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Donor blood test may be holding back heart transplantation
6/22/2016
Donor hearts may be unnecessarily rejected as a result of a blood test used to determine their eligibility for transplantation, according to researchers.
Study finds surgery can lengthen survival of metastatic kidney cancer patients
6/21/2016
Surgery to remove a cancerous kidney can often lengthen the lives of patients receiving targeted therapy for metastatic kidney cancer, but only about three in ten such patients undergo the...
CAR T cell therapy can now target solid tumors: Mouse study
6/21/2016
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which edits a cancer patient's T cells to recognize their tumors, has successfully helped patients with aggressive blood cancers but has yet to show...
'Holy grail' of breast cancer prevention in high-risk women may be in sight
6/21/2016
Australian researchers have discovered that an existing medication could have promise in preventing breast cancer in women carrying a faulty BRCA1 gene.
Illuminating detection of deep cancers
6/21/2016
A luciferin analog generating near-infrared bioluminescence achieves highly sensitive deep-tissue imaging.
High blood sugar could mean lower risk of one type of brain tumor
6/21/2016
Study finds women with high blood sugar have lower risk of benign tumors.In a surprising twist, benign brain tumors that have previously been tied to obesity and diabetes are less likely to...
Low doses of common cancer drug may promote cancer spread
6/21/2016
New research indicates that paclitaxel, which is the most commonly used chemotherapy for breast cancer, suppresses tumors when given at a certain dosage, but at low doses, it actually promotes...
New radiotherapy regime for prostate cancer could save NHS tens of millions per year
6/21/2016
A shorter course of prostate cancer radiotherapy, involving fewer hospital visits and higher individual doses of radiotherapy, is as effective as the current standard treatment for both survival...
Brain tumor risk linked to high education level
6/21/2016
A new population-wide study shows gliomas are more common among people who studied at university for 3 years, compared with those who did not.
Breast cancer: Existing drug shows promise for prevention in high-risk women
6/21/2016
An existing drug called denosumab has shown promise for the delay or prevention of breast cancer among women with a BRCA1 mutation.