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Griffith research unlocks more about cancer
2/12/2015
Ground-breaking research from Griffith University on the Gold Coast has some scientists wondering if the entire study of cellular biology needs to be adjusted.
Could there be a Gleevec for brain cancer?
2/12/2015
The drug Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) is well known not only for its effectiveness against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but also for the story behind its...
Study finds no reason for cancer survivors to be excluded in advanced stage lung cancer trials
2/12/2015
The common practice of excluding patients with a prior cancer diagnosis from lung cancer clinical trials may not be justified, according to a study by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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.
Study finds no reason for cancer survivors to be excluded in advanced stage lung cancer trials
2/12/2015
The common practice of excluding patients with a prior cancer diagnosis from lung cancer clinical trials may not be justified, according to a study by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Lung screening guidelines improve on study findings
2/12/2015
Lung-RADS provides framework for lung cancer screeningsA set of guidelines developed to help standardized lung cancer screening would have generated considerably fewer false-positives than the...
Cancer's ability to 'hijack' regulatory mechanism increases metastasis
2/12/2015
MD Anderson study finds connective tissue cross-links are key to epithelial lung cancer spreadWhen skyscrapers go up, contractors rely on an infrastructure of steel beams and braces.
Keck Medicine of USC researchers trace origins of colorectal cancer tumor cells
2/12/2015
Big Bang' model of tumor growth provides view into how to stop cancer before it startsFor the first time, Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) cancer researchers have...
New screening tool could speed development of ovarian cancer drugs
2/12/2015
University of Chicago Medicine researchers have built a model system that uses multiple cell types from patients to rapidly test compounds that could block the early steps in ovarian cancer...
How tumor-causing cells are recruited in cancers linked to chronic inflammation
2/12/2015
For the first time, the cellular mechanisms for cancers caused by chronic inflammatory conditions are explained, providing potential therapeutic targets in the process.