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Computerized cognitive training improves childhood cancer survivors' attention and memory
10/13/2015
Intensive, adaptive computer-based cognitive training presented as a video game helped improve working memory and other cognitive skills of childhood cancer survivors and holds hope for...
First comprehensive profile of non-protein-coding RNAs in human cancers
10/13/2015
Provides clinicians with new way to diagnose array of cancersGrowing insights about a significant, yet poorly understood, part of the genome - the "dark matter of DNA" -- have fundamentally...
Halaven (eribulin) demonstrates overall survival benefit in rare soft tissue sarcoma sub-types
10/13/2015
Phase III data show Halaven® (eribulin) offers a significant overall survival benefit in people with advanced leiomyosarcoma (LMS) and adipocytic sarcoma (liposarcomas)1 compared to dacarbazine...
Scientists find cause of reduced drug sensitivity in HER2-positive breast cancer
10/13/2015
In the presence of the HER2 inhibitor lapatinib, the tumor suppressor molecule FOXO changes role and desensitizes HER2+ breast cancer cells to the drug, leading to relapse.
DNA coils, uncoils, and writhes to drive cell activity
10/13/2015
Using a multidisciplinary approach, researchers, led by those at Baylor College of Medicine, revealed in unprecedented detail the three-dimensional structure of biologically active DNA.
Ethnic groups receive different treatment for breast cancer
10/13/2015
Women from various ethnic minorities are more likely to receive inferior treatment for breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women.
Scientists uncover four different types of bowel cancer
10/12/2015
Bowel cancer can be divided up into four distinct diseases, each with its own set of biological characteristics, a major new study reports.
Scientists uncover four different types of bowel cancer
10/12/2015
Bowel cancer can be divided up into four distinct diseases, each with its own set of biological characteristics, a major new study reports.
Diamonds could help detect cancer early
10/12/2015
A synthetic version of diamonds - called nanodiamonds - could lead to early detection of cancers through MRI imaging, according to new a study by researchers from Australia.
FDA expands approved use of Opdivo in advanced lung cancer
10/12/2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed during or after platinum-based...