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Advanced breast cancer: benefits of Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) outweigh the risk of harm
Jun 12, 2014
In women with advanced (or metastatic) breast cancer, treatment with the breast cancer drug Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) is associated with prolonged survival but also increases the risk of... Read More
How malaria parasites perturb flow, turning infected cells into sticky capillary cloggers, may lead to new and better treatments
Jun 12, 2014
All the billions of flat, biconcave disks in our body known as red blood cells (or erythrocytes) make three basic, tumbling-treadmill-type motions when they wend their way through the body's... Read More
Dormant viruses re-emerge in patients with lingering sepsis
Jun 11, 2014
A new study finds that late-stage sepsis, a leading cause of death in hospitals, is linked to prolonged episodes of infection with reactivation of otherwise-dormant viruses in the body. Read More
Leukaemia drug found to stimulate immunity against many cancer types
Jun 11, 2014
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukaemia has the unexpected side-effect of boosting immune responses against many different cancers, reports a new study led by scientists at UCL and... Read More
Researchers uncover molecular makeup of new form of cancer
Jun 11, 2014
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have uncovered the genetic structure and molecular signature of a new form of cancer - called biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma - that starts in the nose. Read More
For women with positive IGF1 receptor, limiting carbohydrates could reduce breast cancer recurrence
Jun 11, 2014
Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1 receptor. Read More
Discovery of the molecular mechanisms regulating tumour initiation and cancer stem cells functions in skin squamous cell carcinoma
Jun 11, 2014
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) represents the second most frequent skin cancer with more than half million new patients affected every year in the world. Read More
ESMO survey sheds light on common clinical practice for incompletely resected lung cancer
Jun 11, 2014
A landmark survey of more than 700 specialists provides crucial real-world insight into the treatments most oncologists choose for lung cancer patients whose tumour has been incompletely resected... Read More
An innovative pain treatment will be tested in one of the largest clinical trials in cancer pain
Jun 11, 2014
More than 500 patients who suffer from severe chronic pain related to cancer can participate in one of the largest trials in cancer pain in 145 hospitals spread over 21 countries worldwide. Read More
Sepsis kills tens of thousands a year, but UK Trusts are recording only one in four cases
Jun 11, 2014
Research by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sepsis reveals an astonishing number of hospital Trusts are not properly recording the killer illness sepsis, which kills 37,000 people a year in... Read More
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