News tagged with cancer tumors
New era of gene-based 'personalized medicine' dawning
Jun 14, 2009 |
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Six years ago, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, a historic effort to decipher each of the 3 billion letters in the genetic instruction book for our species. A single anonymous male from Buffalo, ...
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.
Why some prostate cancer returns
May 27, 2009 |
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The majority of men who receive one of the standard treatments for localized prostate cancer - surgery or radiation therapy - have an excellent outcome.
Breast cancer drug shows promise for treating, preventing progestin-dependent tumors
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Recent studies suggest that human breast cancer risk is increased by outside exposure to the hormone progestin, such as during hormone replacement therapy. Now, a University of Missouri study suggests that PRIMA-1, a small ...
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Scientists show how molecular switch helps pancreatic cancer beat drugs
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have found one reason that pancreatic cancer tumors are so difficult to treat with drugs. They have shown how a molecular switch steps up ...
More accurate diagnosis for leading cancer killer in children may be possible
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children. Now a more accurate diagnosis of childhood brain cancers may soon be possible, according to researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of ...
Yale Scientists Isolate Specific Tumor Cells that Cause Cancer
Jan 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Yale Cancer Center and other institutions are the first to demonstrate how distinct groups of cells from the same tumor are capable of forming tumors. Their findings, which ...
Cellular communication in the cancer microenvironment
Jan 16, 2010 |
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In the February 1st issue of G&D, Dr. Johanna Joyce and colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center lend new insight into the mechanism by which tumor-associated macrophages promote malignant progression.
High weight associated with risk of colorectal tumors without microsatellite instability
Mar 06, 2010 |
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The increased risk of colorectal cancer associated with obesity may be largely restricted to tumors that have no or low microsatellite instability (MSI), a common condition in most colorectal cancers, according to a new study ...
Researchers identify a potential therapeutic target for brain cancer
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report the identification of a protein that is highly expressed in a subgroup of glioblastoma brain tumor cells and show that depletion of this protein increases the survival of mice with ...
Breakthrough breast cancer therapy reduces mastectomies, saves breast
Jan 19, 2010 |
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A new treatment developed and tested by University of Oklahoma researchers not only killed large breast cancer tumors, but reduced the need for mastectomies by almost 90 percent. The latest results appear in an upcoming issue ...
EGFR gene signature predicts non-small cell lung cancer prognosis
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a validated therapeutic target for non-small cell lung cancer. Researchers have now discovered a 93-gene signature that is associated with the presence of EGFR mutations in tumors ...
Researchers identify possible imaging method to stratify breast cancer without biopsy
Dec 17, 2009 |
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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 ...
Exploiting the architecture of cancers may lead to their destruction
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After making a diagnosis of cancer, clinicians have a number of treatment options. Most of these involve coordinating multiple attacks on the tumor using an arsenal of cancer-killing therapies. Chemotherapy, where toxic drugs ...
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