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Bevacizumab Slows Progression Of Metastatic Breast Cancer But Has No Impact On Survival

Jul 12, 2012

The cancer drug bevacizumab (AvastinĀ®) offers only a modest benefit in delaying disease progression in patients with advanced stage breast cancer, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers... Read More

For Anemia Prevention During Pregnancy, Iron Supplements Need Not Be Taken Every Day

Jul 12, 2012

Taking iron supplements one to three times a week instead of every day is just as effective at preventing anaemia in pregnant women, according to the findings of a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors of the review also showed that women experienced fewer side effects when taking iron supplements intermittently rather than daily... Read More

For Anemia Prevention During Pregnancy, Iron Supplements Need Not Be Taken Every Day

Jul 12, 2012

Taking iron supplements one to three times a week instead of every day is just as effective at preventing anaemia in pregnant women, according to the findings of a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors of the review also showed that women experienced fewer side effects when taking iron supplements intermittently rather than daily... Read More

Killing Cancer Cells With Weed Plant Anti-Cancer Drug

Jul 11, 2012

A new anticancer drug made from a weed-like plant that grows naturally in the Mediterranean region has been shown to effectively destroy cancer cells in mice, according to a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine... Read More

Discovery Of Melanoma-Promoting Gene

Jul 11, 2012

Black skin cancer, also known as melanoma, is particularly aggressive and becoming increasingly common in Switzerland. Despite intensive research, however, there is still no treatment. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now discovered a gene that plays a central role in black skin cancer... Read More

Exploiting "Molecular Glues" To Target Disease Relevant Proteolytic Enzymes

Jul 11, 2012

Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany identified a novel strategy to target the oncologically relevant protein-cleaving enzyme Taspase1. Taspase1 levels are not only elevated in cancer cells of patients with head and neck tumors and other solid malignancies but the enzyme is also critical for the development of leukemias... Read More

Specialized Ultrasound Used In Preclinical Studies To Detect Presence Of Cancer

Jul 11, 2012

From the air, the twists and turns of rivers can easily be seen. In the body, however, tracing the twists and turns of blood vessels is difficult, but important. Vessel "bendiness" can indicate the presence and progression of cancer. This principle led UNC scientists to a new method of using a high-resolution ultrasound to identify early tumors in preclinical studies... Read More

First Evidence For Targeting Of Pol I As New Approach To Cancer Therapy

Jul 11, 2012

Cylene Pharmaceuticals has announced that research collaborators at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) in Melbourne, Australia have established, for the first time, that RNA Polymerase I (Pol I) activity is essential for cancer cell survival and that its inhibition selectively activates p53 to kill tumors... Read More

Tumor Cells In Mice Destroyed By Drug From Mediterranean Weed

Jul 11, 2012

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, working with Danish researchers, have developed a novel anticancer drug designed to travel - undetected by normal cells - through the bloodstream until activated by specific cancer proteins... Read More

Comparison Of Cancer Screening Rates Between Those With And Without Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jul 11, 2012

New research reveals that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than the general population... Read More

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