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No change in brain tumor incidence during a time when cell phone usage increased

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There was no substantial change in brain tumor incidence among adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage sharply increased, according to a new brief communication published online December 3 in the Journal of the National Ca ...


Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to ...


New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


Imaging techniques may help predict response to head and neck cancer treatment

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

A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment and those who will require surgical follow-up, ...


Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.


Diffusion tensor imaging increases ability to remove benign tumors in children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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A new study published this week in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics finds that operative plans for removing Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can be augmented with Diffusion Tensor ...


Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit

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Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in ...


Discovery makes brain tumor cells more responsive to radiation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Duke University Medical Center researchers have figured out how stem cells in the malignant brain cancer glioma may be better able to resist radiation therapy. And using a drug to block a particular signaling pathway in these ...


Estrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer patients and tamoxifen response

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118 ...


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

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

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 7

(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 ...



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