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Molecular profiling reveals differences between primary and recurrent ovarian cancers

There is a need to analyze tumor specimens at the time of ovarian cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Researchers used a diagnostic technology called molecular profiling to examine ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn't prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death

The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop novel drug delivery system

Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers develop new drug release mechanism utilizing 3-D superhydrophobic materials

According to a recent study, there is a new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials that utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Standard treatments for head and neck cancer less effective in HIV-positive patients

Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared to the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who do not have HIV, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study shows

Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don't ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chemotherapy may influence leukemia relapse: research

The chemotherapy drugs required to push a common form of adult leukemia into remission may contribute to DNA damage that can lead to a relapse of the disease in some patients, findings of a new study suggest.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tapping the body's own defenses, researchers look to cutting-edge gene therapy for bladder cancer

Bladder cancer, most frequently caused by smoking and exposure to carcinogens in the workplace, is one of the top 10 most common forms of cancer in men and women in the U.S. More than 70 percent of bladder cancers are diagnosed ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Downloadable tool helps cancer survivors plan and monitor exercise

Not only is overall quality of life higher in cancer survivors who exercise, but the rate of cancer recurrence is lower. Unfortunately, though most doctors recommend exercise, many patients fail to follow through.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity linked to higher 5-year death rate after esophageal cancer surgery

Obesity doubles the risk of cancer recurrence and cancer-related death in patients with esophageal cancer who have been treated with surgery, researchers at Mayo Clinic found. Their 778-patient study, which appeared in the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene mutation signals a high risk of recurrence in some older acute-leukemia patients

Older people with acute myeloid leukemia and normal looking chromosomes in their cancer cells have a higher risk of recurrence if they have mutations in a gene called ASXL1, according to a new study by researchers at the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers repair immune system in leukemia patients following chemotherapy

A new treatment using leukemia patients' own infection-fighting cells appears to protect them from infections and cancer recurrence following treatment with fludarabine-based chemotherapy, according to new research from the ...

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival

(AP) -- Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Starch intake may influence risk for breast cancer recurrence

Researchers have linked increased starch intake to a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to results presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unique genetic marker may improve detection of recurrent ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is a major health concern for women and the identification of sensitive biomarkers for early detection and/or monitoring of disease recurrence is of high clinical relevance.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0