News tagged with tumor size
Research finds many women not receiving recommended breast cancer adjuvant treatment
A first-of-its kind study led by Xiao-Cheng Wu, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, reports that a significant number of women are not receiving guideline-recommended treatment ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Inhaled nanoparticles deliver potent anticancer cocktail to lung tumors and block resistance
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ideal treatment for lung cancer would be one that could be inhaled deep into lung tissue where it would deliver tumor-killing agents that would then largely stay in the lungs, avoiding the toxicities that ...
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Nov 21, 2011 |
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Feed a cold -- starve a tumor
The condition tuberous sclerosis, due to mutation in one of two tumor suppressor genes, TSC1 or TSC2, causes the growth of non-malignant tumors throughout the body and skin. These tumors can be unsightly and cause serious ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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New role for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in regulating skin cancer stem cells
Skin squamous cell carcinomas are amongst the most frequent cancers in humans. Recent studies suggest that skin squamous cell carcinoma, like many other human cancers, contain particular cancer cells, known as cancer stem ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Invasive melanoma may be more likely in children than adults
A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of young people with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has found that some children have a higher risk of invasive disease than adults.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Combination therapy beneficial for head and neck skin carcinomas, study shows
Patients who have high-risk non-melanoma skin carcinomas of the head and neck may benefit from concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy, according to a UNC-led study. Their study is the first to report on multiple patients ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Benefits of radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors
According to new Dutch research featured in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, a peptide receptor radiolabeled therapy (PRRT), [177Lu-DOTA0,Tyr3]Octreotate (177Lu-octreotate) , is effective not only i ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Study finds flexible-fiber CO2 laser safe in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery
A new study has shown the Flexible-Fiber CO2 laser to safely cut and coagulate during endoscopic assisted transsphenoidal craniotomies (TSC) without the line of sight problems encountered with conventional CO2 lasers. The ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Controlling lung cancer in mice with milk thistle extract
(PhysOrg.com) -- Silibinin, a milk thistle extract, decreases tumor size in mice by inhibiting production of an enzyme that is overexpressed in certain types cancer, researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Phase III study compared neoadjuvant therapy with lapatinib or trastuzumab for early breast cancer
Researchers presented Phase III efficacy data from the GeparQuinto study, a head-to-head comparison of neoadjuvant lapatinib and trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy for patients with early breast cancer, at the 33rd ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Lung cancer research concludes that early diagnosis as key for improving survival
Research published in the June edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology sought to investigate the time trends of surgical outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between 1979 and 20 ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study
Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Walnuts may prevent breast cancer
Walnut consumption may provide the body with essential omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and phytosterols that reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research ...
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Cell pathway on overdrive prevents cancer response to dietary restriction
Whitehead Institute researchers have pinpointed a cellular pathway that determines whether cancerous tumors respond to dietary restriction during their development.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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