Researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have confirmed in a screening effectiveness study that early screening with MRIs can reduce breast cancer mortality for female survivors of childhood...
Novel device measures stiffness and stickiness of red blood cells
3/02/2016
In sickle cell disease, red blood cells become stiff and sticky, causing blockage. Now, a new device that measures these properties could help manage and research the disease.
Ethnic minority women more likely to believe that cancer is deadly and down to fate
3/01/2016
Women from ethnic minorities in the UK are more likely to believe that cancer is incurable and is down to fate than their white counterparts, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in...
Depression is more than a mental disorder: It affects the whole organism
3/01/2016
An international team of researchers lead by the University of Granada has scientifically proven, for the first time, that depression is associated with important alterations of oxidative stress...
Study may widen patient pool that benefits from EPZ-5676 against acute myeloid leukemia
3/01/2016
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows a weak link in the chain of events that causes an aggressive subtype of acute myeloid...
Study may widen patient pool that benefits from EPZ-5676 against acute myeloid leukemia
3/01/2016
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows a weak link in the chain of events that causes an aggressive subtype of acute myeloid...
Blocking inflammation prevents cell death, improves memory in Alzheimer's disease
3/01/2016
Using a drug compound created to treat cancer, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists have disarmed the brain's response to the distinctive beta-amyloid plaques that are the hallmark of...
Better biopsies through biofluidics
3/01/2016
Biopsies are a gold standard for definitively diagnosing diseases like cancer.
Single dose of trastuzumab kick starts immune response in certain breast cancers
3/01/2016
A tumor's immune response to a single dose of the HER2 inhibitor trastuzumab predicted which patients with HER2-positive breast cancer would respond to the drug on a more long-term basis, according...
Type 1 diabetes raises risk for certain cancers, study finds
3/01/2016
In a new study, type 1 diabetes has been linked to increased risk for certain cancers, including stomach, pancreatic and liver cancers, as well as a lower risk for other cancers.