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RTOG Activates Study To Determine Best Treatment Strategies For Patients With Glioma Brain Tumors
Dec 16, 2011
Treatment remains controversial for patients diagnosed with a low-risk, low-grade glioma (LGG) brain tumor. These patients have significantly better prognosis than patients diagnosed with more aggressive high-grade glioma, and their clinical care often involves ongoing observation for tumor changes with imaging studies... Read More
Less Blood Needed Post-Surgery
Dec 16, 2011
Patients need less blood after surgery than is widely thought. A new study comparing two plans for giving blood transfusions following surgery showed no ill effects from postponing transfusion until patients develop signs of anemia or their hemoglobin concentration falls below 8 g/dL... Read More
Social Disparities Exist In Relation To Childhood Leukemia Survival
Dec 16, 2011
A study conducted by researchers from the Epidemiology & Genetics Unit in the Department of Health Sciences at University of York that was published online in the European Journal of Cancer revealed that children with leukemia from less-affluent backgrounds or areas are more likely to die. Each year 450 children are diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)... Read More
Wistar Receives $4.7 Million From Wellcome Trust To Develop Drug Against Cancers Caused By Epstein-Barr Virus
Dec 16, 2011
The Wistar Institute announced that it has signed a funding agreement with the Wellcome Trust, a United Kingdom-based charity, to support the development of a new drug to treat cancers associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The Seeding Drug Discovery Award of up to $4.7 million will support on-going translational research in the laboratory of Wistar Professor Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D... Read More
Blood Test Might Predict How Well A Depressed Patient Responds To Antidepressants
Dec 16, 2011
Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting what could become the first reliable method to predict whether an antidepressant will work on a depressed patient. The method would involve a blood test for a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)... Read More
Less Blood Clot Damage With Extra Treatment
Dec 16, 2011
Roughly half the people who get a serious blood clot in the leg experience lasting damage. Norwegian researchers are the first to show that a little-used supplementary treatment can help to prevent such complications... Read More
Survival Of Gynecological Cancer Improved In The Anglia Region Of England
Dec 16, 2011
Gynaecological cancer survival rates have improved in Eastern England following the reorganisation of services and multidisciplinary team working finds a new study published in the gynaecological oncology themed issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology... Read More
Vaccine Developed That Successfully Attacks Breast Cancer In Mice
Dec 16, 2011
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the University of Georgia (UGA) have developed a vaccine that dramatically reduces tumors in a mouse model that mimics 90 percent of human breast and pancreatic cancer cases - including those that are resistant to common treatments... Read More
Likely Spread Or Recurrence Of Breast Cancer Predicted By New Test
Dec 16, 2011
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) PhD student has developed a potential breakthrough test for predicting the likelihood of the spread or return of breast cancer... Read More
Vaccine Developed That Successfully Attacks Breast Cancer In Mice
Dec 16, 2011
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the University of Georgia (UGA) have developed a vaccine that dramatically reduces tumors in a mouse model that mimics 90 percent of human breast and pancreatic cancer cases - including those that are resistant to common treatments... Read More
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