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New cancer report shows need to reduce disparities and address growth in patient numbers
Dec 24, 2014
A new report on cancer incidence and mortality in Australia highlights the urgent need to address disparities in treatment outcomes and prepare for an increasing number of cancer patients, Cancer... Read More
Scientists map out how medulloblastoma relapse
Dec 24, 2014
Researchers have discovered the unique genetic paths that the childhood brain tumour medulloblastoma follows when the disease comes back, according to research* published in Cancer Cell. Read More
FDA approves first pathogen reduction system to treat plasma
Dec 24, 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Intercept Blood System for plasma, the first pathogen reduction system for use by blood establishments in the preparation of plasma in order... Read More
'Resistance will be futile' - Insight into cancer's evolving defense mechanism
Dec 24, 2014
Turning the tables, Katherine Borden at the University of Montreal's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) has evoked Star Trek's Borg in her fight against the disease. Read More
Cancer detected at the cellular level by lens-free microscope
Dec 24, 2014
UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level abnormalities with the same accuracy as larger and more expensive optical... Read More
How breast cancer cells break free to spread in the body
Dec 24, 2014
More than 90 percent of cancer-related deaths are caused by the spread of cancer cells from their primary tumor site to other areas of the body. Read More
Mouse study finds immune system could promote hair growth
Dec 24, 2014
Cancer researchers have found an unexpected association between the macrophages of the immune system and regenerative skin stem cells. Read More
New approach to diagnose blood clots in lungs of patients over 50
Dec 24, 2014
Researchers from Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City have identified a new "sliding scale" model used to rule out potentially deadly blood clots in the lungs, known as pulmonary embolisms... Read More
Single genetic abnormality accelerates, removes the brakes on Ewing sarcoma tumor growth
Dec 23, 2014
The genetic abnormality that drives the bone cancer Ewing sarcoma operates through two distinct processes - both activating genes that stimulate tumor growth and suppressing those that should keep... Read More
Vessel research offers new direction to study how cancer spreads
Dec 23, 2014
Researchers have understood very little about how blood and lymphatic vessels form in the mammalian gut - until now. Read More
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