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Breast tumor stiffness and metastasis risk linked by molecule's movement
4/23/2015
Stiffness drives cancer invasion through previously unknown mechanismResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have discovered a molecular...
Immune therapy tested in study of women with triple-negative breast cancer
4/23/2015
Early data in a preliminary human study show that an experimental immune system drug is generally safe and well tolerated in women with metastatic, triple-negative breast cancer, a persistently...
Interventions developed at Johns Hopkins reduce bloodstream infections in Abu Dhabi
4/23/2015
A bundled intervention focused on evidence-based infection prevention practices, safety culture and teamwork, and scheduled measurement of infection rates considerably reduced central line-associated...
A recent randomized trial that looked at the feasibility of 2013 guidelines issued by the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Project for trauma resuscitation found that...
A new lease on life for prostate tissue
4/22/2015
What if a prostate cancer patient could learn which anti-cancer treatments would work best for him without having to swallow a single pill or endure a single intravenous line or injection?
Magee, UPCI researchers seek new targets for ovarian cancer treatment
4/22/2015
Identifying molecular changes that occur in tissue after chemotherapy could be crucial in advancing treatments for ovarian cancer, according to research from Magee-Womens Research Institute and...
Scientists use innovative methods, new technology to increase HPV vaccinations in Florida
4/22/2015
Even though a safe HPV vaccine is available that can prevent several types of cancer, less than half of American teens youth in the U.S. receive the vaccine.
Cancer gene unintentionally ends the life of cancer cells, turns off life supporting genes
4/22/2015
A new study from the University of Wurzburg, Germany and the University of Helsinki, Finland, suggests that Myc cancer gene makes cells to commit suicide by repressing life supporting "well-being"...
Tonsillectomy in childhood to prevent tonsillitis may reduce the risk for HPV-related tonsil cancer
4/22/2015
Undergoing prophylactic childhood tonsillectomy reduced the future risk for tonsil carcinoma diagnosis, according to the results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the...
New drug combination shows promise for breaking breast cancer resistance
4/22/2015
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new combination of drugs which could overcome treatment resistance and relapse in...