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FDA approves new diagnostic imaging agent to detect rare neuroendocrine tumors
6/02/2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Netspot, the first kit for the preparation of gallium Ga 68 dotatate injection, a radioactive diagnostic agent for positron emission tomography...
One in 5 women with ovarian cancer does not undergo surgery, Penn study reveals
6/02/2016
Results show survival benefit of surgery for patients regardless of age or advanced disease, and point to barriers to cancer care delivery.
Topical skin creams effective to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma: New study
6/02/2016
Investigators report on three-year follow-up of superficial BCC patients treated topically with non-surgical, noninvasive therapies in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
FDA approves first blood test to detect gene mutation associated with non-small cell lung cancer
6/02/2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the cobas EGFR Mutation Test v2, a blood-based companion diagnostic for the cancer drug Tarceva (erlotinib).
Cancer: A step towards a universal cancer vaccine
6/02/2016
A nanoparticle RNA vaccine that takes advantage of the immune system's response to viral infection and refocuses it to fight cancer is reported online this week in Nature.
Rare case of bone cancer identified via brachyury immunostain
6/02/2016
Scientists report first case of immunohistochemical marker confirming diagnosis of extra-axial dedifferentiated chordoma.
Collaboration demonstrates potential treatment breakthrough for advanced brain cancer
6/02/2016
New findings show promising new viral therapy has extended lives of patients with recurrent glioblastoma, researchers say.
UCLA researchers identify protein that could prevent tumor growth in cervical cancer
6/01/2016
UCLA scientists have identified a protein that has the potential to prevent the growth of cervical cancer cells. The discovery could lead to the development of new treatments for the deadly disease.
Ancient anti-inflammatory drug salicylic acid has cancer-fighting properties
6/01/2016
Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes have identified a new pathway by which salicylic acid - a key compound in the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs aspirin and diflunisal - stops...
In a new study published today in leading journal Breast Cancer Research, scientists at the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have...