Study examines race-based differences in social support needs among breast cancer patients
In a Psycho-Oncology study of 28 women who were being treated for breast cancer and were participating in focus groups, ...
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Shared genetic marker offers new promise in targeting specific ovarian and lung cancers
Two new papers, published simultaneously in Nature Communications and led by researchers at McGill University, offer promise that a drug ...
Drug target identified for chemotherapy-resistant ovarian, breast cancer
Study finds mimic for BRCA genes that could be targeted to improve treatment People who inherit a faulty copy of ...
Revealing the path of a metallodrug in a breast cancer cell
Credit: ESRF Some types of cancer cannot be treated with classical chemotherapy. Scientists from Inserm, CNRS, Sorbonne University, PSL university, ...
Site of care may affect patients' access to palliative treatment
Regardless of race or ethnicity, patients were 33 percent less likely to receive any palliative care for metastatic cancer at ...
High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers, trial finds
Credit: UPMC ARLINGTON, Va., January 31, 2019 -- The first report from a phase II, multi-center clinical trial indicates that ...
UBC research examines living well while dying
Study shows how terminal cancer patients choose to live life with new meaning A UBC professor has determined that people ...
SU2C awards 2019 Laura Ziskin Prize in Translational Research
Drs. Silvia Formenti and Heather McArthur to collaborateCredit: Stand Up To Cancer LOS ANGELES - (January 29, 2019) - Stand ...
Do women with breast cancer have a higher risk of atrial fibrillation?
Increased risk of atrial fibrillation in women with breast cancer depends on age and time since diagnosis, according to a ...
Mechanism explains breast cancer cell plasticity
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine One of the main obstacles to successfully treating breast cancer is the cells' ability to ...
Blocking pro-fibrosis pathway may improve immunotherapy of metastatic breast cancer
Drug approved for lymphoma and multiple myeloma may reduce fibrosis and immunosuppression A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has ...
The growing role of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment
Credit: Authors In a paper published in the September/December 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Rutgers University ...
Study: Keloids linked to early onset and late stage breast cancer
DETROIT - Findings from a new study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Health System suggest a link between keloids ...
New drug targets for BRCA-driven cancer uncovered
Preclinical study yields previously unreported, potent and generalizable hits representing potential drug targets for hereditary breast, ovarian cancer BRCA1 and ...
Important signaling pathway in breast cancer revealed
Credit: Kanazawa University In breast cancer, one of the most common cancers in women, tumors contain a small amount of ...
Study examines racial differences in time to breast cancer surgery in military health system
Bottom Line:Â Less access to care and lower insurance coverage are among the reasons for racial disparities in breast cancer survival ...
Gene changes may predict breast cancer relapse, study suggests
Scientists have identified genetic changes that may predict the likelihood of breast cancer relapse in women taking a common type ...
Acupressure relieves long-term symptoms of breast cancer treatment, study finds
Breast cancer survivors reported improvements in depression, pain, anxiety and sleep after self-administered acupressureCredit: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center ...
Breast cancer up to five times more likely to metastasize even 10 years after childbirth
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A study by researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center and Oregon Health & ...
Study of mutation order may change understanding of how tumors develop
Cancer Cell paper envisions new direction in cancer research Cancers most commonly arise because of a series of two to ...
