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Potential revision of treatment guidelines for bleeding ulcers: less costly therapy just as effective as standard of care
May 07, 2014
The current standard of care for managing patients who receive endoscopic treatment for bleeding ulcers should be replaced by an equally safe and less costly alternative that is more comfortable for... Read More
A transcription factor called SLUG helps determine type of breast cancer
May 07, 2014
Findings and Significance: During breast-tissue development, a transcription factor called SLUG plays a role in regulating stem cell function and determines whether breast cells will mature into... Read More
More sleep for women with advanced breast cancer improves survival time
May 07, 2014
A new study reports that sleep efficiency, a ratio of time asleep to time spent in bed, is predictive of survival time for women with advanced breast cancer. Read More
Thwarting the process required for breast cancer cells to become mobile and invasive
May 07, 2014
A protein believed to be limited to the hematopoietic system, called Kindlin-3, has been identified as a major player in both the formation and spread of breast cancer to other organs. Read More
Decreasing chemoresistance in ovarian cancer
May 06, 2014
Inhibiting enzymes that cause changes in gene expression could decrease chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer patients, researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Georgia say. Read More
Drugs shown to team with body's defenses in new myeloma-obesity research
May 06, 2014
Obesity increases the risk of myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that accumulate inside the bones.And with current obesity trends in the United States and especially in South Texas, that's ominous. Read More
Improved identification of cancer-associated genes from microarray data via novel analyses
May 06, 2014
Dartmouth Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) researchers developed a new gene expression analysis approach for identifying cancer genes. Read More
Low transmission rates of oral cancer linked to HPV among long-term partners
May 06, 2014
Partners of patients diagnosed with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) were no more likely to test positive for oral HPV infection than people in the general population... Read More
Molecule links asthma and cancer and could aid in developing new treatments
May 06, 2014
A newly discovered molecule provides a new drug target for controlling both asthma-induced muscle thickening and cancerous tumor growth. Read More
Scientists solve a 30-year breast cancer puzzle
May 06, 2014
In a new study published in Cell Reports, scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center demonstrate that mice lacking one copy of a gene called CTCF have abnormal DNA methylation and are... Read More
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