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...
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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...
A cluster of mutations in neurofibromatosis is important risk factor for severe symptoms
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., professor of genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shows that missense mutations...
Carfilzomib can lead to cardiovascular toxicity in multiple myeloma patients
PHILADELPHIA - The proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib has taken on an increasing role in the treatment of multiple myeloma, but new research from the Abramson Cancer...
Cancer overrides the circadian clock to survive
Credit: Hollings Cancer Center Tumor cells use the unfolded protein response to alter circadian rhythm, which contributes to more tumor growth, Hollings Cancer Center researchers...
Uncovering molecular targets for childhood cancer therapeutics
Credit: Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal and Maternal Medicine (Ibaraki),TMDU Study led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) elucidates genomic targets in refractory neuroblastoma Tok..
New understanding of why cancer cells move
Credit: University of Hawaii Cancer Center A University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researcher has identified how some cancer cells are made to move during metastasis....
Study explores impact of obesity on bone marrow cells
Credit: Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -New research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine highlights the pernicious effect of obesity on the long-term health of...
First stereotactic radiotherapy system designed for breast cancer receives FDA clearance
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 22, 2017 - The GammaPod ™ - a first-of-its kind stereotactic radiotherapy system to treat early stage breast cancer - has received...
Hormone therapy combination may benefit health without increasing cancer risk
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Treating ovariectomized mice with a combination of conjugated estrogens and the drug bazedoxifene triggers the expression...
A kiss of death for prostate cancer
Hokkaido University researchers have uncovered a cellular protein that stabilizes a tumor promoting signaling pathway, suggesting a new target to treat prostate cancer. The drug...
Breaking up (protein complexes) is hard to do, but new UW study shows how
MADISON, Wisconsin -- A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers identified the structural basis for how tightly bound protein complexes are broken apart to...
New marker could detect fatal breast cancer up to one year earlier than current methods
A new marker that could be used to diagnose fatal breast cancer up to one year ahead of current methods has been described in a...
Medicaid expansion leads to increase in early-stage cancer diagnoses
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Affordable Care Act led to an increase in the number of cancer diagnoses -- particularly those at early stages -- in...
