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New test may predict breast cancer metastasis

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that could change the way breast cancer is treated, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified a new marker for breast cancer metastasis.





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Gastric cancer with 3 pathological features

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created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Primary carcinoma of the stomach is almost always adenocarcinoma or signet ring cell carcinoma and there are few reports of choriocarcinoma or neuroendocrine cell carcinoma. We report a patient with adenocarcinoma of the ...


Scientists identify 'gatekeepers' of breast cancer transition to invasive disease

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created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists have made a significant discovery that clarifies a previously poorly understood key event in the progression of breast cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Cancer Cell, highli ...


Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma

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

Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a type of cellular adaptor protein and transcriptional co-activator. In recent years, some investigators have found YAP to be overexpressed and highly activated in hepatic cancers and mammary ...


Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexing

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

(AP) -- Some doctors tell patients they have "stage zero" breast cancer. Others call it a precancer.


PPAR-g agonists have potential therapeutic role in gastric carcinoma?

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recently, the potential of PPAR-γ as a target for the prevention and treatment of cancer has been widely studied. However, the potential therapeutic role of PPAR-γ agonists has been questioned, based on contradictory ...


New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study resolves a 130-year-old mystery over the developmental origin of specialized skin cells involved in touch sensation. The findings will appear in the October 5, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Bi ...


Novel marker of colon cancer

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created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Colon cancer ranks second of all gastrointestinal malignant tumors, it is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Until now, several molecules have been reported to play an important role in gastroenterological ...


Discovery of a novel mechanism for the development of colon cancer

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created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Recent work from the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence on Cancer Biology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has shed light on the mechanisms of colon tumor development and may help to design better treatment for this ...


Radioactive skin patch can treat cancer

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study shows that a radioactive skin patch can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancers, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. The skin patch, ...


Heart transplant patients appear to have elevated risk for multiple skin cancers

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many heart transplant patients develop multiple skin cancers, with increased risk for some skin cancers among patients with other cancers and with increasing age, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of ...



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