News tagged with tumor progression
Researchers identify gene that regulates tumors in neuroblastoma
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding ...
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 ...
A surprise 'spark' for pre-cancerous colon polyps
May 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the "spark" that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors ...
New alternative to biopsy detects subtle changes in cancer cells
Apr 12, 2009 |
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A drop of blood or a chunk of tissue smaller than the period at the end of this sentence may one day be all that is necessary to diagnose cancers and assess their response to treatment, say researchers at the Stanford University ...
A potential targets for the prevention or treatment of esophageal carcinoma
Oct 29, 2008 |
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Expression of Livin in fresh esophageal cancer tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blotting and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), VEGF by Its correlation Western blotting and ...
