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Baylor College of Medicine and UH team up for new research collaborations

Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston are teaming up for new research collaborations.

10 Mar 2020

Postmenopausal breast cancer and the benefit of genetic testing

A new study shows that genetic mutations could be detected in one in 40 women diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 65 years. The study from Stanford researchers, titled "Prevalence of Pathogenic Variants in Cancer Susceptibility Genes Among Women With Postmenopausal Breast Cancer," was published as a research letter 10th March in the journal JAMA.

10 Mar 2020

Research introduces a new concept of resectability in pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is predicted to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2030. However, recent developments in staging and treatment provide options to improve the long-term survival rate for an otherwise devastating diagnosis.

10 Mar 2020

Patients using copper IUDs have lower cervical cancer risk compared to LNG-IUS users

Patients who used copper intrauterine devices (Cu IUD) were found to have a lower risk of high-grade cervical neoplasms (cervical cancer) compared to users of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), according to a Columbia study recently published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

10 Mar 2020

The second person cured from HIV goes public

In the 1980s and early 1990s, the outbreak of HIV and AIDS swept across the globe. Today, more than 70 million people have been infected with HIV, and about 35 million have died from AIDS since the start of the pandemic. However, scientific advances, such as the development of antiretroviral drugs, have enabled people with access to treatment to live long and healthy lives with HIV. But, there is still no vaccine and cure for it. In history, only two persons have been cleared of the infection, one in Berlin and now the second one in London.

10 Mar 2020

NCCN publishes recommendations for assessing quality improvements in cancer care

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published a curated list of high-impact measures for assessing quality improvements in cancer care.

10 Mar 2020

Researchers find way to inactivate cancer protein with the help of another protein

Squamous cell carcinoma is a very unusual type of cancer. They occur in many tissues – for example in the lungs, esophagus, pancreas, throat and pharynx, and on the skin.

10 Mar 2020

Combination of anti-cancer nanodrugs with Intralipid enhances therapeutic efficacy

Pairing chemotherapy nanodrugs with a nutritional supplement can lessen devastating side-effects while reducing the amount of the expensive drugs needed to treat cancer according to a study from Carnegie Mellon University and Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes.

10 Mar 2020

Study finds dramatic increase in the incidence of bowel cancer among adults under 50

There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of bowel cancer in adults under the age of 50, according to new research from the University of Bristol, UWE Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

10 Mar 2020

Colorectal cancer rates are increasing rapidly among young adults, study reveals

A population-based analysis from England indicates that the incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing rapidly in young adults.

10 Mar 2020

Research reveals bias and stereotyping when recruiting patients for oncology clinical trials

New research reveals bias and stereotyping among clinical and research professionals who recruit patients to enroll in cancer clinical trials. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

10 Mar 2020

Knowing more about new infectious disease threat may not satisfy people

People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about a new infectious disease threat could also be more likely to believe they don't know enough, a new study suggests.

10 Mar 2020

A copper-binding protein influences breast cancer cell migration

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have shown that the Atox1 protein, found in breast cancer cells, participates in the process by which cancer cells metastasise.

10 Mar 2020

Clinical trial evaluates effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with overactive bladder

Keck Medicine of USC urologists are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with an overactive bladder due to neurological conditions, such as a spinal cord injury or stroke, and idiopathic (unknown) causes.

10 Mar 2020

Dental shock: Six pulled teeth and one unexpected bill

The ache in three of Kathy McCracken's teeth started almost four years ago. It was hard for her to chew and swallow. She was sensitive to both hot and cold food.

10 Mar 2020

Heart Association puts halt to Bayer’s giant displays of baby aspirin

The large red-and-white bins at Walmart pharmacies across the country read, in bold all-caps type: "Approximately every 40 seconds an American will have a heart attack."

10 Mar 2020

Gene therapy reverses cardiac dysfunction in mice with Barth syndrome

Barth syndrome is a rare metabolic disease in boys caused by mutation of a gene called tafazzin or TAZ. It can cause life-threatening heart failure and also weakens the skeletal muscles, undercuts the immune response, and impairs overall growth.

9 Mar 2020

Building a 3D scaffolding to monitor tumor growth in real time and controlled environments

Building three-dimensional scaffolding to guide the growth of tumors in controlled environments, to monitor the evolution of each of their cells in real time and to record the release of tumor metabolites and other indicators of cell activity under different conditions.

9 Mar 2020

First-ever study compares cancer prevalence among transgender and cisgender individuals

A new Boston University School of Public Health study is the first-ever population-based study of cancer prevalence in transgender people, estimating 62,530 of the nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the U.S. are transgender.

9 Mar 2020

Lung cancer mortality could be reduced by including smoking cessation with screening

Including smoking cessation with existing lung cancer screening efforts would reduce lung cancer mortality by 14 percent and increase life-years gained by 81 percent compared with screening alone, according to a study from Rafael Meza from the University of Michigan and colleagues and published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, a publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

9 Mar 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Baylor College of Medicine and UH team up for new research collaborations

Postmenopausal breast cancer and the benefit of genetic testing

Research introduces a new concept of resectability in pancreatic cancer

Patients using copper IUDs have lower cervical cancer risk compared to LNG-IUS users

The second person cured from HIV goes public

NCCN publishes recommendations for assessing quality improvements in cancer care

Researchers find way to inactivate cancer protein with the help of another protein

Combination of anti-cancer nanodrugs with Intralipid enhances therapeutic efficacy

Study finds dramatic increase in the incidence of bowel cancer among adults under 50

Colorectal cancer rates are increasing rapidly among young adults, study reveals

Research reveals bias and stereotyping when recruiting patients for oncology clinical trials

Knowing more about new infectious disease threat may not satisfy people

A copper-binding protein influences breast cancer cell migration

Clinical trial evaluates effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with overactive bladder

Dental shock: Six pulled teeth and one unexpected bill

Heart Association puts halt to Bayer’s giant displays of baby aspirin

Gene therapy reverses cardiac dysfunction in mice with Barth syndrome

Building a 3D scaffolding to monitor tumor growth in real time and controlled environments

First-ever study compares cancer prevalence among transgender and cisgender individuals

Lung cancer mortality could be reduced by including smoking cessation with screening

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AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

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Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

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AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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