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Suppressing prostate cancer progression with MicroRNA
May 20, 2014
About one in seven men will develop prostate cancer over the course of a lifetime, and about one in 36 men will die from it. Read More
Studies suggest that longer echocardiographic screening intervals for childhood cancer survivors effective, cost-effective for detecting heart issues
May 19, 2014
Less frequent echocardiographic screening of childhood cancer survivors is effective for detecting asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction (ALVD) and is more cost-effective than following the... Read More
Dogs 'sniff out prostate cancer with 98% accuracy,' study finds
May 19, 2014
New research finds that two highly trained dogs were able to detect prostate cancer in human urine samples with up to 98% accuracy, opening the doors for a new screening method. Read More
Dose of measles virus destroys woman's incurable cancer
May 19, 2014
For over 6 months, a 49-year-old woman with incurable bone marrow cancer was completely clear of disease, following a single high dose of measles virus - proving virotherapy works. Read More
Proof that cancer stem cells exist?
May 19, 2014
Genetic tracking of patients with a rare blood disorder shows that cancer-driving mutations arise in a small subset of cells that bear all the hallmarks of cancer stem cells. Read More
CRYSTAL analysis shows clinical benefit of Erbitux in RAS wild-type mCRC patients
May 19, 2014
Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, has announced new biomarker findings from a retrospective analysis of the completed Phase III study CRYSTAL that compared Erbitux®... Read More
VHL Alliance and NORD launch new international databank
May 19, 2014
The VHL Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy organization supporting patients and families affected by von Hippel-Lindau, has launched a new international databank aimed at better understanding this... Read More
Significant exposure to nicotine and cancer-causing agents caused by water pipe smoking
May 19, 2014
Young adults who smoked water pipes in hookah bars had elevated levels of nicotine, cotinine, tobacco-related cancer-causing agents, and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in their urine, and this may... Read More
New tool to grow cancer cells streamlines laboratory research
May 19, 2014
A new technique that allows the growth of both normal and cancer cells and keeps them alive indefinitely is transforming and expediting basic cancer research, say investigators from Georgetown... Read More
Genetic tracking identifies cancer stem cells in human patients
May 19, 2014
The gene mutations driving cancer have been tracked for the first time in patients back to a distinct set of cells at the root of cancer - cancer stem cells. Read More
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