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Researchers focus on potential tool for predicting survival, staging prostate cancer
5/21/2015
Researchers with the Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a molecule that promotes metastasis of advanced prostate cancer to the bone, an incurable condition that significantly...
Cancer patients are increasingly having their tumors tested using comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) to identify genetic mutations that can be targeted by precision therapies.
Resolving a lymphatic riddle
5/21/2015
For over one hundred years, scientists have debated the question of the origins of the lymphatic system - a parallel system to the blood vessels that serves as a conduit for everything from immune...
Study examines occupational sun-safety policies for local government workers in Colorado
5/21/2015
Few local government organizations in Colorado had policies on environmental controls, such as the provision of outdoor shade, or administrative procedures, including training and resource...
African Americans prone to display negative perceptions of cancer-related clinical trials
5/21/2015
African American patients have a disproportionately high rate of cancer, and yet are less likely than Caucasian patients to participate in oncologic clinical trials that can significantly improve...
Scripps reports results at first all pencil-beam proton center in US
5/21/2015
Technology enables unusually broad range of tumor sites to be treatedCarl Rossi, M.D.
New portable device could test how 'squishy' cancerous tumors are
5/21/2015
Squishiness has recently been tied to a tumor's aggressivenessTumors come in all shapes, sizes ... and squishiness. And it turns out that matters, if you want to know how to treat them.
Pilot clinical trial finds injected immune cells safe in multiple myeloma patients
5/21/2015
Thirteen of 22 patients experienced some reductions in cancerous white blood cellsThis image shows marrow-infiltrating lymphocytes in cell culture. Credit: Credit: Kimberly Noonan, Ph.D.
Molecule designed to treat lung cancer shows promising results in mice
5/21/2015
A multidisciplinary team led by Johns Hopkins researcher Venu Raman, Ph.D., with notable contributions from Guus Bol, Farhad Vesuna and Phuoc Tran of Johns Hopkins, has identified a new therapy for...
Chemo before surgery benefits patients with advanced ovarian cancer
5/20/2015
Women with advanced ovarian cancer have fewer side effects and tend to have a better quality of life if given chemotherapy before surgery, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in The...