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Resistance To Anti-HER2 Therapy In Breast Cancer Patients May Be Delayed By Treatment Targeting PI3K
Jan 26, 2013
Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer being treated with anti-HER2 therapy may be able to prevent or delay resistance to the therapy with the addition of a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase inhibitor to their treatment regimens... Read More
Association Between Blood Calcium And Ovarian Cancer Could Lead To Diagnostic Test
Jan 26, 2013
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers. Lead author Gary G. Schwartz, Ph.D., a cancer epidemiologist at Wake Forest Baptist, and colleague, Halcyon G. Skinner, Ph.D... Read More
Folic Acid Supplements Not Linked To Increased Cancer Risk
Jan 25, 2013
Folic acid supplements are not liked to an increased cancer risk when taken for up to 5 years. The finding came from new research which looked at data on nearly 50,000 people and was published in The Lancet... Read More
Novel Surgical Technique Being Tested For Uterine, Cervical Cancer Patients
Jan 25, 2013
A technique initially used to spare breast tissue during surgery is being researched by an Indiana University School of Medicine physician to improve prognosis, reduce complications and spare lymph nodes in women with gynecological cancer. Emma Rossi, M.D... Read More
Cervical Cancer-Causing Virus Found In The Brain, Shows Potential Connection To Epilepsy
Jan 25, 2013
The virus becomes a potential new target for treating a common form of childhood epilepsy Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy... Read More
Novel Surgical Technique Being Tested For Uterine, Cervical Cancer Patients
Jan 25, 2013
A technique initially used to spare breast tissue during surgery is being researched by an Indiana University School of Medicine physician to improve prognosis, reduce complications and spare lymph nodes in women with gynecological cancer. Emma Rossi, M.D... Read More
Cervical Cancer-Causing Virus Found In The Brain, Shows Potential Connection To Epilepsy
Jan 25, 2013
The virus becomes a potential new target for treating a common form of childhood epilepsy Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy... Read More
Among Female Smokers Risk Of Lung Cancer Death Has Risen Dramatically In Recent Decades
Jan 25, 2013
Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to a Special Article published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)... Read More
Among Female Smokers Risk Of Lung Cancer Death Has Risen Dramatically In Recent Decades
Jan 25, 2013
Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to a Special Article published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)... Read More
Avastin Wins FDA Approval For Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Jan 25, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of Roche's Avastin for patients with colorectal cancer that has gotten worse despite treatment with the medication. This new approval will permit patients who were already treated once with Avastin plus chemotherapy to be treated again with Avastin in combination with a different chemotherapy regimen... Read More
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