Knowing individual risk does not increase cancer screening rates
10/22/2014
Knowing their individual risk for disease is not enough to pursuade previously nonadherent patients to undergo recommended colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings, according to a randomized, controlled...
After following breast cancer patients for an average of eight-plus years, researchers say that adding trastuzumab (Herceptin) to chemotherapy significantly improved the overall and disease-free...
3-D printed facial prosthesis offers new hope for eye cancer patients following surgery
10/22/2014
Researchers have developed a fast and inexpensive way to make facial prostheses for eye cancer patients using facial scanning software and 3-D printing, according to findings released at AAO 2014...
Findings point to an 'off switch' for drug resistance in cancer
10/22/2014
Like a colony of bacteria or species of animals, cancer cells within a tumor must evolve to survive.
After following breast cancer patients for an average of eight-plus years, researchers say that adding trastuzumab (Herceptin) to chemotherapy significantly improved the overall and disease-free...
Non-smoking life in smoking homes comparable to polluted cities
10/21/2014
A study has found that non-smokers are exposed to levels of air particles comparable to living in heavily polluted cities such as London if they live with people who smoke indoors.
Many older people have mutations linked to leukemia, lymphoma in their blood cells
10/21/2014
At least 2 percent of people over age 40 and 5 percent of people over 70 have mutations linked to leukemia and lymphoma in their blood cells, according to new research at Washington University...
New insight that 'mega' cells control the growth of blood-producing cells
10/21/2014
Patients recovering from chemotherapy or organ transplantation often have dangerously low levels of blood cells - leaving them weak and vulnerable to infection.
Non-smoking life in smoking homes comparable to polluted cities
10/21/2014
A study has found that non-smokers are exposed to levels of air particles comparable to living in heavily polluted cities such as London if they live with people who smoke indoors.
Many older people have mutations linked to leukemia, lymphoma in their blood cells
10/21/2014
At least 2 percent of people over age 40 and 5 percent of people over 70 have mutations linked to leukemia and lymphoma in their blood cells, according to new research at Washington University...