Accurate test for aggressive prostate cancer steps closer with genetic study
9/16/2014
New study that shows there is a 9 in 10 chance of prostate cancer returning in patients who carry certain genes opens door to more accurate testing and new treatments.
Improved HPV vaccine uptake could prevent around 200 cervical cancer cases every year, UK
9/16/2014
Around 200 cases of cervical cancer and 90 deaths from the disease could be prevented each year if uptake of the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine was increased in every region to just ten per...
Cancer Council Australia has published new clinical guidelines which will help provide greater consistency in the management one of Australia's fastest growing cancers and its known precursor...
Therapy targeting BRAFV600E mutation could inhibit aggressive growth of melanoma tumors
9/16/2014
Dartmouth researchers have found that the genetic mutation BRAFV600E , frequently found in metastatic melanoma, not only secretes a protein that promotes the growth of melanoma tumor cells, but can...
Detecting disease by the shadow it casts
9/16/2014
In future, some diseases might be diagnosed earlier and treated more effectively.
Using a zebrafish model of a human genetic disease called neurofibromatosis (NF1), a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that the learning and memory...
Research sheds light on cognitive losses seen with chemotherapy, autoimmune diseases
9/16/2014
Brain inflammation can rapidly disrupt our ability to retrieve complex memories of similar but distinct experiences, according to UC Irvine neuroscientists Jennifer Czerniawski and John Guzowski.
Therapy targeting BRAFV600E mutation could inhibit aggressive growth of melanoma tumors
9/16/2014
Dartmouth researchers have found that the genetic mutation BRAFV600E , frequently found in metastatic melanoma, not only secretes a protein that promotes the growth of melanoma tumor cells, but can...
New cellular connection makes scientific history
9/16/2014
Researchers led by Dr. Helen McNeill at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute have revealed an exciting and unusual biochemical connection.
Patient profiling may lead to earlier transition from active treatment to hospice care
9/16/2014
One in six cancer patients enroll in hospice only during their last three days of life, according to a new study from a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.