News tagged with cancer drugs
Why are African-Americans less likely to survive certain cancers?
Jul 07, 2009 |
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African Americans are more likely than other races to die from breast, prostate and ovarian cancers, but this disparity is not due to poverty or inferior healthcare, a first-of-its-kind study has found.
How much is life worth? The $440 billion question
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension of survival is a serious ethical dilemma in the U.S. that needs to be addressed by the oncology community, according ...
Hitting cancer where it hurts
May 28, 2009 |
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Two studies in the May 29th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication, have taken advantage of new technological advances to search for and find previously unknown weaknesses in a hard to treat form of cancer. The discoveries lend n ...
Environmental exposures may damage DNA in as few as three days
May 17, 2009 |
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Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a contributing factor to lung cancer development for some time, but a new study indicates inhalation of certain particulates can actually cause some genes to become reprogrammed, ...
Upside-down world: DNA protecting protein helps cancer drug to kill cells
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Some DNA repair enzymes can become double-edged swords - If they work too slowly, they can block necessary cell maintenance and contribute to cell death. This could explain the somewhat mysterious success of the widely used ...
A more direct delivery of cancer drugs to tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) has demonstrated a better way to deliver ...
Pioneering study may open door to first targeted treatment for common childhood brain tumour
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists have found evidence to suggest that ‘small molecule’ drugs could offer the first effective chemotherapy for childhood low-grade astrocytomas, improving the prognosis for hundreds diagnosed with the disease - reveals ...
Alternative therapy for lupus nephritis
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Lupus is a rare but serious disease that mainly affects women of child-bearing age and occurs when the body's immune system goes awry, damaging a variety of organs. When kidneys are targeted, patients develop lupus nephritis, ...
Veterinary oncologists advance cancer drugs for humans and pets
Apr 15, 2009 |
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As more pet owners are choosing to treat their pets' cancers through advanced medicine, veterinarians gain valuable knowledge about the progression and treatment of cancers in humans through pet trials of new drugs. To help ...
For cancer cells, genetics alone is poor indicator for drug response (w/Video)
Apr 12, 2009 |
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In certain respects, cells are less like machines and more like people. True, they have lots of components, but they also have lots of personality. For example, when specific groups of people are studied in ...
Brit officials wrestle with cost of cancer drugs
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In October, Rocky Fernandez was told he might not live to Christmas.
DNA repair mechanisms relocate in response to stress
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Like doctors making house calls, some DNA repair enzymes can relocate to the part of the cell that needs their help, a collaborative team of scientists at Emory University School of Medicine has found.
Herbal medicines could treat gastrointestinal disease
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy. In a study published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, researchers review ...
Paradox of cancer drugs gives clue to why some treatments fail
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that some types of cancer drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors can encourage tumour growth rather than stunt it - according to research published in Nature Medicine* yesterday.
Tales of the 'Trojan horse drug' and the 'miracle dogs'
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer called anal sac adenocarcinoma, Oscar's future seemed bleak. Bedridden and unresponsive to chemotherapy or radiation, he would be lucky to survive three ...
