News tagged with adrenal cancer
Scientists develop urine test for cancer
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a ground-breaking technique that uses a urine test to help to diagnose adrenal cancer.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Abiraterone acetate improves survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have progressed after chemotherapy live significantly longer if treated with the drug abiraterone acetate compared to placebo, the results of a large Phase-III ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Gene Associated with Rare Adrenal Disorder Appears To Trigger Cell Death
(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene implicated in Carney complex, a rare disorder of the adrenal glands, appears to function as a molecular switch to limit cell growth and division, according to a study by researchers at the National ...
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Study gives clues to how adrenal cancer forms
At the ends of chromosome are special pieces of DNA called telomeres. Think of it as the little tip that caps off a shoelace. The telomeres send signals to the cells to let them know it's the end point, not ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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New test could help thousands of patients with high blood pressure
A new test developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help doctors diagnose thousands of people with the most common curable cause of high blood pressure (hypertension). Research funded ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Loss of weight associated with chronic illness may soon have first treatment
Patients with cancer, heart disease and other chronic illness struggle not only with complications inherent to their disease, they also experience an involuntary loss of weight and muscle mass triggered by ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Abiraterone acetate improves fatigue in prostate cancer patients, says international clinical trial
Stockholm, Sweden: Men with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and that is resistant to hormone therapy suffer less from fatigue if they are treated with a combination of abiraterone acetate and prednisone, ...
Sep 25, 2011 |
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Arctic ground squirrels muscle up to hunker down
When Arctic ground squirrels are getting ready to hibernate they don't just get fat – they pack on muscle at a rate that would make a bodybuilder jealous. And they do it without suffering the harmful effects that high ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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New lung cancer gene found
A major challenge for cancer biologists is figuring out which among the hundreds of genetic mutations found in a cancer cell are most important for driving the cancer’s spread.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Cortisol controls recycling of bile acids
Nature sees to it that we do not have "too much choler" (bile) in our body. A delicately equilibrated regulation system ensures that there is always exactly the right amount of bile in the gallbladder. When ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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New model taps tiny, common tropical fish for large-scale drug screening to combat Cushing disease
A common, tiny tropical fish plays a key role in a new model for Cushing disease, giving researchers a powerful tool to conduct extensive searches for effective treatments for this serious hormonal disorder, testing up to ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Modern targeted drug plus old malaria pill serve a 1-2 punch in advanced cancer patients
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may have found a way to turn an adaptive cellular response into a liability for cancer cells. When normal cells are starved for food, they chew up existing ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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New clues for asthma treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- New information that could help in the fight against asthma has been obtained by an international collaboration of scientists utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Henry Ford Hospital sees improved results for more kidney patients through robotic surgery
Robotic surgery offers the same or better results than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures for treating kidney disease, and can potentially help more patients because it is not as difficult for surgeons to learn, according ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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