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Marker polyps do not cause colorectal cancer
Nov 25, 2014
Although serrated polyps usually are associated with colorectal cancer, it turns out that such polyps are themselves not dangerous, according to a Norwegian study released this week in BMJ Gut, a... Read More
Survival in animal model of ovarian cancer improved by antiangiogenic treatment
Nov 25, 2014
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most lethal cancer of the female reproductive organs, with more than 200,000 new cases and more than 125,000 deaths each year worldwide. Read More
Limiting abnormal cell growth in tumors may be achieved by clipping proteins that package genes
Nov 25, 2014
Changes to the structure of the protein histone H3.3 may play a key role in silencing genes that regulate cancer cell growth, according to a study led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine... Read More
Possibilities for personalized cancer vaccines revealed at ESMO symposium
Nov 25, 2014
The possibilities for personalised vaccines in all types of cancer were revealed in a lecture from Dr Harpreet Singh at the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read More
Women with mental illness are 40 percent less likely to receive routine cancer screenings
Nov 25, 2014
Women with symptoms of serious mental illness are significantly less likely to receive three routine cancer screenings - Pap tests, mammograms and clinical breast exams - than women in the general... Read More
Women with mental illness are 40 percent less likely to receive routine cancer screenings
Nov 25, 2014
Women with symptoms of serious mental illness are significantly less likely to receive three routine cancer screenings - Pap tests, mammograms and clinical breast exams - than women in the general... Read More
Novel compound seen as enhancing the cancer-killing power of anti-tumor drugs
Nov 25, 2014
Recent studies showing acid ceramidase (AC) to be upregulated in melanoma, lung and prostate cancers have made the enzyme a desired target for novel synthetic inhibitor compounds. Read More
Results of new drug, ASP8273, show response in patients with treatment-resistant NSCLC
Nov 25, 2014
In a second presentation looking at new ways of treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has both the EGFR and T790M mutations, researchers tod the 26th EORTC-NCI-AACR1 Symposium on... Read More
Ultrasound able to penetrate bone, metal, with new technique
Nov 25, 2014
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that allows ultrasound to penetrate bone or metal, using customized structures that offset the distortion usually caused by... Read More
STING pathway key to tumor immunity
Nov 25, 2014
A recently discovered protein complex known as STING plays a crucial role in detecting the presence of tumor cells and promoting an aggressive anti-tumor response by the body's innate immune system... Read More
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