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Combining ipilimumab with local treatments improved survival for patients with melanoma
7/28/2016
Among patients with melanoma, those who received both ipilimumab (Yervoy) and local peripheral treatments such as radiotherapy or electrochemotherapy had significantly prolonged overall survival...
Cord blood outperforms matched, unrelated donor in bone marrow transplant
7/28/2016
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study compared outcomes of leukemia patients receiving bone marrow transplants from 2009-2014, finding that three years post transplant, the incidence of...
Genetic profiling increases cancer treatment options, Sanford Health study finds
7/28/2016
GEMMA clinical trial identified treatment options through personalized medicine.
Scientist develops gene therapy for muscle wasting
7/28/2016
A discovery by Washington State University scientist Dan Rodgers and collaborator Paul Gregorevic could save millions of people suffering from muscle wasting disease.
Early results suggest similar quality of life outcomes at 3 months, but further follow-up is now needed from longer 2 year trial.
Women more likely to die within 30-days from bacterial blood infection
7/27/2016
Staphylococcus aureus blood infection 30% more fatal in women than men, but the reasons remain unclear.
Markers that cause toxic radiotherapy side-effects in prostate cancer identified
7/27/2016
A new study involving researchers from The University of Manchester looked at the genetic information of more than 1,500 prostate cancer patients and identified two variants linked to increased...
Colorectal cancer: Minimally invasive, triple-therapy patch destroys tumors
7/26/2016
A patch that could be administered directly to the site of a colorectal tumor is shown to treat tumors with three lines of therapy - drug, gene, and photo.
BRCA1 mutations in breast and ovarian cancer can predict treatment resistance
7/26/2016
Mutations in the BRCA1 gene are one of the most common risk factors for breast and ovarian cancers.
Dysplasia: What You Need to Know
7/26/2016
Learn all about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of dysplasia, whereby abnormal cells can lead to the growth of enlarged tissue or precancerous cells.