Useful markers to predict response to chemotherapy in patients with liver cancer
10/27/2014
A study led by the researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Isabel Fabregat, could serve to select patients with hepatocellular carcinoma unresponsive to most frequently used...
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.
Cancer exosome 'micro factories' aid in cancer progression
10/27/2014
Exosomes, tiny, virus-sized particles released by cancer cells, can bioengineer micro-RNA (miRNA) molecules resulting in tumor growth. They do so with the help of proteins, such as one named Dicer.
TCGA study improves understanding of genetic drivers of thyroid cancer
10/27/2014
A comprehensive analysis of the genomes of nearly 500 papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) - the most common form of thyroid cancer - has provided new insights into the roles of frequently mutated...
Early palliative care can cut hospital readmissions for cancer patients
10/27/2014
Doctors at Duke University Hospital have developed a new collaborative model in cancer care that reduced the rates at which patients were sent to intensive care or readmitted to the hospital after...
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.
Silencing the speech gene FOXP2 causes breast cancer cells to metastasize
10/26/2014
It is an intricate network of activity that enables breast cancer cells to move from the primary breast tumor and set up new growths in other parts of the body, a process known as metastasis.
Silencing the speech gene FOXP2 causes breast cancer cells to metastasize
10/26/2014
It is an intricate network of activity that enables breast cancer cells to move from the primary breast tumor and set up new growths in other parts of the body, a process known as metastasis.
Could sun exposure help prevent obesity, diabetes?
10/24/2014
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation slowed weight gain and diabetes in mice fed a high-fat diet, a new study finds. Researchers say this is down to a compound called nitric oxide.