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Future screening test could detect ovarian cancer earlier
Aug 26, 2013
Scientists have developed a new screening strategy for ovarian cancer, which could detect the disease in its early stages, according to a study published in the journal Cancer... Read More
How our own bodies help turn cancer against us
Aug 26, 2013
In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body. Researchers say the study suggests this gene, called ATF3, may be the crucial link between stress and cancer, including the major cause of cancer death - its spread, or metastasis... Read More
Fruits and vegetables may reduce bladder cancer risk in women
Aug 26, 2013
Women who increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables probably reduce their risk of developing invasive bladder cancer, researchers from the University of Hawaii Cancer Center reported in The Journal of Nutrition1. The authors explained that fruits and vegetables have been extensively studied for their possible effects on the risk of cancer, including bladder cancer... Read More
Radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction favorably impacted by fetal stem cell transplantation
Aug 26, 2013
Patients receiving cranial irradiation treatment for brain cancer may find the treatment life-saving, but often suffer progressive and debilitating cognitive detriments, including spatial learning and memory deficits. The cognitive deficits are a contributing factor to the often significant adverse impacts on the surviving patients' quality of life after radiation therapy... Read More
Future screening test could detect ovarian cancer earlier
Aug 26, 2013
Scientists have developed a new screening strategy for ovarian cancer, which could detect the disease in its early stages, according to a study published in the journal Cancer... Read More
Decitabine for blood cancers may stop spread of breast cancer cells
Aug 26, 2013
A drug used to treat blood cancers may also stop the spread of invasive breast cancer, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have discovered... Read More
Red hair and melanoma may have genetic link
Aug 23, 2013
A mutation in a gene called MC1R gives redheads their hair color and fair skin. Now a new US study suggests this same mutation triggers a cancer-causing signalling pathway when redheads are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This may explain, the researchers say, why redheaded people have a higher risk for melanoma, the rarest but deadliest form of skin cancer... Read More
Phase II clinical study with melflufen in the treatment of multiple myeloma patients initiated
Aug 23, 2013
Oncopeptides AB, a company working to enhance oncology therapies, today announced that the first patient has been dosed as part of a Phase II study in multiple myeloma patients with its drug candidate melflufen (previously called J1)... Read More
Leukaemia drug could help treat breast cancer
Aug 23, 2013
A drug currently used to treat leukaemia might also help prevent breast cancer from spreading to other parts of the body, suggests an animal study in the open-access journal Breast Cancer Research. The discovery could also pave the way for improved early diagnostics... Read More
Comparison of pazopanib and sunitinib shows pazopanib offers better quality-of-life in advanced kidney cancer
Aug 23, 2013
Two oral targeted drugs approved for metastatic kidney cancer worked equally well, but one proved superior in tolerability, according to results of a large international clinical trial led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute... Read More
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