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The CNIO identifies a new gene involved in hereditary neuroendocrine tumors
4/02/2015
Researchers in the Hereditary Endocrine Cancer Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) -- led by Alberto Cascón and Mercedes Robledo -- have described the presence of mutations...
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)...
Major increase in bowel cancer screening uptake shown with new UK screening test
4/01/2015
A large pilot study of a new bowel cancer screening test has demonstrated a major increase in participation rates across population groups.
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered the unique mechanism of a powerful natural product with wide-ranging antifungal, antibacterial...
Microsecond Raman imaging might probe cells, organs for disease
4/01/2015
A vibrational spectroscopic imaging technology that can take images of living cells could represent an advanced medical diagnostic tool for the early detection of cancer and other diseases.
New, real-world data presented at the Hospital Medicine 2015 congress show patients diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and treated with XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) were admitted to the...
Early stage NSCLC patients with low tumor metabolic activity have longer survival
4/01/2015
Low pre-surgery uptake of a labeled glucose analogue, a marker of metabolic activity, in the primary tumor of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is associated with increased...
New drug stalls estrogen receptor-positive cancer cell growth and shrinks tumors
4/01/2015
An experimental drug rapidly shrinks most tumors in a mouse model of human breast cancer, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
How immune cells facilitate the spread of breast cancer
4/01/2015
The body's immune system fights disease, infections and even cancer, acting like foot soldiers to protect against invaders and dissenters.
Integrative approaches key to understanding cancer, developing therapies, say Moffitt scientists
4/01/2015
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are using integrative approaches to study cancer by combining mathematical and computational modeling with experimental and clinical data.