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Potential Cancer Drugs From Naturally Occurring Compounds
Mar 01, 2013
Inspired by a chemical that fungi secrete to defend their territory, MIT chemists have synthesized and tested several dozen compounds that may hold promise as potential cancer drugs... Read More
Safety Of IV Fluids Containing Hydroxyethyl Starch, Used By NHS, Questioned
Mar 01, 2013
Starch-based intravenous (IV) fluids used by the NHS to treat seriously ill patients are causing unnecessary deaths, according to a new Cochrane systematic review by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine... Read More
Diabetes Not Found To Impact Infection Risk, Surgical Outcomes
Mar 01, 2013
Patients with diabetes were no more likely to suffer infection, deep vein thrombosis (a deep vein blood clot) or other complications following total knee replacement (TKR) than patients without diabetes, according to new research published online, in advance of its publication in the March 2013 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS)... Read More
Study Offers Hope In Fight Against Common Skin Cancer
Mar 01, 2013
Hailed as a major step forward in the effort to develop targeted cancer therapies, a recently approved drug for the most common type of skin cancer has been a mixed blessing for patients. Although the initial response is usually dramatic, the tumors often recur as the cancer becomes resistant to treatment... Read More
Leukemia Survival Improved By Infusion Of Stem Cells And Specially Generated T-Cells From Same Donor
Mar 01, 2013
In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation... Read More
Cancers Resist Treatment By "Shuffling Their Genetic Pack"
Mar 01, 2013
It is well-known in bowel cancer research that because of inherent "chromosomal instability", cancer cells manage to retain the upper hand by being able to "reshuffle" their genetic pack of cards, the chromosomes that hold the cells' DNA information, thus increasing cell diversity in tumors, which makes them difficult to treat... Read More
Potential Cancer Drugs From Naturally Occurring Compounds
Mar 01, 2013
Inspired by a chemical that fungi secrete to defend their territory, MIT chemists have synthesized and tested several dozen compounds that may hold promise as potential cancer drugs... Read More
Safety Of IV Fluids Containing Hydroxyethyl Starch, Used By NHS, Questioned
Mar 01, 2013
Starch-based intravenous (IV) fluids used by the NHS to treat seriously ill patients are causing unnecessary deaths, according to a new Cochrane systematic review by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine... Read More
Diabetes Not Found To Impact Infection Risk, Surgical Outcomes
Mar 01, 2013
Patients with diabetes were no more likely to suffer infection, deep vein thrombosis (a deep vein blood clot) or other complications following total knee replacement (TKR) than patients without diabetes, according to new research published online, in advance of its publication in the March 2013 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS)... Read More
First Study Ever To Analyze 25 Years Of Data After Radiation Therapy For Prostate Cancer Patients
Feb 28, 2013
The March 2013 issue of The Journal of Urology, the official journal of The American Urological Association, includes a study conducted by four physicians from Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG), a Vantage Oncology affiliate... Read More
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