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Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center EGFR is a common genetic target in lung cancer, but not all EGFR mutations...

Credit: Nathan Skolski, UBC Okanagan Wine producers and grape growers have a new, powerful tool at their disposal to help...

SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 24, 2017) - New research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT...

Researchers from LSTM's Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- Novel approaches to tissue engineering and regenerative...

TORONTO (October 23, 2017) -More people die of lung cancer than any other type of cancer, and two new studies...

TORONTO-(October 23, 2017) Delivering news about end-of-life issues is one of the most difficult tasks clinicians encounter in medical practice....

Melanomas caused by sun exposure have been matched with targeted treatments and immunotherapies, in many cases dramatically extending patients' lives....

Seventy-two new genetic variants that contribute to the risk of developing breast cancer have been identified by a major international...

Benzopyrene is a potent carcinogen and mutagen present in cigarette smoke, automotive exhaust, burnt wood fumes, barbecued and smoked meat...

MADISON, Wis. -- As cells with a propensity for cancer break down food for energy, they reach a fork in...

PHILADELPHIA - Pediatric patients with head and neck cancer can be treated with proton beam therapy (PBT) instead of traditional...

SAN ANTONIO -- The UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center, the American Association for Cancer Research, and Baylor College of...

Credit: Image courtesy of Jon Aster, Harvard Medical School PHILADELPHIA -- Notch is one of the most frequently mutated genes...

Credit: Long N. Nguyen The bloodborne chemical signal sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is released by blood cells to regulate immune and vascular...

Credit: Almac Diagnostics Queen's University Belfast has led the world's largest research study using a diagnostic test developed by Almac...

Lugano, Oct. 23, 2017 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, was present at the WHO Global...

Credit: Carolyn Hruban Some scientists have suspected that the most common form of ovarian cancer may originate in the fallopian...

New research indicates that hospitalized patients with advanced cancer experience many physical and psychological symptoms, and that patients dealing with...

Hospitalized patients with advanced cancer who report more intense and numerous physical and psychological symptoms appear to be at risk...