New technology developed to diagnose cancer cells
7/15/2014
In pathology, cells and cell nuclei are usually examined using a microscope for bio-marker expressions in tumours.
Gene signature may predict breast cancer treatment response to tamoxifen
7/15/2014
A gene signature identified using a new approach has the potential to be used in the clinic to predict which patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer will benefit from tamoxifen...
The "seeds" of breast cancer metastasis targeted by stem cell researcher
7/15/2014
For breast cancer patients, the era of personalized medicine may be just around the corner, thanks to recent advances by USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu and scientists at Massachusetts General...
Drug discovered that targets tumour cell metabolism of aggressive type of lung cancer
7/15/2014
Manchester scientists have shown that a new drug could prove useful in treating small cell lung cancer - the most aggressive form of lung cancer.
Growth of resistant sarcomas slowed by new therapeutic combination
7/15/2014
The sarcomas research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) have tested a new therapeutic combination to combat resistant sarcomas...
Gel tamoxifen effective for breast cancer, fewer side effects than oral form
7/15/2014
A new study shows that a gel form of commonly used cancer drug tamoxifen is just as effective as the oral form and produces fewer side effects.
Further evidence that cannabis reduces tumor growth in new study
7/14/2014
THC, the element of marijuana that provides the drug's 'high,' could also form the basis of future 'tumor-shrinking' pharmaceuticals, according to new research.
Cancer researchers identify new metastasis-suppressor gene
7/14/2014
Among patients with deadly cancers, more than 90 percent die because of metastatic spread of their disease.
Study pinpoints a molecular cause of cancer-related wasting condition, suggests potential treatment
7/14/2014
New research raises the prospect of more effective treatments for cachexia, a profound wasting of fat and muscle occurring in about half of all cancer patients, raising their risk of death, according...
Gene therapies may be closer to reality with new genome editing method
7/14/2014
Researchers from Salk Institute for Biological Studies, BGI, and other institutes for the first time evaluated the safety and reliability of the existing targeted gene correction technologies, and...