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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...
More care is needed for cancer supportive care
LUGANO, Switzerland - The relentless efforts devoted to improving prevention, early detection, and treatment have resulted in more and more...
Only one in five Indonesian women are aware of cervical cancer screening
LUGANO, 17 November 2017 - Just one in five Indonesian women are aware of cervical cancer screening, according to a...
Study finds all Myanmar mouth cancer patients chew betel quid
LUGANO, 17 November 2017 - A study in Myanmar has found that all mouth cancer patients use smokeless tobacco, researchers...