Uncovering the mechanisms of a protein activator involved in promoting colorectal cancer, scientists from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey demonstrated that a small GTPase enzyme, known as...
Castle Biosciences Inc. has announced that results from a second validation study of its proprietary multi-analyte test, DecisionDx-EC, confirmed the test's ability to identify which esophageal...
Experimental breast cancer drug holds promise in combination therapy for Ewing sarcoma
10/27/2014
Ewing sarcoma tumors disappeared and did not return in more than 70 percent of mice treated with combination therapy that included drugs from a family of experimental agents developed to fight...
Helsinn Group, presented data at the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) congress establishing that palonosetron, at a dose 20 mug/kg, is a valuable and efficacious treatment option...
Dartmouth study measures breast cancer tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
10/27/2014
A Dartmouth study suggests that it may be possible to use Diffuse Optical Spectroscopic Tomographic imaging (DOST) to predict which patients will best respond to chemotherapy used to shrink breast...
Shortcomings in the management of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes highlighted - UK
10/27/2014
A new Call to Action, has been launched by the MDS UK Patient Support Group and Leukaemia CARE with support from Celgene, reveals that elderly patients in the UK with a rare form of blood cancer...
UNC scientists discover hidden subpopulation of melanoma cells
10/27/2014
UNC School of Medicine researchers have pinpointed a set of intriguing characteristics in a previously unknown subpopulation of melanoma cancer cells in blood vessels of tumors.
Highly effective new anti-cancer drug shows few side effects in mice
10/27/2014
A new drug, known as OTS964, can eradicate aggressive human lung cancers transplanted into mice, according to a report in Science Translational Medicine.
Childhood cancer treatment could increase risk of breast cancer
10/27/2014
A study has found that radiation therapy for Wilms tumor, a rare form of childhood kidney cancer, could lead to a higher risk of future breast cancer.
YEATS protein potential therapeutic target for cancer
10/27/2014
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