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Arthritis drug could be used to treat blood cancer sufferers
7/06/2015
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered that a common drug given to arthritis sufferers could also help to treat patients with blood cancers.
Molecule found that helps BRCA gene resist cancer treatment
7/06/2015
Researchers have identified a small molecule without which the BRCA2 gene cannot carry out the DNA repair that enables cancer-driving mutations to resist treatment.
Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) that are mutation-free in the KRAS, NRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA genes showed significant benefit from continuing anti-epidermal growth factor receptor...
Bosutinib is well-suited for older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia
7/04/2015
In our final report from the 20th Congress of the European Hematology Association, we look at the results of a clinical trial for the tyrosine kinase inhibitor bosutinib.
Body mass index impacts ovarian cancer chemotherapy dosages
7/03/2015
Ovarian cancer patients who are overweight or obese are often given less chemotherapy per pound of body weight in order to reduce the toxic side effects associated with higher doses, and this in...
Cancer survivors who smoke perceive less risk from tobacco
7/03/2015
Exposure to other smokers may contribute to continued smokingCancer survivors who smoke report fewer negative opinions about smoking, have more barriers to quitting, and are around other smokers...
Scientists advance cancer drug design with image of 1 of key proteins of life
7/03/2015
Scientists have pioneered the use of a high-powered imaging technique to picture in exquisite detail one of the central proteins of life - a cellular recycling unit with a role in many diseases.
Hippo dances with hormones
7/03/2015
Hints from fly research for study of cancer, stem cellsAlthough fruit flies don't develop cancer, cancer and stem cell researchers have been learning a great deal from fruit flies - in...
Melanoma mutation rewires cell metabolism
7/03/2015
B-raf V600E activates ketogenesis enzymeA mutation found in most melanomas rewires cancer cells' metabolism, making them dependent on a ketogenesis enzyme, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute...
Studies confirm regorafenib benefit in pre-treated metastatic colorectal cancer
7/03/2015
The phase IIIb CONSIGN study has confirmed the benefit of regorafenib in patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), researchers announced at the ESMO 17th World Congress...