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Childhood cancer treatment could increase risk of breast cancer

Oct 27, 2014

A study has found that radiation therapy for Wilms tumor, a rare form of childhood kidney cancer, could lead to a higher risk of future breast cancer. Read More

YEATS protein potential therapeutic target for cancer

Oct 27, 2014

Federal Express® and UPS® are no match for the human body when it comes to distribution. Read More

Useful markers to predict response to chemotherapy in patients with liver cancer

Oct 27, 2014

A study led by the researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Isabel Fabregat, could serve to select patients with hepatocellular carcinoma unresponsive to most frequently used... 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

Cancer exosome 'micro factories' aid in cancer progression

Oct 27, 2014

Exosomes, tiny, virus-sized particles released by cancer cells, can bioengineer micro-RNA (miRNA) molecules resulting in tumor growth. They do so with the help of proteins, such as one named Dicer. Read More

TCGA study improves understanding of genetic drivers of thyroid cancer

Oct 27, 2014

A comprehensive analysis of the genomes of nearly 500 papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) - the most common form of thyroid cancer - has provided new insights into the roles of frequently mutated... Read More

Early palliative care can cut hospital readmissions for cancer patients

Oct 27, 2014

Doctors at Duke University Hospital have developed a new collaborative model in cancer care that reduced the rates at which patients were sent to intensive care or readmitted to the hospital after... 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

Childhood cancer treatment could increase risk of breast cancer

Oct 27, 2014

A study has found that radiation therapy for Wilms tumor, a rare form of childhood kidney cancer, could lead to a higher risk of future breast cancer. Read More

Silencing the speech gene FOXP2 causes breast cancer cells to metastasize

Oct 26, 2014

It is an intricate network of activity that enables breast cancer cells to move from the primary breast tumor and set up new growths in other parts of the body, a process known as metastasis. Read More

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