Study finds that disparities persist in early-stage breast cancer treatment
9/08/2014
Despite its acceptance as standard of care for early stage breast cancer almost 25 years ago, barriers still exist that preclude patients from receiving breast conserving therapy (BCT), with some...
When factoring in what is now known about breast cancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving therapy (BCT) may offer a greater survival benefit over mastectomy to women with early stage...
More convenient once-weekly regimen for breast radiation
9/08/2014
An experimental regimen of once-weekly breast irradiation following lumpectomy provides more convenience to patients at a lower cost, results in better completion rates of prescribed radiation...
Complication of hemophilia treatment prevented in mice
9/08/2014
While healthy people have proteins in their blood called clotting factors that act quickly to plug wounds, hemophiliacs lack these proteins, making even minor bleeds difficult to stop.
Researchers grow prostate cancer organoids in the lab; advances expected in personalized treatment
9/08/2014
Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has shown for the first time that organoids derived from human prostate cancer tumors can be grown in the laboratory, giving...
Researchers have identified a genetic/molecular network that fuels a high-risk and aggressive form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and its precursor disease Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) - providing...
Many patients in cancer centers may not experience a dignified death
9/08/2014
A new study that surveyed physicians and nurses in hospitals within cancer centers in Germany suggests that many patients there do not experience a dignified death.
Interactions lethal to cancer identified by innovative algorithm
9/08/2014
Despite the revolutionary biotechnological advancements of the last few decades, an ideal anti-cancer treatment - one that's immediately lethal to cancer cells, harmless to healthy cells, and...
Expression of breast cancer-related genes adversely affected by soy supplementation
9/08/2014
Soy supplementation alters expression of genes associated with breast cancer, raising concerns that soy could have adverse effects in breast cancer, according to a new study published in the JNCI...
Memory loss more common in people with blood type AB
9/07/2014
Researchers have found that although people with blood type AB only make up 4% of the US population, those with this blood type are 82% more likely to develop memory problems.