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Researchers discover marker that may lead to early detection of pancreatic cancer
Sep 29, 2014
Increased levels of branched-chain amino acids in the blood may be an early indication of pancreatic cancer, a new study claims. The findings may lead to tests for early detection. Read More
Metastasis of multiple myeloma prevented by novel compound in mice
Sep 28, 2014
In an advance against the problem of cancer metastasis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have shown that a specially developed compound can impede multiple myeloma from spreading to the bones... Read More
Metastasis of multiple myeloma prevented by novel compound in mice
Sep 28, 2014
In an advance against the problem of cancer metastasis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have shown that a specially developed compound can impede multiple myeloma from spreading to the bones... Read More
A vitamin D-derivative makes pancreatic tumors vulnerable to chemotherapy
Sep 28, 2014
A synthetic derivative of vitamin D was found by Salk Institute researchers to collapse the barrier of cells shielding pancreatic tumors, making this seemingly impenetrable cancer much more... Read More
Destroying chemo-resistant ovarian cancer cells
Sep 27, 2014
Ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecological cancer, claiming the lives of more than 50 percent of women who are diagnosed with the disease. Read More
Destroying chemo-resistant ovarian cancer cells
Sep 27, 2014
Ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecological cancer, claiming the lives of more than 50 percent of women who are diagnosed with the disease. Read More
Thoracic radiation therapy can lead to modest acute changes in cardiac biomarkers and electrocardiogram findings
Sep 27, 2014
There were only modest acute changes in cardiac biomarkers and electrocardiograms and there were no clinically significant cardiac events in patients with high-dose radiation exposure to the heart... Read More
Cancer metastatis may be stopped in its tracks with the help of bacterial "communication system"
Sep 27, 2014
Cancer, while always dangerous, truly becomes life-threatening when cancer cells begin to spread to different areas throughout the body. Read More
Calming down immune cells could hold key to melanoma treatment
Sep 26, 2014
Immune cells may be responsible for drug resistance in melanoma patients, according to research published in Cancer Discovery. Read More
Improved survival for children with a leukemia subtype associated with poor prognosis
Sep 26, 2014
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study shows that adjusting treatment based on early response to chemotherapy boosts survival of young patients with Philadelphia chromosome-like acute... Read More
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