Physical activity data, emojis on Apple Watch correlated with patient-reported outcomes
ATLANTA - In findings presented to the American Society of Hematology, Mayo Clinic researchers found that using emojis instead of ...
Study explores use of checkpoint inhibitors after relapse from donor stem cell transplant
ATLANTA - Immunotherapy agents known as checkpoint inhibitors have shown considerable promise in patients with hematologic cancers who relapse after ...
For leukemia patients, transfusion needs may delay hospice care
Toward the end of life, some leukemia patients depend on blood transfusions to ease their suffering. Unfortunately, the likelihood that ...
Immunotherapy drug nearly eliminates severe acute graft-versus-host disease
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - Dec. 9, 2017 - Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children's ...
Study results offer another boon for PARP inhibitors in treatment of advanced breast cancer
SAN ANTONIO - Patients with certain advanced hereditary breast cancers may have new treatments options on the horizon, according to ...
For women with genetic risk, bi-annual MRI beats mammograms
Intensive surveillance including a dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) exam every six months was far more effective in detecting ...
Lymph node surgery may raise risk of arm morbidity in younger women
SAN ANTONIO -- Younger breast cancer patients who underwent axillary lymph node dissection were more likely to experience arm swelling ...
Family members without inherited mutation have increased risk of melanoma
In families who carry certain inherited mutations that increase the risk for melanoma, members who do not carry the mutation ...
Molecular beacon signals low oxygen with ultrasound
Credit: Video courtesy of Jefferson Chan, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Areas of hypoxia, or low oxygen in tissue, ...
ERC grant: €2 million for synthetic biology at TU Darmstadt
Darmstadt, December 8, 2017. The European Research Council awards an ERC Consolidator Grant to professor Heinz Koeppl and supports him ...
PARP inhibitor improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancers and BRCA
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD ...
ECOG-ACRIN discovers a simple blood test may predict recurrence of breast cancer
A simple blood test that detects tumor cells circulating in the blood shows promise as a new way to predict ...
Including diagnosis related costs, 3-D mammography costs less than digital mammography
SAN ANTONIO - Although digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3-D mammography, costs more than a digital mammography (DM) screening, it ...
Novel compound restores immune response in patients with melanoma
Credit: © ESMO LUGANO-GENEVA, Dec. 8, 2017 - A novel compound may restore immune response in patients with melanoma, according ...
Researchers discover resistance mechanism to checkpoint inhibitors and how to reverse it
LUGANO-GENEVA, Dec. 8, 2017 - Researchers have discovered a mechanism of resistance to checkpoint inhibitors and how to reverse it. ...
New assay may help predict which pancreatic lesions may become cancerous
Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 2017 -A report in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, describes a new simple molecular test to detect ...
SABCS: I-SPY 3-year pCR results are powerful predictor for breast cancer survival
Credit: Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative SAN FRANCISCO, C.A., December 7, 2017 - Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative, sponsor and manager of ...
A common virus may help inform treatment planning for stem cell transplant patients
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Most healthy people barely notice infection with the human cytomegalovirus (hCMV), a form of the ...
International collaboration could reduce smoking prevalence, MU researchers find
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the World Health Organization, approximately 80 percent of the world's more ...
Time matters: Does our biological clock keep cancer at bay?
Credit: Angela Relógio, adapted by Roland Roberts. Our body has an internal biological or "circadian" clock, which cycles daily and ...
