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MD Anderson study first to compare treatments, survival benefits for early-stage lung cancer
Oct 18, 2014
Removal of the entire lobe of lung may offer patients with early-stage lung cancer better overall survival when compared with a partial resection, and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) may... Read More
MD Anderson study first to compare treatments, survival benefits for early-stage lung cancer
Oct 18, 2014
Removal of the entire lobe of lung may offer patients with early-stage lung cancer better overall survival when compared with a partial resection, and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) may... Read More
Cancer medicine: New, improved, expensive and exploited?
Oct 18, 2014
Two studies published in the October 2014 issue of Health Affairs by a University of Chicago health economist examine spending on oral anti-cancer drugs as well as a federal program designed to... Read More
Personalized ovarian cancer vaccines set for human trials
Oct 17, 2014
Researchers have found a way to identify protein mutations in cancer cells. The method is being used to create personalized vaccines for ovarian cancer. Read More
Personalized ovarian cancer vaccines set for human trials
Oct 17, 2014
Researchers have found a way to identify protein mutations in cancer cells. The method is being used to create personalized vaccines for ovarian cancer. Read More
Prostate cancer's penchant for copper may be a fatal flaw
Oct 17, 2014
Like discriminating thieves, prostate cancer tumors scavenge and hoard copper that is an essential element in the body. But such avarice may be a fatal weakness. Read More
Drug-resistant candida glabrata infection in cancer patients
Oct 17, 2014
Patients with cancer are at risk for fungal infection because of the indwelling medical devices, surgery, immune-suppressing drugs, or antibacterial drugs needed to treat the cancer-associated... Read More
Prostate cancer's penchant for copper may be a fatal flaw
Oct 17, 2014
Like discriminating thieves, prostate cancer tumors scavenge and hoard copper that is an essential element in the body. But such avarice may be a fatal weakness. Read More
Tuning light to kill deep cancer tumors
Oct 17, 2014
An international group of scientists led by Gang Han, PhD, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has combined a new type of nanoparticle with an FDA-approved photodynamic therapy to... Read More
Side effects of cancer prevention surgery can be helped with education program
Oct 17, 2014
More women are having ovary-removing surgery as a cancer prevention measure, but many are often unaware of sexual or psychological side effects of the procedure. Read More
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