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Pancreatic cancer: implantable chemo device may slow, shrink tumors
4/18/2016
A device that can be implanted to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into pancreatic tumors is shown to be 12 times more effective in mice than giving drugs by injection.
Combination therapy may offer better outcomes for patients with retinoblastoma
4/18/2016
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have demonstrated that targeting survivin -- a protein that inhibits apoptosis or cell death -- enhances the...
UF Health researchers win national award for identifying brain tumor intervention
4/18/2016
A study identifying a possible new intervention to treat the deadliest of brain tumors garnered a national award for University of Florida Health brain cancer researcher Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.
Poor responding gynecologic cancers get boost from genomic profiling
4/18/2016
Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey examining gynecologic cancers that poorly respond to therapy shows genomic profiling can help identify alternate and targeted treatments.
Greenness around homes linked to lower mortality
4/18/2016
Women live longer in areas with more green vegetation, according to new research funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of...
Researchers identify enzyme link between excessive heart muscle growth, cancer growth
4/18/2016
UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiology researchers have identified molecular ties between the growth of cancer cells and heart cells that suggest existing cancer drugs may be able to help those...
Women of color - what we know and don't know about their unique health challenges
4/18/2016
Women of color face both racial and gender disparities in the incidence, onset, and outcomes of diseases as diverse as cancer, heart disease, HIV infection and age-related disability.
Numerical simulations of tensile tests of red blood cells
4/18/2016
The researchers investigate the effects of the hold position of the red blood cells on strain field during tensile testing using numerical simulations.
Autism patients have more cancer gene mutations but lower cancer risk
4/17/2016
Despite patients with autism having more cancer-related gene mutations than those without autism, they are less likely to develop the disease, a new study suggests.
Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expressing advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer benefit most from necitumumab added to gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy...