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A reliable marker for venous thromboembolism after craniotomy - D-dimer plasma level
Aug 08, 2013
The D-dimer test is often used to rule out the presence of venous thromboembolism; however, the test has been considered unreliable in postoperative patients because D-dimer levels may rise after surgery... Read More
Medics' mission to roll out cervical cancer screening in Uganda
Aug 07, 2013
Academics and healthcare professionals from Manchester and London traveled to Uganda this week (6 August) to push on with ambitious plans to try to help the country's Ministry of Health roll out cervical cancer screening to all women by 2020... Read More
Medics' mission to roll out cervical cancer screening in Uganda
Aug 07, 2013
Academics and healthcare professionals from Manchester and London traveled to Uganda this week (6 August) to push on with ambitious plans to try to help the country's Ministry of Health roll out cervical cancer screening to all women by 2020... Read More
New breast cancer drug Perjeta (pertuzumab) not recommended by NICE, UK
Aug 07, 2013
NICE rejects Perjeta® (pertuzumab) following the Department of Health indecision on funding proposals, calling into question future access when the Cancer Drug Fund ends in January 2014. The Department of Health (DH) could be set to let down thousands of patients with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer... Read More
Breast cancer surgery linked to swollen arm syndrome
Aug 07, 2013
Breast cancer survivors who have extensive surgery are four times more likely to develop the debilitating disorder arm lymphoedema, a QUT study has found... Read More
Blood pressure drugs linked to higher breast cancer risk
Aug 07, 2013
Postmenopausal women who take a class of medicine for high blood pressure may be at a greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to a recent study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists... Read More
How soy foods protect against colon cancer
Aug 07, 2013
University of Illinois scientists have evidence that lifelong exposure to genistein, a bioactive component in soy foods, protects against colon cancer by repressing a signal that leads to accelerated growth of cells, polyps, and eventually malignant tumors... Read More
Cancers linked to viruses lower than previously estimated
Aug 07, 2013
The results of a large-scale analysis of the association between DNA viruses and human malignancies suggest that many of the most common cancers are not associated with DNA viruses. The findings, published in the August 2013 issue of the Journal of Virology, challenge earlier studies suggesting as high as 40 percent of tumors are caused by viruses... Read More
Unexpected synergy between two cancer-linked proteins offers hope for personalised cancer therapy
Aug 07, 2013
A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Zeng Qi[1] from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered a new biomarker which will help physicians predict how well cancer patients respond to cancer drugs... Read More
Some glioblastoma patients would benefit from personalized treatment with drugs currently used in other cancers
Aug 07, 2013
A team of researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center has identified 18 new genes responsible for driving glioblastoma multiforme, the most common - and most aggressive - form of brain cancer in adults. The study was published in Nature Genetics... Read More
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