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Researchers Develop MRI Scan To Detect Cancer Using Sugar
Jul 08, 2013
Researchers say they have developed a new way of detecting cancer by giving patients an injection of sugar before doing an MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging). Scientists from University College London (UCL) have developed a technique they call glucose chemical exchange saturation transfer (glucoCEST)... Read More
Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer Denied Routine Access To Breakthrough Treatment, UK
Jul 08, 2013
Novartis today expressed great disappointment that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a final decision not to recommend its innovative advanced breast cancer treatment, Afinitor® (everolimus), to be available to patients on the NHS... Read More
African Americans With Blood Cancer Do Not Live As Long As Caucasians, Despite Equal Care
Jul 08, 2013
A new analysis has found that among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, African Americans more commonly present with advanced disease, and they tend to have shorter survival times than Caucasians despite receiving the same care... Read More
Improvements In Drug Development And Efficiency Likely Following Technological Breakthrough
Jul 08, 2013
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed the first method for directly measuring the extent to which drugs reach their targets in the cell. The method, which is described in the scientific journal Science, could make a significant contribution to the development of new, improved drug substances... Read More
Over 50% Of Tumors Are Associated With Mutations In P53
Jul 08, 2013
Researchers of the Cancer Metabolism group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalan Oncology Institute (ICO) and the Division of Hematology-Oncology of the University of Cincinnati, led by George Thomas, have discovered a role for ribosomal 5S RNA in the formation of a complex that regulates the stability of p53... Read More
Cell Division Regulated By Cancer-Linked FAM190A Gene
Jul 08, 2013
Johns Hopkins cancer scientists have discovered that a little-Described gene known as FAM190A plays a subtle but critical role in regulating the normal cell division process known as mitosis, and the scientists' research suggests that mutations in the gene may contribute to commonly found chromosomal instability in cancer... Read More
Women Feel More Satisfied If They Discuss Genetic Cancer Risk With Kids
Jul 07, 2013
New research reveals that most mothers who undergo genetic testing to check for cancer risk (BRCA1/2 testing) end up discussing the test results with their children. The finding comes from a study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, conducted at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center... Read More
MiR-22 Plays A Key Role In Both Breast Cancer And Blood Cancer
Jul 07, 2013
A mere 25 years ago, noncoding RNAs were considered nothing more than "background noise" in the overall genomic landscape. Now, two new studies reveal that one of these tiny noncoding molecules - microRNA-22 - plays an outsized role in two types of cancer... Read More
Gene Identified That Controls Aggressiveness In Breast Cancer Cells
Jul 06, 2013
In a discovery that sheds new light on the aggressiveness of certain breast cancers, Whitehead Institute researchers have identified a transcription factor, known as ZEB1, that is capable of converting non-aggressive basal-type cancer cells into highly malignant, tumor-forming cancer stem cells (CSCs)... Read More
Activated Blood Platelets Enable Cancer Cells To Penetrate Blood Vessels
Jul 06, 2013
Malignant tumours often spread to remote areas of the body. In the majority of cases, metastases formation develops via the blood vascular system. The blood platelets thereby provide invaluable help to the tumour cells in penetrating new organs... Read More
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