
Nanotechnology Researchers Develop New Strategy To Deliver Chemotherapy To Prostate Cancer Cells
Jan 11, 2012
Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy "bait" is a greater challenge... Read More
Protein Inhibitor Has Potent Anti-Tumor Effects, May Offer More Effective Treatment For Multiple Myeloma
Jan 11, 2012
A new study from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, shows that MAL3-101, a recently developed inhibitor of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), appears to have potent anti-tumor effects on multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. Despite aggressive modes of treatments, myeloma ultimately remains incurable. The disease has a high incidence in the communities served by SUNY Downstate... Read More
As Monotherapy And In Combinations, Ganetespib Showed Activity In KRAS-Mutant NSCLC
Jan 11, 2012
The investigational drug ganetespib, a synthetic second-generation Hsp90 inhibitor, slowed the growth of cancer cells taken from non-small cell lung cancer tumors with a mutation in the KRAS gene. The drug was even more active when combined with traditional lung cancer treatments and other investigational targeted therapies, according to preclinical study data. David A. Proia, Ph.D... Read More
Identification Of Precancer Markers In Airway Epithelium Cells Of Healthy Smokers
Jan 11, 2012
Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent data... Read More
Annual Bleeding Events And Frequency Of Infusions Reduced By Preventive Hemophilia A Treatment
Jan 11, 2012
A Rush University Medical Center led international research team has announced that a treatment to prevent bleeding episodes in children with hemophilia A also is effective for adolescents and adults. The preventive therapy will "optimize care for hemophilia patients of all ages by stopping unexpected bleeding events that can have a detrimental impact on the lives of patients," said Dr... Read More
Anxiety, Pain During Prostate Biopsies Eased By Headphone Music
Jan 11, 2012
Tuning in to tune out may be just what's needed for men undergoing a prostate biopsy, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute. The Duke team found that noise-cancelling headphones playing a classical melody may reduce the pain and anxiety of the often uncomfortable procedure... Read More
Young Female Cancer Survivors Express Their Concerns And Frustrations About The Impact Of Their Disease, Treatment, Future Fertility
Jan 11, 2012
Young female cancer survivors are concerned about their future fertility and parenthood options and want better information and guidance early on, according to a new study by Jessica Gorman and her team from the University of California in the US... Read More
Survival In Brain Cancer Patients May Be Improved By Personalized Gene Therapies
Jan 11, 2012
Personalized prognostic tools and gene-based therapies may improve the survival and quality of life of patients suffering from glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer, reports a new University of Illinois study funded by the NIH National Cancer Institute... Read More
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