News tagged with malignant bone tumor
German doctors: 40-pound tumor removed from woman
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A German doctor said Friday that surgeons have successfully removed a 40-pound (18 kilogram) malignant bone tumor from a Saudi Arabian woman.
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Ethanol injection helps manage bone metastasis in thyroid cancer patients
Jun 04, 2007 |
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Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI)—an injection of ethanol (alcohol) through the skin directly into a bone tumor to kill cancer cells—may be a valuable ancillary treatment for thyroid cancer patients whose cancer has spread ...
A longer lasting tumor blocker
Apr 28, 2009 |
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On the heels of dismaying reports that a promising antitumor drug could, in theory, shorten patients' long-term survival, comes a promising study by a Japanese team of researchers that suggests a potentially better option. ...
Fluorescent cancer cells to guide brain surgeons
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Gliomas are malignant brain tumors that arise from glial (supporting) cells of the brain. Gliomas are often resistant to chemotherapy. These tumors grow fine extensions that infiltrate normal brain tissue and, in addition, ...
Novel model of osteosarcoma
Jun 15, 2008 |
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In the June 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Stuart Orkin (HHMI, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital Boston) and colleagues present a new mouse model of osteosarcoma.
Study provides documentation that tumor 'stem-like cells' exist in benign tumors
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Cancer stem-like cells have been implicated in the genesis of a variety of malignant cancers. Research scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have isolated stem-like cells in benign ...
Twin nanoparticle shown effective at targeting, killing breast cancer cells
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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Breast cancer patients face many horrors, including those that arise when fighting the cancer itself. Medications given during chemotherapy can have wicked side effects, including vomiting, dizziness, anemia ...
Estrogen found to increase growth of the most common childhood brain tumor
Feb 17, 2009 |
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University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered that estrogen receptors are present in medulloblastoma—the most common type of pediatric brain tumor—leading them to believe that anti-estrogen drug treatments may ...
Newly discovered gene could be a prime target in the most lethal brain cancer
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University have discovered mutations in two genes that could become therapeutic targets in malignant glioma, a dangerous class of brain tumors.
Killing cancer like a vampire slayer
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Like vampires, cancer tumors require an ample supply of blood to stay alive. Without fresh blood for sustenance, cancer cells shrivel up like raisins and die.
Study identifies biomarker that safely monitors tumor response to new brain cancer treatment
Jul 01, 2009 |
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A specific biomarker, a protein released by dying tumor cells, has been identified as an effective tool in an animal model to gauge the response to a novel gene therapy treatment for glioblastoma mulitforme. The finding, ...
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