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Radiation therapy for brain cancer may be improved by Blocking DNA repair mechanisms
Apr 10, 2014
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have demonstrated in both cancer cell lines and in mice that blocking critical DNA repair mechanisms could improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy... Read More
The process identified in which heat shock protein 90 contributes to metastases in ovarian cancer
Apr 10, 2014
By incapacitating the activities of a protein that guides other proteins to fold into a stable shapes, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers shut off the spigot for two proteases that help ovarian... Read More
Biomarkers in HPV negative squamous-cell carcinomas of the head and neck could help determine potential treatment options
Apr 10, 2014
A quartet of proteins that play critical roles in cell replication, cell death, and DNA repair could lead to better targets for therapy against treatment-resistant head-and-neck squamous cell cancers. Read More
Five variants produced by well-known cancer gene NRAS
Apr 10, 2014
A new study shows that a gene discovered 30 years ago and now known to play a fundamental role in cancer development produces five different gene variants (called isoforms), rather than just the one... Read More
Trial identifies breast cancer patients likely to benefit from experimental drug
Apr 10, 2014
In an innovative clinical trial led by UC San Francisco, the experimental drug neratinib along with standard chemotherapy was found to be a beneficial treatment for some women with newly diagnosed... Read More
Indication of major added benefit for trastuzumab emtansine in metastatic breast cancer with previous anthracycline therapy
Apr 10, 2014
Added benefit not proven in three further subpopulations because appropriate comparator therapies were not implementedThe antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab emtansine (trade name: Kadcyla) has... Read More
Patients over 65 have more complications after colorectal cancer surgery
Apr 09, 2014
Most colorectal cancer surgeries are performed on patients older than 65 years, and older patients have worse outcomes than younger patients, although the total number of colon cancer operations... Read More
Scientists find link between brain development and breast cancer gene
Apr 09, 2014
Mutations in the BRCA1 gene are known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Now, researchers have uncovered a link between this gene and brain development. Read More
Gut bacteria may encourage colon cancer by suppressing DNA repair
Apr 09, 2014
Research suggests gut bacteria may promote cancer by changing the environment of tumors in ways that help them grow and spread, such as by making proteins that prevent DNA repair. Read More
Arno Therapeutics enrolls first patient in a Phase I/II trial evaluating onapristone in men with advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer
Apr 09, 2014
Arno Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oncology therapeutics, has announced that it has enrolled the first patient in a Phase I/II trial... Read More
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