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Educating patients improves knowledge and attitudes about participating in research
12/24/2015
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals researchers find video-based information more effective than text in encouraging participants to consider clinical trials.
Levels of antibodies in saliva are associated with risk of mortality
12/24/2015
New research from the University of Birmingham has found that lower levels of antibodies in saliva are associated with of an elevated risk of mortality, and could be an early indicator of risk.
Personalizing cancer therapies may combat resistance to targeted therapy drugs
12/24/2015
The use of drugs that target genetic mutations driving the growth of tumors has revolutionized treatment for several serious forms of cancer, but in almost every case, tumors become resistant to...
Saliva test could indicate future health risk
12/24/2015
Antibodies in saliva appear to indicate future health risks, in particular non-lung cancers. Researchers hope saliva tests could be used in general health checkups.
Mapping cancer's 'social networks' opens new approaches to treatment
12/23/2015
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have designed a computer model that applies techniques used to analyse social networks to identify new ways of treating cancer, according to research published...
LIQBIOPSANS: non-invasive early cancer detection in under an hour
12/23/2015
A university spin-off, AWSensors, is coordinating the European project LIQBIOPSENS to develop liquid biopsy technologies for the early detection of colorectal cancer.
Comparing chemical and surgical castration for prostate cancer
12/23/2015
Surgical castration to remove the testicles (orchiectomy) of men with metastatic prostate cancer was associated with lower risks for adverse effects compared with men who underwent medical...
Transgene SA has announced that the results from the Phase 2b part of the Phase 2b/3 TIME trial with TG4010 immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been published in the...
Study reveals how hereditary gene mutations affect risk of certain cancers
12/23/2015
Researchers have found rare germline mutations in genes across 12 different cancer types that affect a person's risk of cancer, which they say could lead to better genetic testing.
Unusual drug generates exciting results in mouse models of metastatic breast cancer
12/23/2015
A doctor treating a patient with a potentially fatal metastatic breast tumor would be very pleased to find, after administering a round of treatment, that the primary tumor had undergone a change...