The latest interim data from XPAND, AirXpanders Inc.'s U.S.-based, head-to-head pivotal study of its new, needle-free, patient-controlled tissue expansion system for mastectomy patients undergoing...
Two-faced gene: SIRT6 prevents some cancers but promotes sun-induced skin cancer
10/20/2014
A new study published in Cancer Research shows SIRT6 - a protein known to inhibit the growth of liver and colon cancers - can promote the development of skin cancers by turning on an enzyme that...
Ninety percent of children and adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies went into remission after receiving an...
A good diet before diagnosis is linked with lower mortality among OVCA survivors
10/20/2014
Prediagnosis diet quality was associated with mortality and may have a protective effect after ovarian cancer, according to a new study published October 14 in the JNCI: Journal of the National...
Ninety percent of children and adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies went into remission after receiving an...
Modeling tumor dormancy
10/20/2014
Cancer constantly wages war on the human body. Battles are won, lost or sometimes end in a stalemate.
Simple test may predict surgical wound healing complications after removal of soft tissue sarcomas
10/20/2014
As many as 35 percent of patients who undergo surgery to remove soft tissue sarcomas experience wound-healing complications, due to radiation they receive before surgery.
Two-faced gene: SIRT6 prevents some cancers but promotes sun-induced skin cancer
10/20/2014
A new study published in Cancer Research shows SIRT6 - a protein known to inhibit the growth of liver and colon cancers - can promote the development of skin cancers by turning on an enzyme that...
MD Anderson study first to compare treatments, survival benefits for early-stage lung cancer
10/18/2014
Removal of the entire lobe of lung may offer patients with early-stage lung cancer better overall survival when compared with a partial resection, and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) may...
MD Anderson study first to compare treatments, survival benefits for early-stage lung cancer
10/18/2014
Removal of the entire lobe of lung may offer patients with early-stage lung cancer better overall survival when compared with a partial resection, and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) may...