California awards UCSC Precision Medicine Funds for childhood cancer research
Credit: UC Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA - Jan. 8 , 2018 - The California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) has awarded the Treehouse...
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Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care
Credit: University of California, Davis RESTON, Va. - The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of disease through analysis of better...
Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care
Credit: University of California, Davis RESTON, Va. - The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of disease through analysis of better...
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 indication of relapsed and refractory...
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" -- the successful effort that sent...
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" -- the successful effort that sent...
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 to adjuvant chemotherapy does not...
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 known as ductal carcinoma in...
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 individuals to develop leukemia as...
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 to a meta-analysis. Journal in...
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 individuals to develop leukemia as...
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 treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)...
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 treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)...
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 the first week of January,...
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 the first week of January,...
