News tagged with renal cell carcinoma
2-drug combination appears safe and active in metastatic kidney cancer
May 31, 2009 |
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Fox Chase Cancer Center investigators report that a two-drug blockade of mTOR signaling appears safe in metastatic kidney cancer in a phase I trial. Early data suggests that a combination of temsirolimus and bryostatin may ...
Freezing kidney cancer: Hot treatment should be new gold standard for destroying small tumors
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Freezing kidney tumors—using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery—should be the gold standard or first treatment option for all individuals ...
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Gastric cancer with 3 pathological features
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Primary carcinoma of the stomach is almost always adenocarcinoma or signet ring cell carcinoma and there are few reports of choriocarcinoma or neuroendocrine cell carcinoma. We report a patient with adenocarcinoma of the ...
Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Large-scale data mining of gene networks in fruit flies has led researchers to a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker for human renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. In the journal ...
Merkel cell polyomavirus associated with Merkel cell carcinoma
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is the only human polyomavirus known to be associated with a rare skin cancer, known as Merkel cell carcinoma, according to a new study published online September 23 in the Journal of ...
Older renal cancer patients appear to benefit from sorafenib treatment
Oct 07, 2008 |
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Older and younger patients with renal cancer derive similar benefit from sorafenib therapy and tolerate the drug equally well, according to a study published online October 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Proepithelin encourages cell growth and migration in prostate cancer
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have identified a protein that appears to play a significant role in the growth and migration of prostate cancer cells, especially androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. The ...
Research points to a new way to protect kidneys threatened by insufficient blood or toxins (w/Video)
May 18, 2009 |
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Better treatments for acute renal failure may be possible by blocking the mitochondrial fragmentation that occurs when kidneys don't get enough blood or are exposed to toxins, researchers at the Medical College ...
Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a type of cellular adaptor protein and transcriptional co-activator. In recent years, some investigators have found YAP to be overexpressed and highly activated in hepatic cancers and mammary ...
Predicting the future in ovarian cancer
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Kisspeptin and its receptor GPR54 predict a favourable clinical outcome in women with ovarian carcinoma, and are specific for the clear cell carcinoma subtype, research published this week in the online open access journal, ...
Scientists identify 'gatekeepers' of breast cancer transition to invasive disease
May 05, 2008 |
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Scientists have made a significant discovery that clarifies a previously poorly understood key event in the progression of breast cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Cancer Cell, highli ...
Radioactive skin patch can treat cancer
Jun 15, 2009 |
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A new study shows that a radioactive skin patch can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancers, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. The skin patch, ...
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