Breast cancer screening in over-70s 'may lead to overdiagnosis'
9/16/2014
A study analyzing breast screening for older women in the Netherlands found that the program did not produce the expected sharp fall in cases of advanced disease in this group.
African American women 55 percent less likely to have breast reconstruction after mastectomy
9/16/2014
Dartmouth researchers have found that African American women receive less breast reconstruction after mastectomy regardless of where they received their care.
Promising results for one-minute point-of-care anemia test
9/16/2014
A simple point-of-care testing device for anemia could provide more rapid diagnosis of the common blood disorder and allow inexpensive at-home self-monitoring of persons with chronic forms of the...
Patients with head and neck cancers resistant to cetuximab may benefit from an investigational drug
9/15/2014
The investigational drug alpelisib, previously known as BYL719, was able to overcome head and neck cancer resistance to the anti-EGFR treatment cetuximab, and combining alpelisib with cetuximab was...
Killing leukemia cells by disrupting their metabolism doesn't harm normal cells
9/15/2014
A study comparing how blood stem cells and leukemia cells consume nutrients found that cancer cells are far less tolerant to shifts in their energy supply than their normal counterparts.
Genetic testing can identify men at six-fold increased risk of prostate cancer
9/15/2014
Scientists can now explain a third of the inherited risk of prostate cancer, after a major international study identified 23 new genetic variants associated with increased risk of the disease.
Merck has announced that its biopharmaceutical division Merck Serono will discontinue the clinical development program of its investigational MUC1 antigen-specific cancer immunotherapy tecemotide...
Killing leukemia cells by disrupting their metabolism doesn't harm normal cells
9/15/2014
A study comparing how blood stem cells and leukemia cells consume nutrients found that cancer cells are far less tolerant to shifts in their energy supply than their normal counterparts.
Relationship between the diversity of gut bacteria and future risk of developing breast cancer
9/15/2014
Postmenopausal women with diverse gut bacteria exhibit a more favorable ratio of estrogen metabolites, which is associated with reduced risk for breast cancer, compared to women with less microbial...
Small cell lung cancer: chest radiotherapy 'prolongs survival, reduces recurrence'
9/15/2014
Chest radiation therapy, in combination with standard treatment, may reduce recurrence and prolong survival in patients with small cell lung cancer, according to a phase 3 trial.