Industry News
Doctors must stay vigilant re: asbestos exposure, Australia
2/01/2016
Rates of malignant mesothelioma (MM) have levelled off in Australia, but the changing patterns of asbestos-related diseases mean clinicians must be vigilant about taking exposure histories from...
Dundee scientists find DNA "molecular scissors" are vital in preventing cancers
2/01/2016
Scientists at the University of Dundee have discovered that "molecular scissors" that repair damaged and abnormal DNA are critical for keeping cancers at bay.
Bowel cancer: gene profile as prognosis tool in brain metastases
2/01/2016
Approx. 4,700 people in Austria fall ill with bowel cancer every year. One to two percent of the victims also sustain brain metastases during the latter stages of the illness.
Claiming that clinicians lack formal and concrete allocation guidance when faced with a critical drug shortage, experts in pediatric oncology and bioethics have issued a framework to avoid waste...
Young, poor African Americans and Hispanics have harder time beating hodgkin lymphoma
2/01/2016
UC Davis researcher also links insurance status with higher mortality.African American and Hispanic adolescents and young adults fare far worse than their white counterparts when faced with a...
Proton therapy for cancer 'just as effective and safer' than standard radiotherapy
2/01/2016
A trial finds a type of radiotherapy that uses protons instead of photons or X-rays is as effective at treating medulloblastoma in children and causes fewer long-term side effects.
Mass. General study points to the first topical treatment for common benign skin lesions
2/01/2016
An investigation into the molecular mechanisms responsible for the most common type of benign skin lesion may lead to the first nonsurgical treatment for the growths called seborrheic keratoses...
Higher dietary fiber intake in young women may reduce breast cancer risk
2/01/2016
Women who eat more high-fiber foods during adolescence and young adulthood-especially lots of fruits and vegetables-may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary...
Fat injection for breast reconstruction doesn't increase risk of recurrent breast cancer
2/01/2016
For women undergoing breast cancer surgery, a technique called lipofilling - using the patient's own fat cells to optimize the results of breast reconstruction - does not increase the risk of...
Mass. General study points to the first topical treatment for common benign skin lesions
2/01/2016
An investigation into the molecular mechanisms responsible for the most common type of benign skin lesion may lead to the first nonsurgical treatment for the growths called seborrheic keratoses...