A method for the diagnosis and prognosis of melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer, is patented
2/20/2014
UPV/EHU researchers have developed a method for the diagnosis and prognosis of cutaneous melanoma, the type of skin cancer with the highest mortality rate. This method will help not only in the more effective early detection of this cancer, but also in the development of more personalised treatments.
Matching the right drug with the right ovarian tumor
2/20/2014
There are three common drugs for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan. Like a shell game, if you pick the right drug a patient is likely to respond. And, unfortunately, picking the wrong drug can lead to treatment failure.
Study finds more women receiving breast reconstruction after mastectomy
2/20/2014
A new study finds that the majority of women who undergo mastectomy for breast cancer go on to get breast reconstruction, a practice that has increased dramatically over time.Researchers found that 46 percent of patients received reconstruction in 1998 but that figure rose to 63 percent by 2007."Breast reconstruction has a big impact on quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
Matching the right drug with the right ovarian tumor
2/20/2014
There are three common drugs for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan. Like a shell game, if you pick the right drug a patient is likely to respond. And, unfortunately, picking the wrong drug can lead to treatment failure.
Study finds more women receiving breast reconstruction after mastectomy
2/20/2014
A new study finds that the majority of women who undergo mastectomy for breast cancer go on to get breast reconstruction, a practice that has increased dramatically over time.Researchers found that 46 percent of patients received reconstruction in 1998 but that figure rose to 63 percent by 2007."Breast reconstruction has a big impact on quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
Food packaging chemicals 'may be harmful to human health'
2/20/2014
Many of the synthetic chemicals involved in packaging and storing the food we eat can leak into it, potentially harming our long-term health, say environmental scientists in a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Although some of these chemicals are regulated, people come into contact with them almost every day through packaged or processed foods.
Chemicals in food packaging 'may be harmful to human health'
2/20/2014
Many of the synthetic chemicals involved in packaging and storing the food we eat can leak into it, potentially harming our long-term health, say environmental scientists in a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Although some of these chemicals are regulated, people come into contact with them almost every day through packaged or processed foods.
Multiple myeloma and myeloid leukemia therapies could be enhanced by experimental drug
2/20/2014
A pre-clinical study led by Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and Department of Internal Medicine researchers suggests that an experimental drug known as dinaciclib could improve the effectiveness of certain multiple myeloma and myeloid leukemia therapies.
Melanoma prognosis affected by number of tumor cells spread to sentinel lymph nodes
2/20/2014
Cancer cell spread to the sentinel node - the lymph node to which cancer cells are most likely to spread from a primary tumor - is a risk factor for melanoma death.
Researchers reveal kidney cancer's weak link
2/20/2014
A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology has found that kidney cancer cells have a quite different metabolism than other types of malignancies. The findings pave the way for new methods of diagnosing kidney cancer at an early stage, a feat that had eluded researchers earlier, and thereby fresh approaches to treatment.