Rare cancers: A growing focus of early-stage clinical trials
TAT International Congress 2019 -- Paris, France -- Feb. 25-27, 2019Credit: ©European Society for Medical Oncology Paris, France, 25 February ...
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Patients’ HIV status should not impact their cancer care
New articles published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, note that there is no medical justification ...
Sperm quality unaffected by one course of chemotherapy for early testicular cancer
First study to investigate long-term effect of postoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy on sperm count and concentration Men with early stage ...
Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely ...
Medicaid expansion led to increase in screening for colorectal cancer patients in Kentucky
Credit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (February 22, 2019): Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the U.S.1 However, ...
Older biologic age linked to elevated breast cancer risk
NIH scientists use epigenetics to help predict disease developmentCredit: NIEHS Biologic age, a DNA-based estimate of a person's age, is ...
Outfitting T cell receptors to combat a widespread and sometimes deadly virus
Credit: Jennifer Maynard/Ellen Wagner/University of Texas Researchers have engineered "antibody-like" T cell receptors that can specifically stick to cells infected ...
A ‘joint’ problem: Investigating marijuana and tobacco co-use
A survey of marijuana and tobacco co-users by Medical University of South Carolina researchers found that co-users with a close ...
New research prize for best doctoral thesis on cancer
In memory of Professor Dan Grandér This year, the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet for the forst time awards a ...
Breast cancer study confirms importance of multigenerational family data to assess risk
A team of researchers led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Professor Mary Beth Terry, PhD, evaluated four ...
Treatment to a T? Taking a ‘BiTE’ out of lung cancer
Researchers at Osaka University reveal a correlation between the activity of T cells in lung cancer tumors and equivalent activity ...
Nearly $20 million awarded by CPRIT to MD Anderson
Funds support research, recruitment and prevention in medically underserved areas HOUSTON -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
Salk scientists uncover how high-fat diet drives colorectal cancer growth
Experimental drug candidate slows cancer progression in mouse modelCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 21, 2018) As cancer death rates drop ...
PET scans show biomarkers could spare some breast cancer patients from chemotherapy
De-escalation of treatment strategies aims to minimize toxicity while maintaining efficacyCredit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center In an effort to ...
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