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Patient perspectives on breast reconstruction following mastectomy
Aug 20, 2014
Less than 42 percent of women underwent breast reconstruction following a mastectomy for cancer, and the factors associated with foregoing reconstruction included being black, having a lower... Read More
Laser tweezers show malaria invading red blood cells
Aug 20, 2014
Scientists have not been able to study in detail the malaria parasite as it rapidly escapes one blood cell to invade another. Now, using laser optical tweezers, they can. Read More
Turkish man pleads guilty to importing illegal cancer drugs
Aug 20, 2014
Sabahaddin Akman, owner of the Istanbul, Turkey, firm Ozay Pharmaceuticals, has pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States. Read More
First line haemostasis management device used on the front line now recommended for NHS use
Aug 20, 2014
A point of care blood analyser which played a vital role managing major bleeding (coagulopathy) in injured soldiers on the front line in Afghanistan has now been recommended by the National... Read More
'Missed opportunities' for HPV vaccine due to provider and parental assumptions about teen sex
Aug 20, 2014
Probing deeper into the complex decisions that parents and providers face regarding the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, researchers found that though both parties appreciated the importance of... Read More
Microfluidic device monitors key step in development of tumor metastases
Aug 20, 2014
A microfluidic device developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may help study key steps in the process by which cancer cells break off from a primary tumor to invade other tissues and form... Read More
Discovery of crucial step in DNA repair could lead to new therapies
Aug 20, 2014
Scientists at Washington State University have identified a crucial step in DNA repair that could lead to targeted gene therapy for hereditary diseases such as "children of the moon" and a common... Read More
'Missed opportunities' for HPV vaccine due to provider and parental assumptions about teen sex
Aug 20, 2014
Probing deeper into the complex decisions that parents and providers face regarding the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, researchers found that though both parties appreciated the importance of... Read More
Myc inhibition is an effective therapeutic strategy against the most aggressive of all brain tumors
Aug 19, 2014
Research led by the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) evidence the most conclusive preclinical results to-date validating Myc inhibition as a therapeutic strategy in glioma - a highly... Read More
Increased lung cancer risk associated with previous pulmonary disease
Aug 19, 2014
Links between a number of common respiratory diseases and an increased risk of developing lung cancer have been found in a large pooled analysis of seven studies involving more than 25,000... Read More
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