New Subtypes Of Kidney Cancer Identified By Researchers
4/18/2013
A Finding that Will Help Physicians Tailor Treatment to Patients Based on their Tumor's Molecular Signature Researchers with the Institute of Urologic Oncology and the Department of Urology at UCLA have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes, a finding that will help physicians tailor treatment to individual patients and that moves cancer care one step closer ...
Researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that transcription factors regulating the levels of oxygen in the blood also play a role in the spread of the skin cancer melanoma...
UK's Low Bowel Cancer Survival Likely Due To Differences In Staging And Treatment
4/18/2013
Incomplete diagnostic investigation and failure to get the best treatment are the most likely reasons why survival for bowel cancer patients is lower in the UK than in other comparable countries, according to new research published in the journal Acta Oncologica...
Improving The Antitumor Activity Of Interferon
4/18/2013
Interferons have antitumor activity and have been used to treat a variety of malignancies, including colorectal and ovarian cancers. However, their effectiveness varies...
Long-Term Cancer Survivors May Be At Increased Risk For Heart Disease
4/18/2013
Many people survive their cancers, but end up dying of cardiovascular disease (CVD). New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds that CVD risk factors may be overlooked during survivorship care. Kathryn E. Weaver, Ph.D...
New Kidney Cancer Subtypes Discovered
4/18/2013
Researchers with the Institute of Urologic Oncology and the Department of Urology at UCLA have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes, a finding that will help physicians tailor treatment to individual patients and that moves cancer care one step closer to personalized medicine...
In Breast Cancer Survivors, Genetic Markers Linked To The Development Of Lymphedema
4/18/2013
A new UCSF study has found a clear association between certain genes and the development of lymphedema, a painful and chronic condition that often occurs after breast cancer surgery and some other cancer treatments...
Mixed Results From Study Of Mammogram Tool
4/18/2013
A costly and widely used mammography add-on increases detection of noninvasive and early-stage invasive breast cancer but also makes more mistakes than mammography alone, researchers from UC Davis and the University of Washington have found...
A team of researchers at the IRCM, led by Dr. Jean-Francois Cote, made an important discovery in breast cancer, which is publisheded online this week by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...
The Effectiveness Of Breast Cancer Treatment Could Be Improved By Nanodiamonds
4/18/2013
Recently, doctors have begun to categorize breast cancers into four main groups according to the genetic makeup of the cancer cells. Which category a cancer falls into generally determines the best method of treatment...