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...
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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...
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 (MSE:PHM) has announced the initiation of the re-examination process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) for the indication of relapsed...
State-of-the-art MRI technology bypasses need for biopsy
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Jan. 02, 2018 - The most common type of tumor found in the kidney is generally quite small (less than...
Americans’ attitudes about science in 2017: High confidence, low visibility
ARLINGTON, Va. - Jan. 2, 2018 - Scientists and the nation's scientific enterprise remain largely invisible to the public, according to national public opinion surveys...
Novel nanomedicine inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer in mice
A new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene -- a gene that promotes the development of cancer -- and...
Randomness a key in spread of disease, other ‘evil’
ITHACA, N.Y. - An unfortunate church dinner more than 100 years ago did more than just spread typhoid fever to scores of Californians. It led...
Novel diabetes drugs sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy agents
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that experimental diabetes drugs can make cancer cells more vulnerable to traditional chemotherapy agents, and they say such...
PharmaMar signs a license agreement for Aplidin® with Megapharm in Israel
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a commercialization and distribution license agreement with Megapharm Ltd. for the marine-derived anticancer drug Aplidin® (plitidepsin) in Israel and the...
Immune cells play key role in early breast cancer metastasis even before a tumor develops
(New York, NY - January 2, 2018) --Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that normal immune cells called macrophages, which reside in healthy breast tissue surrounding...
Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines
1. Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-2067 URLs go live when the embargo lifts Lung cancer s..
New guidelines on clinical trial design for patients with brain metastases
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials of new anti-cancer therapies have often excluded patients whose disease has spread to the brain or central...
Berry gives boost to cervical cancer therapy
Credit: University of Missouri School of Medicine According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed...
Can e-cigarettes help smokers quit?
Credit: Sarah Pack/Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC As e-cigarettes become more popular, fewer people are taking up smoking traditional cigarettes. But can e-cigarettes, an electronic...
