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Prostate Cancer Tool Tested By UC San Francisco Helps Identify Those Best Suited For Active Surveillance
May 12, 2013
A new genomic test for prostate cancer can help predict whether men are more likely to harbor an aggressive form of the disease, according to a new UC San Francisco study. The test, which improves risk assessment when patients are first diagnosed, can also aid in determining which men are suitable for active surveillance - a way of managing the disease without direct treatment... Read More
Social Interaction Can Help Relieve Breast Cancer Symptoms
May 12, 2013
Breast cancer patients who have lots of friends and social relationships tend to cope with the pain and other symptoms associated with the disease better than those who are more isolated, according to new research published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Lead author of the study Candyce H... Read More
Soy And Tomato Combination May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
May 11, 2013
Soy and tomato foods are probably better at preventing prostate cancer when eaten in combination than alone, researchers from the University of Illinois reported this week. John Erdman, professor of food science and nutrition, and colleagues used genetically engineered laboratory mice for their study. They were engineered to develop a fast-progressing aggressive form of prostate cancer... Read More
New Mathematical Modeling Approach To Analyzing Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial Data
May 11, 2013
Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through drug development, announced that its Pharsight Consulting Services has developed a mathematical model of tumor growth inhibition, which when combined with baseline prognostic factors, predicts treatment effect with bevacizumab... Read More
Clues To New Treatments For A Harmful Blood Clotting Disorder
May 11, 2013
A gene associated with both protection against bacterial infection and excessive blood clotting could offer new insights into treatment strategies for deep-vein thrombosis - the formation of a harmful clot in a deep vein... Read More
Tumors Invading The Aorta Successfully Removed Via Thoracic Endografts
May 10, 2013
Tumors have the potential to grow locally and invade neighboring organs. Some chest tumors may invade one of the great vessels of the body, the aorta. Surgical removal of these tumors is very challenging and necessitates the support of a heart-lung machine. Therefore there is an increased risk of complication and death... Read More
Analysis Shows Cancer Biorepository Speeds Clinical Trials, Drug Development
May 10, 2013
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center say identifying and selecting participants for phase II cancer clinical trials from a centralized warehouse of patient-donated biological data expedites participant accrual, reduces trial size, saves money, and may speed test drugs through the drug development pipeline... Read More
Fun And Friends Help Ease The Pain Of Breast Cancer
May 10, 2013
Kaiser Permanente study among the first to examine how social relationships influence quality of life in breast cancer patients Breast cancer patients who say they have people to have a good time, or "positive social interactions," with are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published this week in Breast Can... Read More
Quality Of Life Better For Breast Cancer Patients Who Have Fun And Friends
May 10, 2013
Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment... Read More
Prostate Cancer Spread May Be Driven By Amplification Of A Stat5 Gene Which Produces Excess Oncogenic Protein
May 10, 2013
An international group of investigators, led by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University's Kimmel Cancer Center, have solved the mystery of why a substantial percentage of castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer cells contain abnormally high levels of the pro-growth protein Stat5... Read More
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