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Fox Chase performs the world's first successful ViKY robot-assisted surgery for pancreatic tumors
Mar 24, 2009 |
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This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world's first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY® system's revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France ...
Tiny samples could yield big predictive markers for pancreatic cancer
Mar 10, 2009 |
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A handful of proteins, detected in incredibly tiny amounts, may one day help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion in the pancreas and a potentially deadly one, say researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Breaking BubR1 mimics genetic shuffle seen in cancer cells
Nov 17, 2008 |
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A study of how one protein enzyme, BubR1, helps make sure chromosomes are equally distributed during mitosis might explain how the process of cell division goes so awry in cancer, according to researchers ...
'2-headed' antibody poses a double threat to breast cancer cells
Nov 13, 2008 |
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A small, antibody-like molecule created by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center can successfully attack two separate molecules on the surface of cancer cells at the same time, halting the growth of breast cancer cells in ...
Young women w/ early form of breast cancer no more likely to experience recurrence than older women
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Young women with DCIS, a common form of early breast cancer that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, are presumed more likely to have recurrences than older women with the same diagnosis. But a new study from ...
Study: When/if to start hormones for prostate cancer patients whose PSA rises after radiation
Sep 23, 2008 |
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A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any ...
Breast cancer survivors have high quality of life up to 15 years after lumpectomy/radiation
Sep 21, 2008 |
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Women with breast cancer who are treated with lumpectomy and radiation report a high level of overall quality of life several years after treatment that is comparable to a general sampling of the adult women U.S. population ...
'One-hit' event provides new opportunity for colon cancer prevention, say Fox Chase researchers
Sep 15, 2008 |
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More than 30 years ago, Alfred Knudson Jr., M.D., Ph.D., revolutionized the field of cancer genetics by showing that a person must lose both their paternal and maternal copies of a particular class of cancer-inhibiting genes, ...
Death, division or cancer? Newly discovered checkpoint process holds the line in cell division
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it ...
