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Researchers identify possible imaging method to stratify breast cancer without biopsy

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have discovered a possible way for malignant breast tumors to be identified, without the need for a biopsy. The findings were published online ahead of print in the Journal of ...


No change in brain tumor incidence during a time when cell phone usage increased

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There was no substantial change in brain tumor incidence among adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage sharply increased, according to a new brief communication published online December 3 in the Journal of the National Ca ...


Tiny RNA has big impact on lung cancer tumors

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers from Yale University and Mirna Therapeutics, Inc., reversed the growth of lung tumors in mice using a naturally occurring tumor suppressor microRNA. The study reveals that a tiny bit of RNA may one day play a ...


Delivering medicine directly into a tumor

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids) that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancerous tumors but not normal ...


New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


Possible ovarian cancer treatment target identified

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called ...


Childhood cancer survivor study report: Late recurrence is a risk for some cancers

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Estrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer patients and tamoxifen response

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118 ...


Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.


In cancer-ridden rats, loneliness can kill

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Socially isolated female rats develop more tumors -- and tumors of a more deadly type -- than rats living in a social group, according to researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago.



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