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Breast cancer risk rises even with light alcohol use
6/01/2016
A study shows all but two of 15 meta-analyses found a dose-response link between alcohol use and breast cancer risk, with even low levels having an effect.
FDA approves new diagnostic imaging agent to detect recurrent prostate cancer
5/31/2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Axumin, a radioactive diagnostic agent for injection.
A combined approach to treating metastatic melanoma
5/31/2016
Oncologists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have successfully treated a patient with metastatic melanoma by combining two different types of immunotherapy.
Alzheimer's disease: Could a leaky blood-brain barrier be involved?
5/31/2016
New research suggests a leaky blood-brain barrier, which normally helps keep the brain healthy, may be a key mechanism in early Alzheimer's disease.
Blood test supports use of potential new treatment for patients with stomach cancer
5/31/2016
Testing cancers for 'addiction' to a gene that boosts cell growth can pick out patients who may respond to a targeted drug under development, a major new study reports.
Research explains the role of the gene BRCA1 in DNA repair
5/31/2016
Scientists at the University of Birmingham are a step closer to understanding the role of the gene BRCA1.
Palliative, hospice care lacking among dying cancer patients, Stanford researcher finds
5/31/2016
Medical societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, recommend that patients with advanced cancer receive palliative care soon after diagnosis and receive hospice care for at...
Control of immune response relies on a key protein, study finds
5/31/2016
By identifying a key regulator of immune response, a new mouse study may explain why T cells fail to eliminate tumors and chronic infections.
New 3-D hydrogel biochips prove to be superior in detecting bowel cancer at early stages
5/30/2016
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB RAS), the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh) and a number of other...
Does AAV-based gene delivery cause liver cancer? The debate heats up
5/30/2016
Liver cancer can be triggered by mutations in cancer driver genes resulting from the insertion of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors used to deliver therapeutic genes, although this...