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PharmaMar has requested the process of re-examination for Aplidin® from the EMA
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar has announced the initiation of the re-examination process by the European Medicines Agency for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) for the...
Tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients
Credit: Lima et. al. 2017, Hormuth et. al. 2015 Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot" --...
Tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients
Credit: Lima et. al. 2017, Hormuth et. al. 2015 Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot" --...
Trastuzumab: No negative impact on cardiac function
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Long-term follow-up results of the NRG Oncology trial NSABP B-31 have shown that the addition of trastuzumab...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive breast cancer types
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...
Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer ‘double whammy’ for leukemia patients
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Newly identified germline variations in a key tumor suppressor gene predispose...
Female night shift workers may have increased risk of common cancers
Bottom Line: Night shift work was associated with women having an increased risk of breast, skin, and gastrointestinal cancer, according...
Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer ‘double whammy’ for leukemia patients
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Newly identified germline variations in a key tumor suppressor gene predispose...
Researchers detect a loophole in chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment
Credit: Tissino et al., 2018 A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to...
Researchers detect a loophole in chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment
Credit: Tissino et al., 2018 A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to...
Don’t give up now — keeping your New Year’s resolutions could reduce cancer risk
The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of...
Don’t give up now — keeping your New Year’s resolutions could reduce cancer risk
The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of...
Cancer mortality in the US continues decades-long drop
ATLANTA -January 4, 2018-The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991...
Small-cell lung cancer patients face barriers to receiving standard-of-care treatment
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Despite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the...
Small-cell lung cancer patients face barriers to receiving standard-of-care treatment
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Despite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the...
Specific microbes in digestive tract can boost success for cancer immunotherapy
In the Jan. 5, 2018 issue of Science, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine show that specific strains of...
Mechanism for resistance to immunotherapy treatment discovered
BOSTON - An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn't help...
A new therapeutic target to fight metastasis in ovarian cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Molecular Signaling in Cancer group of the Oncobell program (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL)...
Breast size dissatisfaction affects self-examination
New research shows that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are less likely to carry out...
Breast size dissatisfaction affects self-examination
New research shows that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are less likely to carry out...
