PARP inhibitor plus chemotherapy improves progression-free survival for advanced ovarian cancer patients
Phase III trial validates the benefit of veliparib for patients without a BRCA mutationCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from ...
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New treatment improves survival in women newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer
An international study shows that administering niraparib after chemotherapy reduces by nearly 40% the risk of relapse or death from ...
New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer
In study, test proved able to detect and localize more than 20 types of cancer with a high degree of ...
Colorado project wins International Atomic Energy Agency safety competition
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center One of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) missions, in addition to being the ...
Ultrasound yields similar cancer detection rates after digital mammography, tomosynthesis
Dense breast ultrasound screening after digital mammography -- versus after digital breast tomosynthesis--yielded 'no significant difference' in additional cancer detection ...
Study shows nearly half of cancer patients who enter a comprehensive tobacco treatment program quit smoking
Quitlines and other minimal interventions average less than 20% smoking abstinence ratesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- In the ...
Cancer tumours form surprising connections with healthy brain cells
Healthy neurons form synapses with aggressive brain cancer cells that stimulate the growth and proliferation of brain cancer; anti-epileptic medicine ...
Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery
ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 27 September ...
Pancreatic cancer discovery reveals how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth
Finding may explain why promising drugs work -- and when they won'tCredit: Dan Addison | UVA A new discovery about ...
Semen miRNAs could be non-invasive biomarkers for prostate cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Human Molecular Genetics group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Sara ...
Predicting cancer versus autism risk in PTEN patients
New Cleveland Clinic led research published in American Journal of Human GeneticsCredit: Cleveland Clinic Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, CLEVELAND: In ...
Tasmanian devil research could help tackle immunotherapy resistance
Credit: Marian Burr A cluster of interacting proteins that are active in both human cancers and Tasmanian devil facial tumours, ...
Investigational drug with immunotherapy may provide new therapeutic opportunity for patients previously treated for kidney and lung cancer
Pegilodecakin with pembrolizumab and nivolumab shown to be safe in Phase 1B studyCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Pegilodecakin, ...
Nanotechnology improves chemotherapy delivery
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have invented a new way to monitor ...
Resistance to immune checkpoint blocker drug linked to metabolic imbalance
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Cancer cells appear to adapt to treatment with checkpoint blocker drugs by altering a metabolic process, ...
Cancer: The origin of genetic mutations
By linking DNA replication failures in cancer cells to their genetic instability, researchers at UNIGE unveil a mutation mechanism that ...
Urine test that can detect early-stage pancreatic cancer starts clinical study
Credit: Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund A urine test that can detect early stage pancreatic cancer has reached the final stage ...
Exploring the risk of ALL in children with Down syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), is the most common childhood cancer. Children with trisomy 21 (Down ...
Converting absorbed photons into twice as many excitons: Successful high-efficiency energy conversion with organic monolayer on gold nanocluster surface
Applications expected in solar energy conversion, material conversion, and medical careCredit: Keio University, Kobe University. A research group comprising Associate ...
Non-viral gene therapy to speed up cancer research
A new treatment method promises to speed up gene therapy research and could bring new, patient friendly cancer treatments to ...
