Canada's radon guidelines are inadequate
6/02/2015
Radon gas is a silent health threat, and Canada needs to align its guidelines for acceptable radon levels with World Health Organization (WHO) limits, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical...
Prostate cancer: data from the Phase 3 SYNERGY trial announced
6/02/2015
OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that results from a retrospective analysis of the Phase 3 SYNERGY trial showed a benefit with custirsen therapy in men with metastatic...
New data show that adding the personalised therapy, Perjeta to Herceptin® (trastuzumab) and docetaxel chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting (before surgery), may cut the risk of disease...
Major funding award for risk prediction programme to provide one test for all women-specific cancers
6/02/2015
The European Commission has awarded an unprecedented €7.9m grant to a ground-breaking research project, led by University College London, which has the potential to predict and prevent the...
PharmaMar's PM1183 plus doxorubicin shows remarkable activity in small cell lung cancer
6/02/2015
PharmaMar has announced data from a Phase 1b study of the transcriptional inhibitor PM1183 in combination with doxorubicin in second line therapy in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC)...
Risks of whole brain radiation therapy outweigh benefits for patients with limited brain metastases
6/02/2015
Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) is associated with significantly worse cognitive function than radiosurgery, and should no longer be used in the adjuvant setting after radiosurgery to treat...
Duke's poliovirus study finds that less is more
6/02/2015
A modified poliovirus therapy that is showing promising results for patients with glioblastoma brain tumors works best at a low dosage, according to the research team at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch...
Breastfeeding may protect against childhood leukemia
6/02/2015
A new systematic review finds that children who were breastfed for 6 months or longer had a 19% lower risk of leukemia, compared with kids who were not breastfed.
Breastfeeding linked with lower risk of childhood leukemia
6/02/2015
A new systematic review finds that children who were breastfed for 6 months or longer had a 19% lower risk of leukemia, compared with kids who were not breastfed.
Mount Sinai researchers to present key cancer trial data at ASCO
6/02/2015
Mount Sinai Health System faculty will be presenting research updates on a lymphoma vaccine clinical trial, the best dosing for a drug against metastatic cancer, and new treatment strategies in...