News tagged with cancer center
Treatment may need to be modified for elderly brain cancer patients
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, accounts for a majority of the brain tumors seen in patients 65 years or older. This segment of the population is growing faster than any other age group and ...
Research shows cell's inactive state is critical for effectiveness of cancer treatment
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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A new study sheds light on a little understood biological process called quiescence, which enables blood-forming stem cells to exist in a dormant or inactive state in which they are not growing or dividing. According to the ...
Researchers find molecule that targets brain tumors
Dec 29, 2008 |
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UC Davis Cancer Center researchers report today the discovery of a molecule that targets glioblastoma, a highly deadly form of cancer. The finding, which is published in the January 2009 issue of the European Journal of Nu ...
Researcher finds most triple-negative breast cancers express muc-1 target
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Research out of the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center has found that the vast majority of triple negative breast cancers express the MUC-1 target. This first-of-its-kind finding, presented ...
Potential breakthrough for T-Cell lymphoma patients with drug that mimics folic acid
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Preliminary results of a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of pralatrexate (PDX), a drug that partially works by mimicking folic acid, showed a complete or partial response in 27 percent of patients with recurrent or resistant ...
Older AML patients show promising response in drug study
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Older patients with acute myloid leukemia (AML) who were once told that nothing could be done for them are finding new hope – and life – through a clinical trial at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – ...
Older age doesn't affect survival after bone marrow transplant
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Age alone should not determine whether an older patient with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receives a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor, researchers of the Center for International Blood ...
Dismissed leukemia drug helps CLL patients, studies show
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Researchers at Ohio State devised a new dosing schedule for the drug to increase its anti-tumor activity.
Combining targeted therapy drugs may treat previously resistant tumors
Nov 30, 2008 |
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A team of cancer researchers from several Boston academic medical centers has discovered a potential treatment for a group of tumors that have resisted previous targeted therapy approaches.
Two new compounds show promise for eliminating breast cancer tumors
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Two new compounds created by a University of Central Florida professor show early promise for destroying breast cancer tumors.
Chemotherapy plus targeted therapies shows improved survival in advance-stage lung cancer patients
Nov 13, 2008 |
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The combination of traditional chemotherapy agents with targeted therapies called monoclonal antibodies showed no safety concerns and improved survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer according to a study ...
New study examines effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening tests
Oct 07, 2008 |
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New findings from a Decision Analysis for the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of 75. The results are based on patients ...
Study shows radiation device may customize therapy, enable some to avoid more lengthy treatment
Sep 25, 2008 |
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A study of the first approximately 100 patients who have received partial breast irradiation with a small, whisk-like, expandable device inserted inside the breast has shown that after one year, the device ...
Breast cancer survivors have high quality of life up to 15 years after lumpectomy/radiation
Sep 21, 2008 |
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Women with breast cancer who are treated with lumpectomy and radiation report a high level of overall quality of life several years after treatment that is comparable to a general sampling of the adult women U.S. population ...
'Smothered' genes combine with mutations to yield poor outcome in cancer patients
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers have identified a set of genes in breast and colon cancers with a deadly combination of traditional mutations and "smothered" gene activity that may result in poor outcomes for ...
