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Clinical signs for impending death in cancer patients identified
Feb 09, 2015
The identification of eight physical signs associated with death within 3 days for patients with advanced forms of cancer could help with clinical decision making and patient care. Read More
Human stem cells repair damage caused by radiation therapy for brain cancer in rats
Feb 09, 2015
For patients with brain cancer, radiation is a powerful and potentially life-saving treatment, but it can also cause considerable and even permanent injury to the brain. Read More
An extra protein gives naked mole rats more power to stop cancer
Feb 09, 2015
A protein newly found in the naked mole rat may help explain its unique ability to ward off cancer.Naked mole rats are subterranean rodents that appear to be impervious to cancer. Read More
Electricity delivers therapy to tumors in potentially new treatment, bioengineer says
Feb 09, 2015
Virginia Tech researcher helps find new way to use electric fields to deliver cancer treatmentA team of researchers has devised a new way to target tumors with cancer-fighting drugs, a discovery... Read More
New nanoparticle gene therapy strategy effectively treats deadly brain cancer in rats
Feb 08, 2015
Fast Facts Gene therapy may effectively treat glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, but getting the right genes to cancer cells in the brain is difficult. Read More
Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy
Feb 08, 2015
Device that drives drugs into solid tumors that are poorly vascularized opens the possibility of life-saving surgeries in cancer patientsPancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected... Read More
Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in females in developed countries
Feb 07, 2015
A new analysis led by researchers at the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) finds lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the... Read More
Dartmouth researchers reprogram tumor's cells to attack itself
Feb 07, 2015
Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the behavior of tumor cells from suppression to immunostimulation, researchers at Norris... Read More
New nanoparticle gene therapy strategy effectively treats deadly brain cancer in rats
Feb 07, 2015
Fast Facts: Gene therapy may effectively treat glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, but getting the right genes to cancer cells in the brain is difficult. Read More
Dartmouth researchers reprogram tumor's cells to attack itself
Feb 07, 2015
Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the behavior of tumor cells from suppression to immunostimulation, researchers at Norris... Read More
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