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 and has reached 26%, resulting...
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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 initial management of non-metastatic small-ce..
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 initial management of non-metastatic small-ce..
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 commensal bacteria - the swarms...
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 most patients. Now, two research...
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) - proCURE Program (Catalan Institute...
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 regular self-examinations to screen for...
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 regular self-examinations to screen for...
SNMMI publishes appropriate use criteria for somatostatin receptor PET imaging
RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for somatostatin receptor PET imaging in neuroendocrine...
Dirt-dwelling microbe produces potential anti-melanoma weapon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State University shows. The molecule is...
Dirt-dwelling microbe produces potential anti-melanoma weapon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State University shows. The molecule is...
Lymphedema after cancer treatment — special issue of Rehabilitation Oncology presents research update
Jan. 4, 2018 - Individuals who have been treated for cancer are at risk for a complication called lymphedema: swelling in the body region where...
Lymphedema after cancer treatment — special issue of Rehabilitation Oncology presents research update
Jan. 4, 2018 - Individuals who have been treated for cancer are at risk for a complication called lymphedema: swelling in the body region where...
ASK the enzyme: New potential targets for cancer
Credit: Atsushi Matsuzawa New understandings of how molecules affect the activity of an enzyme could lead to potential targets for the treatment of cancers and...
ASK the enzyme: New potential targets for cancer
Credit: Atsushi Matsuzawa New understandings of how molecules affect the activity of an enzyme could lead to potential targets for the treatment of cancers and...
