HIV-positive people disproportionately affected by infection-related cancers
10/23/2015
A new study conducted by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in partnership with the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease...
Optical scanner shows potential for real-time 3D breast cancer screening
10/23/2015
Scientists have developed a hand-held optical scanner with the potential to offer breast cancer imaging in real time.
Onxeo S.A., an innovative company specializing in the development of orphan oncology drugs, announced compliance and patient acceptability results from a global Phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating...
Optical scanner shows potential for real-time 3D breast cancer screening
10/23/2015
Scientists have developed a hand-held optical scanner with the potential to offer breast cancer imaging in real time.
Therapy dogs have calming effect on children having cancer treatment
10/23/2015
A multi-center trial provides some of the first hard evidence to support anecdotal claims that therapy dogs can help calm child cancer patients and their families.
Researchers identify potential new leukemia drug target
10/23/2015
New treatment options are badly needed for acute myeloid leukemia, a relatively rare form of cancer.
Allina Health study could save breast cancer patients time, money and side effects
10/23/2015
Most with invasive lobular carcinoma could be treated with hormones aloneMost breast cancer patients with invasive lobular carcinoma could be treated with hormones alone and not with...
Monitoring critical blood levels in real time in the ICU
10/23/2015
EPFL has developed a miniaturized microfluidic device that will allow medical staff to monitor in real time levels of glucose, lactate a.s.o.
Study combats 'anxiety' as barrier to breast cancer screening
10/23/2015
Recent American Cancer Society (ACS) breast cancer screening guidelines consider the anxiety created by false-positive mammography an "important but not critical outcome" when deciding who should be...
New gene a key to fighting sepsis
10/23/2015
Scientists have identified a gene that could potentially open the door for the development of new treatments of the lethal disease sepsisScientists have identified a gene that could potentially...