Leukaemia drug found to stimulate immunity against many cancer types
6/11/2014
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukaemia has the unexpected side-effect of boosting immune responses against many different cancers, reports a new study led by scientists at UCL and...
Researchers uncover molecular makeup of new form of cancer
6/11/2014
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have uncovered the genetic structure and molecular signature of a new form of cancer - called biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma - that starts in the nose.
For women with positive IGF1 receptor, limiting carbohydrates could reduce breast cancer recurrence
6/11/2014
Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1 receptor.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) represents the second most frequent skin cancer with more than half million new patients affected every year in the world.
ESMO survey sheds light on common clinical practice for incompletely resected lung cancer
6/11/2014
A landmark survey of more than 700 specialists provides crucial real-world insight into the treatments most oncologists choose for lung cancer patients whose tumour has been incompletely resected...
An innovative pain treatment will be tested in one of the largest clinical trials in cancer pain
6/11/2014
More than 500 patients who suffer from severe chronic pain related to cancer can participate in one of the largest trials in cancer pain in 145 hospitals spread over 21 countries worldwide.
Sepsis kills tens of thousands a year, but UK Trusts are recording only one in four cases
6/11/2014
Research by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sepsis reveals an astonishing number of hospital Trusts are not properly recording the killer illness sepsis, which kills 37,000 people a year in...
Neuroendocrine cancer halted by chemo-radionuclide therapy
6/11/2014
Advanced cancer of the neuroendocrine system can lead to dismal prognoses, but a novel therapy is packing a punch by uniting powerful radionuclide treatment and chemotherapy drugs, revealed...
Looking for savings in health care
6/11/2014
Reducing Maternal Mortality In Zambia and Uganda. Margaret E. Kruk of Columbia University and co-authors assessed the effectiveness of Saving Mothers, Giving Life, a new global public-private...
For years researchers have been developing molecular imaging techniques that visualize hormonally active breast cancer cells - specifically those testing positive for human epidermal growth factor...