Recommendation to omit radiation therapy after lumpectomy is not frequently implemented
1/28/2016
New National Cancer Data Base study finds that most elderly breast cancer patients who could skip radiation still get it.Nearly two thirds of U.S.
Protein discovery could be key to preventing heart complications of sepsis
1/28/2016
Proteins in the blood called histones, which are released from damaged tissues during sepsis, can cause life-threatening heart failure according to new research from the University of Liverpool...
New tool to determine the risk of prostate cancer death
1/28/2016
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have identified a new prognostic biomarker: the neuropeptide pro-NPY, which may help determine the risk of dying from prostate cancer.
New way to detect human-animal diseases tested in lemurs
1/28/2016
RNA sequencing could help predict future outbreaks.Advances in genetic sequencing are uncovering emerging diseases in wildlife that other diagnostic tests can't detect.
Women younger than 40 at melanoma diagnosis indoor tanned earlier and more frequently
1/27/2016
Women younger than 40 when diagnosed with melanoma reported initiating indoor tanning at an earlier age and more frequent tanning than older women diagnosed with the potentially fatal skin cancer...
Brain tumors can be rapidly profiled with new gene test
1/27/2016
Brain tumors can be rapidly and accurately profiled with a next-generation, gene-sequencing test developed at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
President Jimmy Carter's battle with metastatic melanoma to the brain has placed increased attention on management of this disease.
Open-source laser fabrication lowers costs for cancer research
1/27/2016
In a move that slashes 90 percent of the cost of mass-producing metastatic microtumors and therapeutic microtissues for screening and research, Rice University bioengineers have adapted techniques...
President Jimmy Carter's battle with metastatic melanoma to the brain has placed increased attention on management of this disease.
Women younger than 40 at melanoma diagnosis indoor tanned earlier and more frequently
1/27/2016
Women younger than 40 when diagnosed with melanoma reported initiating indoor tanning at an earlier age and more frequent tanning than older women diagnosed with the potentially fatal skin cancer...