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Shortcomings in the management of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes highlighted - UK
Oct 27, 2014
A new Call to Action, has been launched by the MDS UK Patient Support Group and Leukaemia CARE with support from Celgene, reveals that elderly patients in the UK with a rare form of blood cancer... Read More
Stem cells that release cancer-killing toxins offer new brain tumor treatment
Oct 27, 2014
Scientists have made stem cells that produce and secrete cancer-killing toxins without harming the stem cells themselves, and used them to treat mice following brain tumor surgery. Read More
Mechanism uncovered for protein activator could play role in diagnosis and targeted therapy for colorectal cancer
Oct 27, 2014
Uncovering the mechanisms of a protein activator involved in promoting colorectal cancer, scientists from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey demonstrated that a small GTPase enzyme, known as... Read More
Multi-analyte test successfully identifies esophageal cancer patients who are extremely resistant to standard treatment of chemoradiation therapy
Oct 27, 2014
Castle Biosciences Inc. has announced that results from a second validation study of its proprietary multi-analyte test, DecisionDx-EC, confirmed the test's ability to identify which esophageal... Read More
Experimental breast cancer drug holds promise in combination therapy for Ewing sarcoma
Oct 27, 2014
Ewing sarcoma tumors disappeared and did not return in more than 70 percent of mice treated with combination therapy that included drugs from a family of experimental agents developed to fight... Read More
Presented data show palonosetron is a valuable option for treating pediatric patients receiving moderately to highly emetogenic chemotherapy
Oct 27, 2014
Helsinn Group, presented data at the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) congress establishing that palonosetron, at a dose 20 mug/kg, is a valuable and efficacious treatment option... Read More
Dartmouth study measures breast cancer tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Oct 27, 2014
A Dartmouth study suggests that it may be possible to use Diffuse Optical Spectroscopic Tomographic imaging (DOST) to predict which patients will best respond to chemotherapy used to shrink breast... Read More
Shortcomings in the management of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes highlighted - UK
Oct 27, 2014
A new Call to Action, has been launched by the MDS UK Patient Support Group and Leukaemia CARE with support from Celgene, reveals that elderly patients in the UK with a rare form of blood cancer... Read More
UNC scientists discover hidden subpopulation of melanoma cells
Oct 27, 2014
UNC School of Medicine researchers have pinpointed a set of intriguing characteristics in a previously unknown subpopulation of melanoma cancer cells in blood vessels of tumors. Read More
Highly effective new anti-cancer drug shows few side effects in mice
Oct 27, 2014
A new drug, known as OTS964, can eradicate aggressive human lung cancers transplanted into mice, according to a report in Science Translational Medicine. Read More
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