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'Stem cell' test could identify most aggressive breast cancers
Mar 06, 2015
Testing breast cancer cells for how closely they resemble stem cells could identify women with the most aggressive disease, a new study suggests. Read More
MR spectroscopy shows precancerous breast changes in women with BRCA gene
Mar 06, 2015
A magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique that monitors biochemical changes in tissue could improve the management of women at risk of breast cancer, according to a new study published online... Read More
Reshaping tumor cells may be new way to treat breast cancer
Mar 05, 2015
A new study shows that the shape of a tumor cell can influence its response to inflammatory molecules in the immune system, so as to either drive or stop cancer. Read More
Reshaping tumor cells may be new way to treat breast cancer
Mar 05, 2015
A new study shows that the shape of a tumor cell can influence its response to inflammatory molecules in the immune system, so as to either drive or stop cancer. Read More
Gene alterations in melanoma may predict immunotherapy outcomes
Mar 05, 2015
Among melanoma patients who were treated with immunotherapies, those whose tumors had mutations in the gene NRAS had better response and treatment outcomes than those whose tumors did not have NRAS... Read More
Bowel cancer biomarker testing lags behind other major cancers
Mar 05, 2015
A report released on 4 March 2015, entitled 'The Testing Gap', has revealed a disparity between treatment biomarker testing across three of the main cancers in the UK: bowel, breast and lung cancer. Read More
Long-term follow-up of benign thyroid nodules shows favorable prognosis
Mar 05, 2015
After five years of follow-up, a majority of asymptomatic, benign thyroid nodules exhibited no significant change in size, or actually decreased in size, and diagnoses of thyroid cancer were rare... Read More
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey offers clinical trial for solid tumors with novel small molecule agent
Mar 05, 2015
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey is offering a clinical trial examining the investigational treatment known as ONC201 in patients with solid tumors whose cancer no longer responds to standard... Read More
'Stem cell' test could identify most aggressive breast cancers
Mar 05, 2015
Testing breast cancer cells for how closely they resemble stem cells could identify women with the most aggressive disease, a new study suggests. Read More
UCLA research shows promising method for correcting genetic code to treat sickle cell disease
Mar 05, 2015
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could one day provide a one-time, lasting treatment for the most common inherited blood disorder in the United... Read More
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