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Cancer patients are not given enough information
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Two thirds of cancer patients receive little or no information about the survival benefits of having palliative chemotherapy before making a decision about treatment, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
Racial disparity in colon cancer survival not easily explained, researchers say (w/ Video)
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans ...
Breast cancer more aggressive among obese women
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Women with breast cancer have more aggressive disease and lower survival rates if they are overweight or obese, according to findings published in the March 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Associ ...
Study shows modest improvement in advanced lung cancer overall survival rates
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Research released in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology sought to determine whether the survival improvement among patients with metastatic lung cancer has improved over the last two decades as rep ...
Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly
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Jun 25, 2008 |
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Migrating songbirds take their survival cues from local winged residents when flying through unfamiliar territory, a new Queen's University-led study shows. It's a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," ...
Males caring for offspring is a good reproductive strategy
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Mar 28, 2007 |
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Caring fathers in the animal world aren’t necessarily at a disadvantage compared with those who abandon their offspring.
Researchers find evidence of survival gains in bone marrow disease
Dec 14, 2009 |
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A recent study, published in the December issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, demonstrates new survival data for the blood disorder myelofibrosis. This retrospective study is the largest ever conducted in young patients with p ...
Oncogene inhibits tumor suppressor to promote cancer: Study links B-RAF and LKB1
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Scientists have uncovered an interesting connection between two important protein kinase signaling pathways that are associated with cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 30th issue of the journal Molecular Ce ...
Scientists explore hormone evolution
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research techniques on animals living in the wild are helping scientists test long-held ideas about the role of hormones in survival, according to comments by Professor of Biology Jan ...
IV drug treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not improve long-term survival
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous (IV) drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant ...
The structure of resistance
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Feb 22, 2008 |
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A team of scientists from the University Paris Descartes has solved the structure of two proteins that allow bacteria to gain resistance to multiple types of antibiotics, according to a report in EMBO reports this month. ...
Newly appreciated membrane estrogen receptor important therapeutic target for breast cancer
Jul 01, 2009 |
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New research at Rhode Island Hospital has uncovered the biological effects of a novel membrane estrogen receptor, a finding that has potential implications for hormonal therapy for breast cancer. The study is published in ...
Study shows steroid therapies following transplant can be eliminated
Oct 21, 2008 |
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A new study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that using modern immunosuppressive drugs eliminates the need for steroid therapy as early as seven days following a transplant surgery while still maintaining ...
New use for a cell toxin found to inhibit survival proteins in cancer cells
Jul 11, 2007 |
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A chemically-modified version of a mitochondrial toxin long used to control species of invasive fish in lakes has been found to selectively inhibit two "survival proteins” in cancer cells. The research is a first step toward ...
Female iguanas pay high costs to choose a mate
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Jun 27, 2007 |
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Picking a mate isn’t easy—if you are a female iguana. In a study published in the June 27th issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Maren Vitousek of Princeton University and colleagues found that f ...
