Early gene therapy results in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome promising
12/07/2015
Four children treated in US trial show improvements, will continue to be monitored for long-term outcomes.
Among children in Uganda with lactic acidosis due to severe anemia, transfusion of longer-storage red blood cells, compared with shorter-storage, resulted in a similar reduction of elevated blood...
Experts unite to form new global acute myeloid leukemia network
12/05/2015
Experts at the forefront of research into acute myeloid leukemia (AML) today launched a new global information network dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of the disease.
Breast screening programme effective in preventing some invasive cancers
12/05/2015
Screening for and treatment of an early form of breast cancer has been found to prevent subsequent invasive cancer, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Signaling pathway suppresses brain tumors
12/04/2015
Researchers at the University of Basel took a close look at a signaling pathway present in most organisms and found that it suppresses the formation of specific types of brain tumor.
Study shows abiraterone acetate is useful even in most aggressive prostate cancers
12/04/2015
In 1048 prostate cancer patients previously treated with docetaxel and 996 metastatic, castration-resistant patients, treatment with the androgen-lowering drug abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) led to...
UF medical students use personalized medicine to catch leukemia before it starts
12/04/2015
Clinicians may be able to change the way people with a blood disease called myelodysplastic syndrome are diagnosed and treated, potentially preventing it from turning into leukemia, according to...
Depression is a significant predictor of five-year survival and recurrence in head and neck cancer patients, according to a new study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Can cancer itself damage the heart?
12/04/2015
Both treated and untreated cancer patients had impaired heart function. Research presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2015 raises the possibility that cancer itself may damage heart muscle...
Researchers identify biomarker of early lung cancer that may increase survival
12/04/2015
Researchers in Taiwan have identified a biomarker that detects the most common lung cancer in its earliest stage. The discovery could one day change how long lung cancer patients live.