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Half Of Britons Will Have Cancer During Their Lifetime By 2020
Jun 07, 2013
According to Macmillan Cancer Support, by 2020, nearly half of the people in the UK will get cancer in their lifetime, a statistic that poses what the UK charity describes as a "herculean" challenge for the National Health Service (NHS)... Read More
Combined Ketogenic Diet And Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Proves Effective Against Metastatic Cancer
Jun 07, 2013
A combination of nontoxic dietary and hyperbaric oxygen therapies effectively increased survival time in a mouse model of aggressive metastatic cancer, a research team from the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of South Florida has found... Read More
Successful Breast Cancer Pilot Study Funded By Volleyball Tournaments
Jun 07, 2013
Funded by volleyball tournaments, a new study released this week shows success in pinpointing individualized treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer, according to George Mason University researchers... Read More
Biomarker Identification May Lead To New Noninvasive Test For Colorectal Cancer Detection
Jun 07, 2013
Serum DNA Analysis Allows Detection of Early Disease, Say Researchers in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics The average 5-year survival for colorectal cancer (CRC) is less than 10% if metastasis occurs, but can reach 90% if detected early. A new non-invasive test has been developed that measures methylation of the SDC2 gene in tissues and blood sera... Read More
World's Oldest Human Tumor Discovered - Over 120,000 Years Old
Jun 07, 2013
Researchers have just discovered the world´s oldest tumor, in the rib of a 120,000 year old Neanderthal in Croatia. It is a very rare discovery considering that tumors were uncommon in prehistoric populations. Tumors in fleshy tissue decay quickly - making them difficult to identify. Spelling: both "Neandertals" and "Neandertals" are correct... Read More
New Plug-In Optical Sensor For Smartphones Could Diagnosis Kaposi's Sarcoma In The Field
Jun 07, 2013
As antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV have become more commonplace, the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of cancer linked to AIDS, has decreased in the United States. The disease, however, remains prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor access to medical care and lab tests only compound the problem... Read More
Researchers Uncover Genetic Key For Improved Blood-Thinning Therapy For African-American Patients
Jun 06, 2013
Researchers have discovered a way to make a blood thinner safer for about 40 percent of African-Americans taking the drug by linking a common gene variation to the dose... Read More
Variations From State To State In Rates Of Emergency Bowel Surgery
Jun 06, 2013
Johns Hopkins researchers have documented huge and somewhat puzzling interstate variations in the percentage of emergency versus elective bowel surgeries. Figuring out precisely why the differences occur is critical, they say, because people forced to undergo emergency procedures are far more likely to die from their operations than those able to plan ahead for them... Read More
Improved Understanding Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Jun 06, 2013
A joint project between the Griffith University and the UQ Centre for clinical Research (UQCCR) has characterised an in vitro model that allows further studies on the breast cancer biology. These studies include the confirmation that primary tissue obtained from patients with breast cancer behaves similarly to those derived from long-term cultured cell lines... Read More
Discovery Of A New Oncogene And Target In Lung Cancer
Jun 06, 2013
Adding to the list of oncogenic drivers of lung cancer that includes ALK, EGFR, ROS1 and RET, results of a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at ASCO 2013 show that mutations in the gene NTRK1 cause a subset of lung cancers. "We're reconceptualizing lung cancer as many, related diseases. And we need to learn to identify and treat each individually... Read More
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