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Specific baldness pattern linked with increased prostate cancer risk
Sep 16, 2014
Evidence suggests that prostate cancer and male pattern baldness are connected by increased levels of male sex hormones. Now, a specific pattern is linked to increased cancer risk. Read More
American Association for Cancer Research releases 2014 cancer progress report: research is transforming lives
Sep 16, 2014
Research continues to fuel significant advances against cancer. This progress has been spurred by federal investments in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI)... Read More
Improved HPV vaccine uptake could prevent around 200 cervical cancer cases every year, UK
Sep 16, 2014
Around 200 cases of cervical cancer and 90 deaths from the disease could be prevented each year if uptake of the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine was increased in every region to just ten per... Read More
Accurate test for aggressive prostate cancer steps closer with genetic study
Sep 16, 2014
New study that shows there is a 9 in 10 chance of prostate cancer returning in patients who carry certain genes opens door to more accurate testing and new treatments. Read More
Improved HPV vaccine uptake could prevent around 200 cervical cancer cases every year, UK
Sep 16, 2014
Around 200 cases of cervical cancer and 90 deaths from the disease could be prevented each year if uptake of the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine was increased in every region to just ten per... Read More
Cancer Council publishes first Australian guidelines on Barrett's Oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma
Sep 16, 2014
Cancer Council Australia has published new clinical guidelines which will help provide greater consistency in the management one of Australia's fastest growing cancers and its known precursor... Read More
Therapy targeting BRAFV600E mutation could inhibit aggressive growth of melanoma tumors
Sep 16, 2014
Dartmouth researchers have found that the genetic mutation BRAFV600E , frequently found in metastatic melanoma, not only secretes a protein that promotes the growth of melanoma tumor cells, but can... Read More
Detecting disease by the shadow it casts
Sep 16, 2014
In future, some diseases might be diagnosed earlier and treated more effectively. Read More
Study indicates that learning and memory defects are reversible in zebrafish model of neurofibromatosis, a human genetic disease
Sep 16, 2014
Using a zebrafish model of a human genetic disease called neurofibromatosis (NF1), a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that the learning and memory... Read More
Research sheds light on cognitive losses seen with chemotherapy, autoimmune diseases
Sep 16, 2014
Brain inflammation can rapidly disrupt our ability to retrieve complex memories of similar but distinct experiences, according to UC Irvine neuroscientists Jennifer Czerniawski and John Guzowski. Read More
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