James McNew’s and Michael Stern’s biochemical hunt for the root cause of a rare, paralyzing genetic disorder is a 10-year
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Breast cancer studies ignore race, socioeconomic factors
The Bloomberg School scientists, in a commentary that appears in the July issue of Cancer Causes & Control, point to
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SNMMI image of the year: PSMA PET imaging of theranostic for advanced prostate cancer
In the battle against metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, studies have demonstrated a high response rate to radionuclide therapy targeting prostate
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New regulatory axis revealed for the cancer relevant matrix metalloprotease MMP14
Membrane-associated metalloprotease, MMP14, plays a significant role in different cancer tissues – for instance in breast cancer and melanoma patients
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Many childhood cancer survivors in denial about future health risks
(HealthDay)—Many adult survivors of childhood cancer don’t worry about their future health and may skip crucial screenings and lifestyle changes,
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US flight crew have higher cancer rates than general population
Flight crew have higher rates of specific cancers than the general population, according to a study in the open access
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New drugs are improving survival times for patients with aggressive type of blood cancer, study finds
Survival times for a highly aggressive type of blood cancer have nearly doubled over the last decade due to the
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Palliative care reduces odds of suicide in lung cancer patients
(HealthDay)—Patients with advanced lung cancer have increased incidence of suicide, which is reduced in association with receipt of palliative care,
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Cancer immunotherapy—broadening the scope of targetable tumours
The field of cancer immunotherapy has experienced alternating periods of success and failure in recent years. Open Biology has published
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Researchers uncover new target to stop cancer growth
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer cells secrete large numbers of
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