Precision oncology could be tailor-made for metastatic prostate cancer
3/01/2016
Tissue from a single metastasis could provide all the information needed to custom-design therapy for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
Two-pronged attack increases potency of new anti-cancer drugs
3/01/2016
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have discovered that the treatment of the most deadly form of blood cancer may be improved by combining two recently developed drugs.
Two-pronged attack increases potency of new anti-cancer drugs
3/01/2016
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have discovered that the treatment of the most deadly form of blood cancer may be improved by combining two recently developed drugs.
New biomarker identifies uveal melanoma patients at high risk for metastasis
3/01/2016
Among uveal melanomas categorized as class 1, those with high levels of PRAME mRNA were more likely to metastasize than those with low levels of PRAME mRNA, suggesting that patients who have class...
New biomarker identifies uveal melanoma patients at high risk for metastasis
3/01/2016
Among uveal melanomas categorized as class 1, those with high levels of PRAME mRNA were more likely to metastasize than those with low levels of PRAME mRNA, suggesting that patients who have class...
Active surveillance of low-grade prostate cancer alternative to overtreatment
2/29/2016
For men with low-grade prostate cancer, active surveillance - monitoring with the option to treat if the cancer worsens - is the most common management strategy at a regional diagnostic centre in...
Active surveillance of low-grade prostate cancer alternative to overtreatment
2/29/2016
For men with low-grade prostate cancer, active surveillance - monitoring with the option to treat if the cancer worsens - is the most common management strategy at a regional diagnostic centre in...
Gum disease bacteria linked to esophageal cancer
2/29/2016
A new study uncovers the first direct evidence that a bacterium responsible for gum disease may be a new risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Combination therapy may be better than radiotherapy alone to treat aggressive brain cancer
2/29/2016
Radiotherapy effectively damages brain tumors but the cancer cells can repair themselves in order to live on.
Light reflectance technique improves ability to remove prostate cancer during surgery
2/29/2016
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that light reflectance spectroscopy can differentiate between malignant and benign prostate tissue with 85 percent accuracy, a finding...