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A useful imaging modality for monitoring treatment response to hepatocellular carcinoma
Oct 31, 2008 |
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TACE has been widely accepted as a choice of treatment for advanced HCC. CT perfusion is a non-invasive and reproducible technique for assessing perfusion changes due to TACE therapy for locally advanced HCC. However, there ...
Study finds voice box can be preserved, even with the largest cancers
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Some patients with large tumors on their larynx can preserve their speech by opting for chemotherapy and radiation over surgery to remove the voice box.
Researchers find breast cancer gene that's blocked by blood pressure drug
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new study from ...
Study shows that some malignant tumors can be shut down after all
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Oncologists have had their hands tied because more than half of all human cancers have mutations that disable a protein called p53. As a critical anti-cancer watchdog, p53 masterminds several cancer-fighting operations within ...
Freezing kidney cancer: Hot treatment should be new gold standard for destroying small tumors
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Freezing kidney tumors—using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery—should be the gold standard or first treatment option for all individuals ...
Biodegradable gel being studied as a treatment for esophageal cancer
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Gastroenterologists at Rush University Medical Center are studying the safety and efficacy of a new system for delivering chemotherapy for patients with esophageal cancer, a rare, but deadly disease that attacks the throat. ...
'Watchful waiting' is a viable option for prostate cancer patients with low-risk tumors
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Appropriately selected prostate cancer patients, including older men and men with small, low-risk tumors, may safely defer treatment for many years with no adverse consequences, according to a new study in the Journal of ...
Blocking protein kills prostate cancer cells, inhibits tumor growth
Feb 28, 2008 |
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Researchers at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have shown that they can effectively kill prostate cancer cells in both the laboratory and in experimental animal models by blocking a signaling protein that ...
Researchers advance therapy for Parkinson's, other diseases
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By miniaturizing a device that monitors the delivery of healthy cells, researchers at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a powerful instrument for physicians to use in treating ...
Cancer therapy based on missile detection outlined in new book
Jan 30, 2007 |
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A breast cancer treatment based on MIT research originally intended for detecting missiles is documented in a new book by Alan J. Fenn, an MIT researcher and inventor of the technique.
Protein from pregnancy hormone may prevent breast cancer
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that hormones produced during pregnancy induce a protein that directly inhibits the growth of breast cancer. This protein, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), may serve as a viable, well-tolerated agent for the ...
Potential new target for cancer found
Jul 15, 2007 |
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By bypassing a well-known gene implicated in almost one-third of all cancers and instead focusing on the protein activated by the gene, Duke University Medical Center researchers believe they may have found a new target for ...
Stem cells cultured from human bone marrow behave like those derived from brain tissue
Jan 25, 2007 |
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Stem cells taken from adult human bone marrow have been manipulated by scientists at the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to generate aggregates of cells called spheres that are similar ...
Nerve cells derived from stem cells and transplanted into mice may lead to improved brain treatments
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have, for the first time, genetically programmed embryonic stem (ES) cells to become nerve cells when transplanted into the brain, according to a study published today ...
New treatment option emerging for some with early stage lung cancer
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Patients with early stage, non-small cell lung cancer who are not able to undergo surgery, now have a highly effective treatment option. Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, ...
