Archive for the 'Cancer' Category
The Complexities Involved In End Of Life Care
Everyone has to die one day, yet often the issue of death and dying still remains a taboo, despite the fact that palliative care is a major public health issue…
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No commentsPre-Clinical Study Shows Delay In Tumor Growth And Prolonged Survival Time When Chemotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy
An international team of scientists in Japan, Switzerland, and the United States has confirmed that combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy in cancer treatment enhances the immune system’s ability to find and eliminate cancer cells, even when the cancer-associated proteins targeted by the immune system are hidden behind the cancer cell membrane…
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No commentsFake Avastin (Bevacizumab) Found In USA
Fake cancer drug, Avastin (bevacizumab) has been distributed in the USA, according to statement issued by Roche, Genentech and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) today. Roche warns that the counterfeit medication does not have the active ingredient – bevacizumab – and should not be used or taken. Roche says it was told about the fake Avastin from a non-US health authorities…
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No commentsHeparin – Possible Cancer Treatment
Although the blood thinner heparin has been used for several decades to prevent and treat blood clots, researchers are now questioning whether the drug could be effective in treating cancer…
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No commentsBureaucracy May Be Putting Lives At Risk, Europe
A European Parliament event to discuss how EU legislation has negatively affected the treatment received by children and adolescents has marked International Childhood Cancer Day – 15th February…
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No commentsComputational Algorithm Developed To Assist In Cancer Treatments
High-throughput DNA sequencing technologies are leading to a revolution in how clinicians diagnose and treat cancer. The molecular profiles of individual tumors are beginning to be used in the design of chemotherapeutic programs optimized for the treatment of individual patients…
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No commentsIngestion Of PAHs From Pavement Sealant May Put Children At Risk
Children living near coal-tar-sealed pavement are likely to receive a far higher dose of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from incidental ingestion of house dust than do children living near unsealed pavement, and that dose is more than two times higher than the PAH dose children are estimated to receive from food…
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No commentsQuest For Cancer Treatments Strengthened By Cell Discovery
Fresh insights into how our cells multiply could help scientists develop drugs to treat cancer. Researchers have gained better understanding of the workings of two key proteins that control cell division. This process must be carried out accurately to keep cells healthy, and when it goes out of control, it can lead to cancer…
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No commentsNew Mouse Model For A Particularly Malignant Form Of Medulloblastoma Establishes First Step To Personalized Treatment
Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the deadliest of four subtypes of human medulloblastoma, a tumor that is triggered by elevated levels of a gene known as Myc…
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No commentsLink Between NSAIDs And Reduced Cancer Metastasis Strengthened By Study
A new study reveals key factors that promote the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and provides a mechanism that explains how a common over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication can reduce the spread of tumor cells through the lymphatic system. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 14 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, opens new avenues for the design of antimetastatic therapies…
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