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Smaller pre-surgery radiation targets reduce long term side effects, not survival rates
2/13/2015
New standard of care will help save lives and limbs of sarcoma patientsUsing advanced imaging technology to more precisely target radiation beams to treat soft tissue cancers (sarcomas) in the...
Epigenetic breakthrough: A first of its kind tool to study the histone code
2/13/2015
Scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill have created a new way to investigate epigenetic mechanisms important in diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to cancers.
One-two punch catches cancer cells in vulnerable state
2/13/2015
Transition state may offer important window of time for treatment.This confocal microscopy image depicts drug-tolerant cancer cells.
New reporter system to study bone-related regenerative medicine generated by UMN labs
2/13/2015
A new reporter system used to study the bone regeneration potential of human embryonic stem cells has been generated in research led by the University of Minnesota.
Not all EGFR mutations are the same when it comes to therapy for NSCLC
2/13/2015
Certain rare epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are associated with tobacco smoking, worse prognosis and poor response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy compared to the...
The NELSON lung cancer screening trial results are inferable for the general high-risk
2/13/2015
Results of the NELSON lung cancer screening trial using low dose computed tomography (LDCT) can be used to predict the effect of population-based screening on the Dutch population even though there...
More Americans die from smoking than previously thought
2/12/2015
The number of Americans killed by smoking cigarettes is likely bigger than we thought because it may exclude many smokers who die from diseases not classed as caused by smoking.
Twelve-year study suggests procedures to prevent cervical cancer do not affect fertility
2/12/2015
Common surgical procedures used to diagnose and treat precancerous cervical lesions do not decrease women's chances of becoming pregnant, according to a study that followed nearly 100,000 women for...
Twelve-year study suggests procedures to prevent cervical cancer do not affect fertility
2/12/2015
Common surgical procedures used to diagnose and treat precancerous cervical lesions do not decrease women's chances of becoming pregnant, according to a study that followed nearly 100,000 women for...
Lung cancer may be treatable with use of SapC-DOPS technology, research shows
2/12/2015
Lung cancer is the most common and the deadliest type of cancer worldwide, with about 221,000 new cases and an estimated 158,000 deaths in 2015 in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society.