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Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., December 7, 2017 - A new study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical...

Community practices not following guidelines for MRI breast cancer screening

Guidelines are not being followed to ensure that breast cancer screening of high risk women, such as those with a strong family history of breast...

Acupuncture significantly reduces joint pain for breast cancer patients

Credit: SWOG/The Hope Foundation In the largest, most rigorous study of its kind, acupuncture was found to significantly reduce the debilitating joint pain experienced by...

First line combination therapy improves progression-free survival in advanced lung cancer

Credit: ©ESMO LUGANO-GENEVA, Dec. 7, 2017 - A new combination therapy for the first line treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) improves progression-free...

Contrast-enhanced digital mammography comparable to breast MRI after therapy or chemo

SAN ANTONIO - Contrast-enhanced digital mammography is comparable to breast MRI in evaluating residual breast cancer after neoadjuvant endocrine therapy or chemotherapy, according to the...

Diabetes drug metformin inhibits multidrug-resistant breast cancer

The drug metformin, typically prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes, keeps breast cancer cells from developing multiple drug resistance (MDR) and can reverse MDR after...

Is laughter the greatest medicine for cancer patients?

Credit: Lancaster University Analysis led by Lancaster University researchers suggests that spontaneous humour is used and appreciated by people with cancer and can be a...

The Dream Chemistry Award goes to Dr. Jessica R. Kramer from the University of Utah

On December 4-5, 2017, the finale of the international scientific contest Dream Chemistry Award was held in Prague, Czech Republic, organized by the leading chemistry...

Researchers win grant to test new approach to overcoming roadblocks to health care delivery

BOSTON - Investigators at Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Tufts CTSI, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Catalyst (the Harvard Clinical and...

UH cancer researcher focused on tumor development

Credit: University of Houston A cancer researcher at the University of Houston is set to deliver an unprecedented look at the 20-year development of esophageal...

Genes associated with progression of melanoma are identified

When researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil treated human melanoma cell lines with a synthetic compound similar to curcumin, one of...

Go with the flow (or against it)

Queen's University researchers are using magnetic fields to influence a specific type of bacteria to swim against strong currents, opening up the potential of using...

Breakthroughs in understanding the genetic basis of aggressive prostate cancer

Credit: Christopher McNair, Thomas Jefferson University (PHILADELPHIA) - The retinoblastoma (RB) susceptibility gene was the first gatekeeper gene discovered for cancer. When it was removed,...

Activity matters: How Fitbit can help us understand cancer surgery recovery

A new study published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine finds that more activity during inpatient recovery predicted lower risk of 30- and 60-day readmission after...

Blood test could help predict skin cancer’s return