Chemo toxicity: A common gene test could save hundreds of lives each year

by Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOne January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died

Updated on: March 30,2024

Chemo toxicity: A common gene test could save hundreds of lives each year

by Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOne January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died

Updated on:March 30,2024

Researchers develop method for separating tissue types in tumor samples

by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineHematopoietic precursor cells: promyelocyte in the center, two metamyelocytes next to it and band cells from a bone marrow aspirat

Updated on: June 11,2024

Researchers develop method for separating tissue types in tumor samples

by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineHematopoietic precursor cells: promyelocyte in the center, two metamyelocytes next to it and band cells from a bone marrow aspirat

Updated on:June 11,2024

Body mass index tied to multiple myeloma survival

by Lori SolomonUnderweight and severe obesity are associated with decreased survival in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), according to a study published online Jan. 12 in theBlood Cancer Jour

Updated on: January 07,2024

Body mass index tied to multiple myeloma survival

by Lori SolomonUnderweight and severe obesity are associated with decreased survival in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), according to a study published online Jan. 12 in theBlood Cancer Jour

Updated on:January 07,2024

Researchers study effectiveness of communication strategies with seriously ill patients

by Leiden UniversityCredit: Leiden UniversityLeiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h

Updated on: January 28,2024

Researchers study effectiveness of communication strategies with seriously ill patients

by Leiden UniversityCredit: Leiden UniversityLeiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h

Updated on:January 28,2024

More than a third of all cancers affecting Canadians can be prevented by combination of policymaking, health education

by ElsevierCredit: CC0 Public DomainWe know that there are many ways in which cancer can be prevented, but how many cancers can we prevent? And what do we have to do to really have an impact on r

Updated on: April 20,2024

More than a third of all cancers affecting Canadians can be prevented by combination of policymaking, health education

by ElsevierCredit: CC0 Public DomainWe know that there are many ways in which cancer can be prevented, but how many cancers can we prevent? And what do we have to do to really have an impact on r

Updated on:April 20,2024

Researcher looks for ways to detect deadly ovarian cancer before it develops

by Denise Heady,University of California, Los AngelesDr. Beth Karlan. Credit: Milo Mitchell/UCLAOut of the 22,240 women in the United States who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, onl

Updated on: June 04,2024

Researcher looks for ways to detect deadly ovarian cancer before it develops

by Denise Heady,University of California, Los AngelesDr. Beth Karlan. Credit: Milo Mitchell/UCLAOut of the 22,240 women in the United States who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, onl

Updated on:June 04,2024

Researchers develop new drug that fights cancer with less renal toxicity

by National University of SingaporeA novel anti-cancer drug developed by Assoc Prof Giorgia Pastorin, Assoc Prof Ang Wee Han and Dr Maria Babak (left to right) effectively shrinks tumours until t

Updated on: June 08,2024

Researchers develop new drug that fights cancer with less renal toxicity

by National University of SingaporeA novel anti-cancer drug developed by Assoc Prof Giorgia Pastorin, Assoc Prof Ang Wee Han and Dr Maria Babak (left to right) effectively shrinks tumours until t

Updated on:June 08,2024

Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer

by Thomas Jefferson UniversityMicrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0Prostate cancer represents a major h

Updated on: May 20,2024

Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer

by Thomas Jefferson UniversityMicrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0Prostate cancer represents a major h

Updated on:May 20,2024

ASCO: ovarian suppression + tamoxifen ups breast CA survival

(HealthDay)—The addition of ovarian suppression to tamoxifen is associated with increased survival versus tamoxifen alone among premenopausal women with breast cancer, according to a study published o

Updated on: March 30,2024

ASCO: ovarian suppression + tamoxifen ups breast CA survival

(HealthDay)—The addition of ovarian suppression to tamoxifen is associated with increased survival versus tamoxifen alone among premenopausal women with breast cancer, according to a study published o

Updated on:March 30,2024

Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer

by CU Anschutz Medical CampusHeide Ford, PhD, and University of Colorado Cancer Center colleagues show that Eya3 may regulate immune response to triple-negative breast cancer, potentially improvi

Updated on: June 01,2024

Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer

by CU Anschutz Medical CampusHeide Ford, PhD, and University of Colorado Cancer Center colleagues show that Eya3 may regulate immune response to triple-negative breast cancer, potentially improvi

Updated on:June 01,2024

New gene found for a deadly childhood cancer offers possibility of targeted drug therapy

by Children's Cancer Institute AustraliaCredit: CC0 Public DomainNeuroblastoma accounts for 15% of total childhood cancer deaths. The survival rate of high-risk neuroblastoma patients is 50%.For t

Updated on: March 12,2024

New gene found for a deadly childhood cancer offers possibility of targeted drug therapy

by Children's Cancer Institute AustraliaCredit: CC0 Public DomainNeuroblastoma accounts for 15% of total childhood cancer deaths. The survival rate of high-risk neuroblastoma patients is 50%.For t

Updated on:March 12,2024

Tumors alone may be linked to cancer patients' cognitive problems

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: zaldy icaonapo/Public DomainNew research suggests that both tumors and chemotherapy could be linked to the cognitive problems experienced by ca

Updated on: March 12,2024

Tumors alone may be linked to cancer patients' cognitive problems

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: zaldy icaonapo/Public DomainNew research suggests that both tumors and chemotherapy could be linked to the cognitive problems experienced by ca

Updated on:March 12,2024