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Researchers investigate high-risk populations for bladder-cancer screenings

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created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers sheds light on the challenges involved in identifying which high-risk population would benefit most from bladder-cancer screening.





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New discovery raises doubts about current bladder treatment

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found that one of the genes commonly thought to promote the growth and spread of some types of cancers is in fact beneficial in bladder cancer - a major discovery ...


Frankincense oil -- a wise man's remedy for bladder cancer

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Originating from Africa, India, and the Middle East, frankincense oil has been found to have many medicinal benefits. Now, an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri has been shown to kill off ...


New staging technique might save bladders in some bladder cancer patients

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Pathologists today reported encouraging results from a new technique to increase the accuracy of staging bladder cancer tumors that could reduce the need to remove bladders from some patients.


New investigational treatment for bladder cancer

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers, led by Columbia University Medical Center faculty, has identified a new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer. The discovery was made using a new research model, using mice, which ...


Sonic Hedgehog variations linked to recurrence, survival and response to therapy of bladder cancer

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic variations in the Sonic Hedgehog pathway increase the likelihood of recurrence, reduce survival time and limit response to therapy for people with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, scientists from The University ...


Scientists discover bladder cancer stem cell

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine have identified the first human bladder cancer stem cell and revealed how it works to escape the body's natural defenses.


Variation in prostate stem cell antigen gene raises bladder cancer risk

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created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.


Scientists find cells responsible for bladder cancer's spread

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Johns Hopkins scientists have tracked down a powerful set of cells in bladder tumors that seem to be primarily responsible for the cancer's growth and spread using a technique that takes advantage of similarities between ...


Pregnancy may help protect against bladder cancer

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created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pregnancy seems to confer some protection against bladder cancer in mice, scientists have found. Female mice that had never become pregnant had approximately 15 times as much cancer in their bladders as their counterparts ...


New microRNA Data Could Classify Bladder Cancer by Type

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, offers new insights into the biology of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Specifically, microRNA profiles differ ...



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