New technology dives deep into the cancer genome
ASCO Perspective "We continue to see promising reports about possible uses of circulating tumor DNA analysis. While this approach has a ways to go before...
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Cancer patients who systematically reported their symptoms lived longer
Credit: Brian Strickland/UNC Lineberger CHICAGO-Cancer patients who reported their symptoms to their cancer care providers using a web-based survey lived longer than those patients who...
Routine genomic testing is feasible, but only a subset of patients benefit
ASCO Perspective "This study gives more validation for the use of genomics in clinical practice and shows it could very well guide treatment choices for...
Steady decrease in severe health problems for childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective "Perhaps no other area of oncology has seen such dramatic progress in treatment over the past decades as childhood cancer. As a result...
Two combination therapies shrink melanoma brain metastases in more than half of patients
CHICAGO - High response rates to a pair of combination therapies point to potentially new options for a group of metastatic melanoma patients who have...
Increasing susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in the United States
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 - Findings from a study that looked at susceptibility trends of Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. hospital patients showed...
Zika virus successfully diagnosed from semen
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 -Research presented at ASM Microbe 2017 by experts at the Fertility and Cryogenics Lab shows a reliable clinical...
Development of a novel vaccine for Zika
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 - Research presented by Farshad Guirakhoo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, GeoVax, Inc., at the ASM Microbe 2017 meeting...
Global study sets new risk-based standard to personalize chemotherapy for colon cancer
ASCO Perspective "In this case, less is more. We're now able to spare many patients with colon cancer unnecessary side effects of an additional 3...
Pregnancy after breast cancer does not increase chance of recurrence
ASCO Perspective "These data provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors that having a baby after a breast cancer diagnosis may not increase the chance of...
Vapor from novel tobacco hybrid device minimally impacts human cells
New laboratory data reveal that vapour from a novel hybrid tobacco heating product (THP) iFuse and two standard THPs produced little or no effect on...
Emergency medicine in space: Normal rules don’t apply
Experts at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will discuss the unusual and challenging problem of how to perform emergency medical procedures during...
Cardiac arrest on plane journeys: New guidelines proposed
New guidelines to deal with the in-flight emergency of cardiac arrest in a passenger or crew member are being proposed at this year's Euroanaesthesia meeting...
Nothing to fear for ‘good Samaritan’ doctors who assist medical emergencies
Experts at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will look at what can happen when doctors are called on to help with a...
Natural Caesarean section is safe, popular and feasible and is not encouraging maternal requests for C-section births
An expert speaking at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will say that "Natural Caesarean Section" - in which women enjoy enhanced contact...