News tagged with cancer subtypes
Ovarian cancer subtypes are different diseases: Implications for biomarker studies
Dec 02, 2008 |
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In a new analysis of tissue biomarkers expressed in ovarian cancer samples, published by PLoS Medicine, David Huntsman and his colleagues from Vancouver General Hospital suggest that substantial differences exist between ovaria ...
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Breast cancer etiology may vary by subtype
May 21, 2009 |
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Women's reproductive and lifestyle characteristics can be linked to different invasive breast cancer subtypes. Data on 2544 breast cancer cases, presented in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research, suggests that t ...
Breast cancer subtypes originate from different biological pathways
Apr 25, 2008 |
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There is a biological distinction between breast cancers that depend on hormones and those that do not, according to research published Friday, April 25th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.
Mouse model highlights histone methylation as distinguishing feature for leukemia subtypes
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Research using a new mouse model has led to the identification of a potential therapeutic target for a type of leukemia commonly associated with an unfavorable prognosis. The study, published by Cell Press in the November ...
Broccoli may lower lung cancer risk in smokers
Nov 18, 2008 |
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The cancer preventive properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables appear to work specifically in smokers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International ...
New Test for Breast Cancer Will Help Guide Treatment Choices
Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One in eight women in the United States will receive a diagnosis of breast cancer in their lifetime, and it is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Now a new test will help physicians ...
Mane event: Recombination in lion feline immunodeficiency virus
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 05, 2008 |
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Parts of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) isolated from wild lions have undergone substantial genetic recombination, says research published in the online open access journal BMC Genomics. The sequencing of the two fu ...
Prototype test for predicting clinical outcome for melanoma patients
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Investigators from the Melbourne Center of the international Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) and Pacific Edge Biotchnology Ltd today reported that they have developed a test to predict whether a patient will progress ...
Berkeley Lab scientist co-leads breast cancer 'dream team'
May 27, 2009 |
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An $18 million, three-year grant to develop new and more effective therapies to fight breast cancer was awarded today to a multi-institutional "Dream Team" of scientists and clinicians that is co-led by Joe Gray, a renowned ...
Discovery opens door to 'personalized' asthma therapy
Jan 17, 2008 |
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In the last few years, “personalized medicine”— using genetic or other molecular biology-based diagnostic tests to customize treatment for a particular patient — has emerged as a powerful new tool for health care.
Sun exposure early in life linked to specific skin cancer gene mutation
Jun 09, 2007 |
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Skin cancers often contain different gene mutations, but just how these mutations contribute to the cause of melanomas has been a mystery.
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