ESMO Asia 2017 Congress
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, Nov. 6, 2017 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the third...
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Younger women with advanced breast cancer needlessly excluded from treatment trials
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Liquid biopsy spots aggressive pediatric brainstem cancer earlier without surgery
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New techniques give blood biopsies greater promise
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Koch Institute at MIT, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an accurate, scalable...
Study reveals large disparities in survival for patients with HPV-associated cancers
A new study found large disparities by sex, race, and age in survival for patients diagnosed with different cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV)....
Biologics do not increase the risk of second malignancy in rheumatoid arthritis patients
SAN DIEGO - Treatment with biologics does not increase the risk of a second malignancy in rheumatoid arthritis patients who have a history of cancer,...
Colon cancer breakthrough could lead to prevention — and the foods that can help
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Can environmental toxins disrupt the biological ‘clock’?
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - Can environmental toxins disrupt circadian rhythms - the biological "clock" whose disturbance is linked to chronic inflammation and a host...
Mini cancer tumors grown in first-of-kind pioneering research
Credit: University of Birmingham Charity Cancer Research UK has awarded the University of Birmingham £1.5 million to fund a five-year research programme aimed at finding...
Russia starts production of orthophosphoric acid based on phosphorus-32
Credit: Yandex images Tomsk Polytechnic University began commercial supply of orthophosphoric acid based on phosphorus-32 isotope, which is used for biochemical study, diagnostics and therapy...
Nano-sized gold particles have been shaped to behave as clones in biomedicine
Credit: Guillermo González Rubio. Shaping nanometric gold particles - of the size of millionths of a millimeter - to improve their properties in biomedicine and...
Combined therapies increase side effects for patients with advanced breast cancer
Lisbon, Portugal: Patients with advanced breast cancer who are treated with a combination of drugs that target specific molecules important for cancer development and also...
Queen’s University Belfast research could see exercise as a prescribed medicine
Queen's University Belfast are taking part in a global trial to test whether exercise should be prescribed to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer. The...
Scientists link pancreatic cancer survival to four genes
Alterations in four main genes are responsible for how long patients survive with pancreatic cancer, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology. Before now,...
ESMO media alert: Cancer research to be presented at ESMO Asia Congress in Singapore
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2017 - ESMO, the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the ESMO Asia 2017 Congress, which will be...
