News tagged with metastatic disease
Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research on prostate cancer to bone metastasis, Dr. Phillip Trackman of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine explains that the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide (LOX-PP) inhibits prostate ...
Cancer patients want genetic testing to predict metastasis risk
Jun 01, 2009 |
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If you had cancer and a genetic test could predict the risk of the tumor spreading aggressively, would you want to know - even if no treatments existed to help you?
New test may predict spread of breast cancer (w/Video)
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have previously shown that the co-mingling of three cell types can predict whether localized breast cancer will spread throughout the ...
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Considering combination versus sequential chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Both combination and sequential single-agent chemotherapy are reasonable options to treat metastatic breast cancer, but the choice between the two should ultimately be based on patient- and disease-related factors, according ...
Study shows cancer vaccines led to long-term survival for patients with metastatic melanoma
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced promising data from a clinical study showing patient-specific cancer vaccines derived from patients' own cancer cells and immune cells were well tolerated and resulted in ...
A safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for metastatic esophageal cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Metastatic esophageal squamous cell cancer has very poor prognosis. Conventional surgery is considered the most effective treatment, but many cases are inoperable at the time of diagnosis.
Researchers identify potential target for metastatic cancer
Aug 10, 2009 |
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The deadliest part of the cancer process, metastasis, appears to rely on help from macrophages, potent immune system cells that usually defend vigorously against disease, researchers at Albert Einstein College ...
Blocking signaling protein prevents prostate cancer spread
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have shown that by blocking a signaling protein, they can prevent prostate cancer cells from metastatic dissemination. The work opens the door to future ...
Boston College biologists build a better mouse model for cancer research
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at Boston College have developed the first laboratory mouse model that mimics cancer’s spread through the human body. Using their novel cell line, the team discovered one of the body’s primary defensive cells ...
Low-dose estrogen shown safe and effective for metastatic breast cancer
Aug 18, 2009 |
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When estrogen-lowering drugs no longer control metastatic breast cancer, the opposite strategy might work. Raising estrogen levels benefited 30 percent of women whose metastatic breast cancer no longer responded to standard ...
New study finds dramatic increase in metastatic colon cancer survival
May 26, 2009 |
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Novel chemotherapy and biological agents for metastatic colorectal cancer, combined with surgical advances in liver resection, have resulted in a dramatic increase in survival for patients with advanced disease, according ...
Team identifies new cancer stem cell driving metastatic tumors
May 27, 2008 |
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The molecular profile of cancer stem cells that initiate metastatic colon tumors is significantly different from those responsible for primary tumors, according to new research from a team at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Circulating blood cells are important predictors of cancer spread in children
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Endothelial progenitor cells may play a role in the start and progression of metastatic disease in children with cancer, according to study results published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Ca ...
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