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Research shows one breathing training session is as effective as three for treating breathlessness
9/21/2015
Research led by Professor Miriam Johnson of Hull York Medical School published in BMC Medicine shows that one session of breathing training was as effective as three for patients with lung cancer.
Over fifty per cent don't go for new bowel cancer test
9/21/2015
More than half of people invited to take a new bowel cancer screening test didn't take up the opportunity - even though it could stop them developing or dying from the disease, according to a...
Western University researchers are working on a way to use artificial intelligence to predict a patient's response to two common chemotherapy medications used to treat breast cancer - paclitaxel...
Jefferson researchers identified a high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots, following surgery for long-bone reconstruction in patients with metastatic cancer.
Monitoring the microbiome in leukemia patients could reduce infections during chemotherapy
9/21/2015
Researchers report that a patient's microbial diversity, even before they start cancer treatment, can be linked to risk of infection during induction chemotherapy.
Research comparing clinical outcomes between patients receiving nafcillin and cefazolin for treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia shows that overall treatment...
Enzyme's role could help fight cancer and autoimmune diseases
9/21/2015
New knowledge of the enzyme RIPK3 reveals a dual role that could be used to fight disease by reducing its part in inflammation and enhancing its properties in killing cancer cells.
New discovery offers cure by starving cancer cells
9/21/2015
Scientists know that most cancer cells use glucose to fuel their uncontrolled growth and now an international team of researchers has identified a protein which if switched off could stop the...
Digital 'Rosetta Stone' decrypts how mutations rewire cancer cells
9/18/2015
Scientists have discovered how genetic cancer mutations systematically attack the networks controlling human cells, knowledge critical for the future development of personalized precision cancer...
New prostate cancer screening review article advocates for active surveillance
9/18/2015
In the wake of changing guidelines related to prostate cancer screening, a newly published review article out of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland...