Medical News on Cancer
Study suggests gene panels as a useful, cheaper alternative to whole-genome sequencing
Apr 16, 2014
As many as 10 percent of women with a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer have at least one genetic mutation that, if known, would prompt their doctors to recommend changes in... Read More
The process identified in which heat shock protein 90 contributes to metastases in ovarian cancer
Apr 10, 2014
By incapacitating the activities of a protein that guides other proteins to fold into a stable shapes, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers shut off the spigot for two proteases that help ovarian... Read More
Growth and metastases of epithelial ovarian cancer promoted by scaffolding protein
Apr 09, 2014
NEDD9, a scaffolding protein responsible for regulating signaling pathways in the cell, promotes the growth and spread of epithelial ovarian cancer according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer... Read More
For ovarian cancer, disease-free survival estimates improve over time
Apr 08, 2014
The probability of staying disease-free improves dramatically for ovarian cancer patients who already have been disease-free for a period of time, and time elapsed since remission should be taken... Read More
Resistant tumor cells destroyed by combining cell replication blocker with common cancer drug
Apr 08, 2014
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), a partner with UPMC CancerCenter, have found that an agent that inhibits mitochondrial division can overcome tumor cell... Read More
Additional link found between endometriosis and ovarian cancer
Apr 08, 2014
Some women with endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease, are predisposed to ovarian cancer, and a genetic screening might someday help reveal which women are most at risk, according to a... Read More
Discovery of 2 genes that modulate risk of breast and ovarian cancer
Apr 08, 2014
Today we know that women carrying BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene mutations have a 43% to 88% risk of developing breast cancer before the age of 70. Read More
Inhibiting cancer-promoting prolactin causes unconventional cell death in preclinical research
Apr 08, 2014
Some cancer cells under stress from chemotherapy or radiation, dodge death by consuming a bit of themselves, allowing them to essentially sleep through treatment and later awaken as tougher... Read More
Queen's University discovery signals new treatment for women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer
Mar 31, 2014
Cancer researchers at Queen's University Belfast have made a breakthrough which could signal new treatments for women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Read More
Chest X Rays On Young Women With Faulty Genes Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Sep 14, 2012
Women with faults in BRCA genes are at higher risk for breast cancer if they receive chest X rays before they are 30, according to a study led by the University of Cambridge that was published online in BMJ on 6 September... Read More
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