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Radiation after surgery reduces chance of melanoma returning

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-risk melanoma patients who are treated with radiation after surgery have a significantly lower risk of their cancer returning to the lymph nodes (19 percent), compared to those patients who do not have radiation therapy ...


Laser therapy can aggravate skin cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

High irradiances of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) should not be used over melanomas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser', finding that it cau ...


Hundreds of genes distinguish patients likely to survive advanced melanoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although the chances of surviving advanced melanoma aren't very good with current therapies, some patients can live for years with cancer that has spread beyond the skin to other organs. Now it may be possible to identify ...


Study provides insights into the molecular basis of tumor cell behavior

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by a team of researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings ...


Text message reminders can encourage healthy action

Medicine & Health / Health

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

People who received daily text messages reminding them to apply sunscreen were nearly twice as likely to use it as those who did not receive such messages, a new study led by a UC Davis Health System dermatologist has found. ...


Special ultrasound accurately identifies skin cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-frequency ultrasound with elastography can help differentiate between cancerous and benign skin conditions, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).


Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journal ...


Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon

Chemistry / Materials Science

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.


New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...


To keep muscles strong, the 'garbage' has to go

Medicine & Health / Research

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In order to maintain muscle strength with age, cells must rid themselves of the garbage that accumulates in them over time, just as it does in any household, according to a new study in the December issue of Cell Metabolism. In the ...



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