Shortened antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients just as effective as standard course

by National University of SingaporeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLess is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses

Updated on: May 16,2024 4

Shortened antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients just as effective as standard course

by National University of SingaporeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLess is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses

Updated on:May 16,2024 4

Resiliency, family support help Hispanic breast cancer survivors manage lymphedema

byUniversity of MissouriCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAs a cancer nurse in the U.S. Army for more than 29 years, Elizabeth Anderson saw firsthand how chemotherapy, radiation and surgeries im

Updated on: December 20,2023 10

Resiliency, family support help Hispanic breast cancer survivors manage lymphedema

byUniversity of MissouriCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAs a cancer nurse in the U.S. Army for more than 29 years, Elizabeth Anderson saw firsthand how chemotherapy, radiation and surgeries im

Updated on:December 20,2023 10

Genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk

byUniversity of CambridgeCredit: CC0 Public DomainA major international study of the genetics of breast cancer has identified more than 350 DNA 'errors' that increase an individual's

Updated on: December 20,2023 16

Genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk

byUniversity of CambridgeCredit: CC0 Public DomainA major international study of the genetics of breast cancer has identified more than 350 DNA 'errors' that increase an individual's

Updated on:December 20,2023 16

Finding familiar pathways in kidney cancer

byThomas Jefferson UniversityCredit: CC0 Public Domainp53 is the most famous cancer gene, not least because it's involved in causing over 50% of all cancers. When a cell loses its p53 gene—w

Updated on: December 22,2023 20

Finding familiar pathways in kidney cancer

byThomas Jefferson UniversityCredit: CC0 Public Domainp53 is the most famous cancer gene, not least because it's involved in causing over 50% of all cancers. When a cell loses its p53 gene—w

Updated on:December 22,2023 20

Study points to novel method for early diagnosis of cachexia in lung cancer patients

by Ricardo Muniz,FAPESPCachexia classification models.ADecision tree generated using Classification And Regression Trees (CART). The bottom boxes indicate hazard ratios, the number o

Updated on: January 08,2024 10

Study points to novel method for early diagnosis of cachexia in lung cancer patients

by Ricardo Muniz,FAPESPCachexia classification models.ADecision tree generated using Classification And Regression Trees (CART). The bottom boxes indicate hazard ratios, the number o

Updated on:January 08,2024 10

Head and neck cancer survivors at increased risk of suicide

by Maggie Rotermund,Saint Louis UniversityNosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, BDS, PH.D., MPH, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and faculty member at

Updated on: December 18,2023 23

Head and neck cancer survivors at increased risk of suicide

by Maggie Rotermund,Saint Louis UniversityNosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, BDS, PH.D., MPH, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and faculty member at

Updated on:December 18,2023 23

Scientists identify the mechanisms leading to resistance to lung cancer treatment with Sotorasib

byThe Spanish National Cancer Research CentreSotorasib-resistant lung cancer cells displaying multiple copies of the mutated KRAS gene (in red) / CICANCER. Credit: CICANCERAccording to recent fi

Updated on: December 27,2023 10

Scientists identify the mechanisms leading to resistance to lung cancer treatment with Sotorasib

byThe Spanish National Cancer Research CentreSotorasib-resistant lung cancer cells displaying multiple copies of the mutated KRAS gene (in red) / CICANCER. Credit: CICANCERAccording to recent fi

Updated on:December 27,2023 10

Huge variations between countries in time for reimbursement decisions on new cancer drugs

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologySome European countries take more than twice as long as others to reach health technology assessment (HTA) decisions to reimburse new cancer drugs followin

Updated on: December 18,2023 14

Huge variations between countries in time for reimbursement decisions on new cancer drugs

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologySome European countries take more than twice as long as others to reach health technology assessment (HTA) decisions to reimburse new cancer drugs followin

Updated on:December 18,2023 14

New mechanism of radioresistance formation shown in lung adenocarcinoma

by Zhang Nannan,Chinese Academy of SciencesGOLPH3 mediates radioresistance formation of lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Kong PeizhongA research team led by Prof. Han Wei from the Hefei Institutes o

Updated on: December 22,2023 6

New mechanism of radioresistance formation shown in lung adenocarcinoma

by Zhang Nannan,Chinese Academy of SciencesGOLPH3 mediates radioresistance formation of lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Kong PeizhongA research team led by Prof. Han Wei from the Hefei Institutes o

Updated on:December 22,2023 6

Concentration of surgical care to one research hospital shown to improve operations for childhood cancer

by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyEstimated event-free survival (EFS) for neuroblastoma provided by Kaplan Meier's methodology (log rank 0.260). Credit: European Journal of Surgical

Updated on: December 26,2023 9

Concentration of surgical care to one research hospital shown to improve operations for childhood cancer

by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyEstimated event-free survival (EFS) for neuroblastoma provided by Kaplan Meier's methodology (log rank 0.260). Credit: European Journal of Surgical

Updated on:December 26,2023 9

Variants in BRCA1/2 and MMR genes in children with cancer

by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverProfessor Dr. Christian Kratz, initiator of the international study that investigated the cancer risk of disease-relevant variants in BRCA1/2 and MMR ge

Updated on: December 18,2023 12

Variants in BRCA1/2 and MMR genes in children with cancer

by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverProfessor Dr. Christian Kratz, initiator of the international study that investigated the cancer risk of disease-relevant variants in BRCA1/2 and MMR ge

Updated on:December 18,2023 12

Flipping the switch: Scientists shed new light on genetic changes that turn 'on' cancer genes

bySalk InstituteWhen genetic mutations cause chromosomes to break apart and fuse together in different ways, normal cells can become cancerous. In this image, normal chromosomes (blue) are shown

Updated on: December 20,2023 8

Flipping the switch: Scientists shed new light on genetic changes that turn 'on' cancer genes

bySalk InstituteWhen genetic mutations cause chromosomes to break apart and fuse together in different ways, normal cells can become cancerous. In this image, normal chromosomes (blue) are shown

Updated on:December 20,2023 8