Medical News on Cancer
Potential new treatment for aggressive breast cancer
Jul 06, 2014
Early-stage research offers hope that a treatment could be developed against breast cancer tumors that fail to respond to the first-line drug Herceptin. Read More
In a bizarre twist, Cyclin D, long believed to promote cancer, actually activates tumor suppressor
Jul 06, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say a protein essential to regulating cell cycle progression - the process of cell division and replication - activates a key... Read More
Study links high cholesterol to increased risk of breast cancer
Jul 06, 2014
In a study of UK women, researchers find that those with high cholesterol may be at higher risk of developing breast cancer than women with normal cholesterol levels. Read More
Mortality of hemodialysis patients considerably reduced by antibiotic therapy
Jul 06, 2014
An antibiotic therapy known to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients has been shown for the first time to reduce mortality, according to a Henry Ford Health System... Read More
Lung cancer patients could benefit from new non-invasive advanced image analysis
Jul 05, 2014
Lung cancer patients could receive more precise treatment, and their progress could be better tracked, using a new high-tech method of non-invasive medical imaging analysis, according to a study... Read More
Purdue-designed tool helps guide brain cancer surgery
Jul 04, 2014
A tool to help brain surgeons test and more precisely remove cancerous tissue was successfully used during surgery, according to a Purdue University and Brigham and Women's Hospital study. Read More
Life-extending treatment for metastatic breast cancer now licenced in UK after one prior chemotherapy
Jul 04, 2014
From 3 July 2014, Halaven® (eribulin) is licenced in the UK for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who have progressed after at least one... Read More
Sickle cell drug passes early phase trial
Jul 04, 2014
A potentially groundbreaking investigational drug designed to treat the painful vaso-occlusive crises that are the hallmark of sickle cell disease has been found to be safe following a clinical... Read More
Shift workers who give blood may reduce their risk of heart disease
Jul 04, 2014
Austrian researchers have found that jetlag has severe effects on red blood cells, possibly explaining the high incidence of heart disease seen in shift workers. Read More
Denisovan gene helped Tibetans adapt to low oxygen at high altitudes
Jul 04, 2014
Tibetans were able to adapt to high altitudes thanks to a gene picked up when their ancestors mated with a species of human they helped push to extinction, according to a new report by University of... Read More
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