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Achieving treatment targets of National HIV/AIDS Strategy would prevent new infections and deaths

An analysis led by a team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators shows that achieving the treatment targets of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy by 2020 not only would prevent hundreds of thousands of new infections and deaths but also would demonstrate excellent value.

28 Sep 2017

Research findings can lead to new treatment for patients with fatal glandular cancer

A new combination of existing drugs has been shown to block the cancer gene behind a fatal form of glandular cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma. The findings from the Sahlgrenska Academy can lead to new treatment for patients with this disease relatively soon.

28 Sep 2017

New way of tagging exosomes could have long term benefits in treatment of life-threatening conditions

The development of a new technique for labeling the body’s own transporters – exosomes - could have long term benefits in the treatment of life-threatening medical conditions, including cancer.

28 Sep 2017

For some refugees, women’s health care is a culture shock

Dinnertime is nearing, and the kitchen in this tidy home is buzzing. Lamyaa Manty, a 29-year-old Iraqi refugee, wears a neon-pink T-shirt and stirs a big pot of eggplant, onion, potatoes and tomatoes on the stove, a staple of Iraqi cooking called tepsi.

28 Sep 2017

Drug approved to treat parasitic infections also exerts anti-tumor effect on EOC cells

Osaka Researchers, in partnership with other Japanese and U.S. scientists, report a new gene target, KPNB1, for treatment against epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

28 Sep 2017

Gene editing technique helps uncover potential new drug targets for KRAS-driven cancers

Cancers driven by mutations in the KRAS gene are among the most deadly. For decades, researchers have tried unsuccessfully to directly target mutant KRAS proteins as a means to treat tumors.

28 Sep 2017

Rogue messengers can negatively affect the body's immune system response against cancer

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a discovery around treatment-resistant breast cancer that may turn the phrase, 'don't shoot the messenger', on its head. The scientists have found that cell to cell messengers released by cancer cells which are not responding to treatment, can negatively affect the body's immune system response against cancer.

28 Sep 2017

Study: Breast cancer clinical trials fail to establish control arm that meets current standard of care

Historically, randomized controlled trials have served as the state-of-the-art method for determining the efficacy and safety of new, innovative treatment regimens for patients with cancer and other diseases.

28 Sep 2017

Blood test may predict treatment outcomes for patients with localized NSCLC

A new study demonstrates that a blood test to detect cancer may predict treatment outcomes for patients with localized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and afford physicians additional lead time to personalize treatment for recurrent disease.

28 Sep 2017

Cohen Veterans Bioscience partners with OCC to establish the Brain Commons database

Cohen Veterans Bioscience today announced its partnership with the Open Commons Consortium to establish the Brain Commons – a one-of-a-kind cloud-hosted site for combining Big Data that will be critical for the understanding of brain conditions.

28 Sep 2017

Cancer vaccines need to target immune fighters that can withstand battle against malicious tumors

Cancer vaccines may need to better target T cells that can hold up to the long fight against cancer, scientists report.

27 Sep 2017

FAU neuroscientist develops innovative program to prevent dementia

More than 5 million Americans today are affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). If nothing is done to stop this upward trajectory, there will be more than 16 million people with AD in the United States and more than 60 million people with AD worldwide by 2050.

27 Sep 2017

Study uncovers disturbing trends in prescribing opioids for nonmalignant chronic pain

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 90 Americans die every day by overdosing on opioids. While heroin and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl account for part of the crisis, in 2015 about 2 million people in the U.S. suffered from substance use disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers.

27 Sep 2017

Scientists map brain circuitry underlying the drive to consume salt

While the average American's high-salt diet has been linked to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, the truth is we couldn't live without this once scarce mineral.

27 Sep 2017

Plant substance shows inhibitory effects on cancer stem cells

The plant Ambrosia arborescens grows at a high elevation in large parts of South America, and is traditionally used as a medicinal plant. The researchers have isolated the sesquiterpene lactone damsin from the plant and studied its effect on cancer stem cells in three different breast cancer cell lines.

27 Sep 2017

Weight loss and its economic implications finally quantified

Weight loss has been linked to good health and it is known that maintaining a healthy body weight can lower the risk of several diseases including heart disease, diabetes, cancer etc. Reducing the burden of these diseases can also benefit the society in terms of reducing healthcare costs. However how much does losing weight benefit the community economically has never been estimated before.

27 Sep 2017

Penn researchers develop predictive model to help lung cancer patients avoid ED visits

A pilot program that uses big data to predict which lung cancer patients will require a trip to an emergency department successfully anticipated a third of all ED visits over a two-week trial period, and was further able to identify which patients were at high risk and low risk of requiring such care.

27 Sep 2017

Researchers explore potential of traditional Chinese ink for cancer treatment

For hundreds of years, Chinese calligraphers have used a plant-based ink to create beautiful messages and art. Now, one group reports in ACS Omega that this ink could noninvasively and effectively treat cancer cells that spread, or metastasize, to lymph nodes.

27 Sep 2017

First-ever treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma receives approval in Japan

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has approved BAVENCIO (avelumab, genetically recombinant Injection 200mg/mL for intravenous use) as the first and only treatment indicated for curatively unresectable Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare and aggressive cancer, in Japan.

27 Sep 2017

Right after Trump blamed high drug prices on campaign cash, drugmakers gave more

"The cost of medicine in this country is outrageous," President Donald Trump said at a rally in Louisville, Ky., two months after his inauguration. He went on about how identical pills have vastly lower price tags in Europe.

27 Sep 2017

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Achieving treatment targets of National HIV/AIDS Strategy would prevent new infections and deaths

Research findings can lead to new treatment for patients with fatal glandular cancer

New way of tagging exosomes could have long term benefits in treatment of life-threatening conditions

For some refugees, women’s health care is a culture shock

Drug approved to treat parasitic infections also exerts anti-tumor effect on EOC cells

Gene editing technique helps uncover potential new drug targets for KRAS-driven cancers

Rogue messengers can negatively affect the body's immune system response against cancer

Study: Breast cancer clinical trials fail to establish control arm that meets current standard of care

Blood test may predict treatment outcomes for patients with localized NSCLC

Cohen Veterans Bioscience partners with OCC to establish the Brain Commons database

Cancer vaccines need to target immune fighters that can withstand battle against malicious tumors

FAU neuroscientist develops innovative program to prevent dementia

Study uncovers disturbing trends in prescribing opioids for nonmalignant chronic pain

Scientists map brain circuitry underlying the drive to consume salt

Plant substance shows inhibitory effects on cancer stem cells

Weight loss and its economic implications finally quantified

Penn researchers develop predictive model to help lung cancer patients avoid ED visits

Researchers explore potential of traditional Chinese ink for cancer treatment

First-ever treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma receives approval in Japan

Right after Trump blamed high drug prices on campaign cash, drugmakers gave more

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