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Perceptions of cancer care
Sep 12, 2013
How does the public feel about current cancer treatment? This is the question that the Lilly Oncology network, PACE (Patient Access to Cancer care Excellence), attempted to answer through a survey of the general public, cancer patients and caregivers. The results from their international survey will be published in the open access journal ecancermedicalscience, the journal from the IEO and OECI... Read More
Severity of sleep apnea predicts aggressiveness of melanoma
Sep 12, 2013
The severity of sleep apnoea can independently predict the aggressiveness of malignant skin melanoma, according to a new study. The research, presented today (9 September 2013) at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress, adds new evidence to a number of studies that have found a link between cancer and the sleep disorder... Read More
Rare, inherited mutation leaves children susceptible to acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Sep 12, 2013
Researchers have discovered the first inherited gene mutation linked exclusively to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) occurring in multiple relatives in individual families. The discovery of the PAX5 gene mutation was led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and others. The work appears in the current advance online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics... Read More
Cancer researchers discover root cause of multiple myeloma relapse
Sep 12, 2013
Clinical researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered why multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the bone marrow, persistently escapes cure by an initially effective treatment that can keep the disease at bay for up to several years... Read More
Study identifies fibroblast growth factor 18 as an ovarian cancer biomarker
Sep 12, 2013
Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in women and is often not detected until the later stages of disease, which contributes to poor prognosis. Biomarkers that can be used for early diagnosis and outcome have been identified; however, many of these have not been evaluated at the biological and clinical levels... Read More
Translating nature's library yields drug leads for AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's disease
Sep 12, 2013
An ingredient in a medicinal tea brewed from tree bark by tribal healers on the South Pacific island of Samoa - studied by scientists over the last 25 years - is showing significant promise as a drug lead in the long-sought goal of eliminating the AIDS virus from its sanctuaries in the body and thus eradicating the disease, a scientist has said... Read More
Advance in using biopsy samples in understanding environmental causes of cancer
Sep 12, 2013
In an advance in determining the role of environmental agents in causing cancer, scientists today described development of a long-sought way to use biopsy samples from cancer patients to check on human exposure to substances that damage the genetic material DNA in ways that can cause cancer... Read More
Severity of sleep apnea predicts aggressiveness of melanoma
Sep 12, 2013
The severity of sleep apnoea can independently predict the aggressiveness of malignant skin melanoma, according to a new study. The research, presented today (9 September 2013) at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress, adds new evidence to a number of studies that have found a link between cancer and the sleep disorder... Read More
Rare, inherited mutation leaves children susceptible to acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Sep 12, 2013
Researchers have discovered the first inherited gene mutation linked exclusively to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) occurring in multiple relatives in individual families. The discovery of the PAX5 gene mutation was led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and others. The work appears in the current advance online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics... Read More
Breath tests could be used to diagnose lung cancer
Sep 12, 2013
Collecting samples of exhaled breath from people at a high risk of lung cancer could be a cheap and non-invasive method of diagnosing the disease, according to new research. The findings were presented on 9 September 2013 at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress in Barcelona... Read More
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