People willing to trade treatment efficacy for reduced side effects in cancer therapies
(WASHINGTON, November 21, 2017) -- When choosing their preferred treatment, people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) place the highest value ...
PCORI Board approves $57 million to support new patient-centered CER studies
WASHINGTON, DC (November 21, 2017) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $57 million to ...
Researchers discover specific tumor environment that triggers cells to metastasize
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of bioengineers and bioinformaticians at the University of California San Diego have ...
New study points the way to therapy for rare cancer that targets the young
Credit: Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics at The Rockefeller University After years of rigorous research, a team of scientists has identified ...
Oncotarget: Researchers identify a potential molecular trigger for invasiveness in prostate cancer cells
Credit: Oncotarget ORCHARD PARK, New York - (Nov. 20, 2017) - A small protein modification can trigger the aggressive migratory ...
Study calculates contribution of risk factors to cancer in the United States
Credit: American Cancer Society A new American Cancer Society study calculates the contribution of several modifiable risk factors to cancer ...
Social networks and survival: Social ties could help with cancer management
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital led by Ying Bao, MD, ScD, an epidemiologist in BWH's Channing Division of Network ...
How disposable diapers can improve measurements of tumor growth
Catching cancer early can make all the difference for successful treatment. A common screening practice measures tumor growth with X-ray ...
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society awards grant to Savoldo for immunotherapy research
CHAPEL HILL -- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Barbara Savoldo, MD, PhD, was awarded a $600,000, three-year grant from ...
New breast cell types discovered by multidisciplinary research team
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australia A joint effort by breast cancer researchers and bioinformaticians has provided new insights ...
Cure Brain Cancer supports brain cancer immunotherapy trials
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Our research into new treatments for brain cancer has been boosted by fellowship ...
BIDMC’s Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, named AAAS 2017 fellow
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, Director of the Cancer Center and Cancer ...
Chemo brain starts during cancer’s progression, not just after chemotherapy
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences The memory and thinking problems experienced by cancer survivors, known as "chemo brain" or ...
Women prefer getting mammograms every year
CHICAGO - Women prefer to get their mammograms every year, instead of every two years, according to a new study ...
Revolutionary imaging technique uses CRISPR to map DNA mutations
Credit: John Wallace at VCU Massey Cancer Center A team of scientists led by Virginia Commonwealth University physicist Jason Reed, ...
ACP and CDC issue recommendations for hepatitis B screening, vaccination, and care
Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 2017 -- Reducing chronic hepatitis B infections by screening at-risk adults, increasing hepatitis B vaccination rates, and ...
UVA researchers discover a new target for ‘triple-negative’ breast cancer
So-called "triple-negative" breast cancer is a particularly aggressive and difficult-to-treat form. It accounts for only about 10 percent of breast ...
Sensors could identify biomarkers, improve early-stage detection, treatment of diseases
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have found a method of identifying biological markers in small amounts of blood ...
Study reveals new mechanism used by cancer cells to disarm attacking immune cells
Columbus, Ohio - A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital ...
Preclinical study demonstrates promising treatment for rare bone disease
Credit: SBP La Jolla, Calif., November 20, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have led ...
