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GSK, Merck Cut Price Of HPV Vaccine In Poor Countries
May 10, 2013
A new all-time low price for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines will now help guarantee that millions of girls in poor countries are protected against cervical cancer. This will be made possible by the GAVI alliance (the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) - a public-private partnership that aims to save children's lives by funding vaccines in the world's 70 poorest nations... Read More
Potential Therapeutic Target Discovered For Cushing's Disease
May 10, 2013
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing's disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this potentially life-threatening disorder... Read More
Bladder Cancer Could Reoccur Despite Bladder Removal
May 10, 2013
Patients with advanced bladder cancers that are surgically removed might need additional therapy to prevent recurrence in certain situations, a new UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests... Read More
How Breast Cancer Cells Acquire Drug Resistance
May 10, 2013
A seven-year quest to understand how breast cancer cells resist treatment with the targeted therapy lapatinib has revealed a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death. The discovery provides new avenues to overcome drug resistance, according to researchers at Duke Cancer Institute... Read More
Breast Cancer Oncogenes Muted By MicroRNA Cooperation
May 10, 2013
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Death & Disease shows that turning up a few microRNAs a little may offer as much anti-breast-cancer activity as turning up one microRNA a lot - and without the unwanted side effects... Read More
Initiation Of Breast Cancer Treatment Varies By Race; Patient-Doctor Communication Is Key
May 10, 2013
Black women with breast cancer were found to be three times more likely than their white counterparts to delay treatment for more than 90 days - a time delay associated with increased deaths from the disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center... Read More
Bladder Cancer Deserves Urgent Attention
May 09, 2013
It is the 4th most common cancer in men[1] (and 11th in women), but bladder cancer remains an extremely low priority in the UK. Action on Bladder Cancer[2] (ABC) reports that almost half (45%) of the UK public do not know that even just one episode of blood in the urine, the most common warning sign, could mean bladder cancer... Read More
Joint Guideline For Radiation Therapy After Prostatectomy Issued By ASTRO And AUA
May 09, 2013
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) are pleased to announce the publication of the joint guideline on radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence... Read More
The Many Benefits Of Robot-Assisted Kidney Cancer Surgery Do Not Include Cost
May 09, 2013
Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit... Read More
Engineered Spider Protein Promises Easier Anti-Venom Vaccines With Fewer Side Effects
May 09, 2013
Researchers in Brazil have engineered a new protein from the toxin of a reaper spider that could herald a new generation of anti-venom vaccines... Read More
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