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'Missing' data complicate picture of where patients choose to die
11/11/2015
An NIHR-funded study from the University of Cambridge has raised questions about the widely-held assumption that most patients at the end of their lives prefer to die at home rather than a hospice or...
Gene study compiles catalog of biomarkers for multiple cancers
11/11/2015
By looking for common genetic alterations in two different data volumes of cancerous versus healthy samples, researchers have compiled a robust catalog of pan-cancer biomarkers.
A treasure trove of new cancer biomarkers
11/11/2015
Biomarkers, which allow diseases to be diagnosed and staged based on relatively non-invasive blood tests, have been identified for several types of cancers, but for most cancers remain elusive.
Post-surgery anti-heartburn med use increases risk of death
11/11/2015
Prescribing patients PPIs in the hospital to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding may increase their chance of life-threatening infections.
Strangled cells condense their DNA
11/10/2015
Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have been able to see, for the first time, the dramatic changes that occur in the DNA of cells...
Liquid biopsy of cerebrospinal fluid for less invasive, more effective policing of brain tumors
11/10/2015
VHIO leads research proposing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as liquid biopsy for the early diagnosis, prognosis, therapeutic management and tracking of brain cancerThe exploitation of...
New test for prostate cancer significantly improves prostate cancer screening
11/10/2015
A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that a new test for prostate cancer is better at detecting aggressive cancer than PSA.
New method enables the early detection of ovarian cancer
11/10/2015
Every year, around 1,000 women in Austria develop the extremely aggressive condition known as ovarian cancer. Around 75 per cent of these tumours arise from the fallopian tube.
Sorafenib modestly increases progression-free survival in non-small cell lung cancer
11/10/2015
Sorafenib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting the receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, and mast/stem cell growth factor, modestly increases...
Lung cancer surgery can be beneficial for high-risk patients with early stage disease
11/10/2015
Surgical lung resection, in which part of a lung is removed, can be a safe and effective treatment option for high-risk patients with early stage lung cancer, according to an article posted online...