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Mastectomy: Why It's Done, Risks and Recovery
11/04/2015
Mastectomies are one of the most common surgical procedures in the US. This article discusses when and why they are used, any attributed risks and expectations for recovery.
Penn scientists reveal 90 percent of skin-based viruses represent viral 'dark matter'
11/04/2015
Researchers use state-of-the-art techniques to survey the skin's virus population, or 'virome'.
Ovarian cancer risk depends on reproductive factors
11/04/2015
Different types of ovarian cancer are variously affected in by diverse childbearing patterns; overall risk appears to be reduced by sterilization and giving birth.
Cancer-associated mutations are common in patients with unexplained low blood counts
11/04/2015
Researchers use genetic tools to propose a new diagnostic category.Patients with unexplained low blood counts and abnormally mutated cells who do not fit the diagnostic criteria for recognized...
Uptake mechanisms of cytostatics discovered
11/03/2015
Scientists at the MaxDelbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) and the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in Berlin, in cooperation with a Dutch...
Molecular 'brake' stifles human lung cancer
11/03/2015
Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered a molecule whose mutation leads to the aggressive growth of a common and deadly type of lung cancer in humans.
Predicting cancer's growth from few clues
11/03/2015
Math models key to designing better treatment strategies.Mathematicians at Duke University are developing ways to help doctors predict how different cancers are likely to progress when actual...
UCLA researchers find a wide variation in costs to treat low-risk prostate cancer
11/03/2015
Now, for the first time, UCLA researchers have described cost across an entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer - from the time a patient checks in for his first appointment to his...
University of the Pacific researchers give peptides a longer life
11/03/2015
Researchers at University of the Pacific have developed a biochemical trick that can significantly extend the lifespan of peptides, smaller cousins of proteins.
New research opens door to understanding human tonsil cancer
11/03/2015
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency have developed a groundbreaking method to identify and separate stem cells that reside in the tonsils.