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UN officials warn refugees are struggling to access cancer treatment
May 26, 2014
A study published in The Lancet Oncology journal reveals a high demand for costly cancer treatment among refugees from the recent conflicts in Iraq and Syria, with host countries struggling to find... Read More
Potentially powerful new way to treat HER2-positive breast cancer validated
May 25, 2014
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report a discovery that they hope will lead to the development of a powerful new way of treating an aggressive form of breast cancer. Read More
Advance could offer a fast and cost-effective way to identify safe replacements for BPA
May 25, 2014
Numerous studies have linked exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic, receipt paper, toys, and other products with various health problems from poor growth to cancer, and the FDA has been supporting... Read More
PKD patients who receive kidney transplants may have a reduced risk of cancer
May 25, 2014
Patients with a certain form of kidney disease may have a reduced risk of cancer compared with patients with other kidney diseases, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal... Read More
Understanding of how Taxol works could lead to better anticancer drugs
May 25, 2014
University of California, Berkeley, scientists have discovered the extremely subtle effect that the prescription drug Taxol has inside cells that makes it one of the most widely used anticancer... Read More
Image fusion-guided biopsy improves accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis
May 24, 2014
A recent study by investigators from LIJ Medical Center demonstrated that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men with an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) resulted in a prostate cancer... Read More
For dysplastic Barrett's esophagus, radiofreqeuncy ablation and complete endoscopic resection equally effective
May 24, 2014
According to a new systematic review article, radiofrequency ablation and complete endoscopic resection are equally effective in the short-term treatment of dysplastic Barrett's esophagus, but... Read More
FDA approves first molecular (gene-based) test to determine red blood cell types in transfusion medicine
May 23, 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Immucor PreciseType Human Erythrocyte Antigen (HEA) Molecular BeadChip Test - the first FDA-approved molecular assay used in transfusion... Read More
New anticancer compound discovered using accelerated drug screening process
May 23, 2014
A team of research scientists from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Turku and the University of Eastern Finland has discovered a previously unknown Cent-1 molecule that... Read More
New test to diagnose cancer- and infertility-causing parasite
May 23, 2014
Schistosomiasis is endemic in the world's poorest countries. New research sheds more light on how the parasite behind this disease operates, resulting in a new screening technique. Read More
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