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Clinical management of patients with Cancer of Unknown Primary using new epigenetic test

The invention of the EPICUP epigenetic test last year allowed physicians to elucidate what type of primary tumor had metastasized in patients with Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP).

10 Jul 2017

Study explores how hospitalized older adults make decisions about choosing skilled nursing facilities

More than 20 percent of all hospitalized older adults who use Medicare will be admitted to a skilled nursing facility following a stay in the hospital.

7 Jul 2017

JAX researchers explore how dendritic cells promote adaptive immunity to virus

A research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D., in collaboration with a research team at Institut Curie in France led by Dr. Nicolas Manel, have addressed a long-standing puzzle of immunology: How do dendritic cells (DCs) do their job of promoting adaptive immunity to a virus while avoiding getting infected themselves?

7 Jul 2017

Nurse-led intervention helps carers with medication management for people with terminal cancer

A study funded by Marie Curie and Dimbleby Cancer Care published today shows the potential benefits of a new nurse-led intervention in supporting carers to manage pain medication in people with terminal cancer.

7 Jul 2017

Obamacare inspires unlikely political action in California’s red region

Modoc County, in the northeastern corner of California, is roughly the size of Connecticut. It's so sparsely populated, the entire county has just one stoplight.

7 Jul 2017

Scientists develop simple test for early, accurate warning of returning bladder cancer

Scientists have devised a simple test for an earlier and more accurate warning of returning bladder cancer than existing methods, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Friday).

7 Jul 2017

Mathematical rules governing plant growth found to be like how brain cells sprout connections

Plants and brains are more alike than you might think: Salk scientists discovered that the mathematical rules governing how plants grow are similar to how brain cells sprout connections.

7 Jul 2017

Nanolock-nanopore detects cancer driver mutations to facilitate early diagnosis, treatment

The moment when healthy cells turn into cancer cells is a critical point. And if caught early enough, many cancers can be stopped in their tracks.

7 Jul 2017

Large NIH grant awarded to Dartmouth researchers for cooperative lung cancer project

Significant research funding in the form of a five-year, $12.1 million U19 Grant from the National Institutes of Health has been awarded to a collaboration of research teams co-led by Dartmouth's Christopher Amos, PhD, to study and improve precision of lung cancer risk and screening.

7 Jul 2017

Cancer death rates in rural America slower to decline compared to urban areas

According to the CDC, the cancer death rates nationwide have been on the decline. The reduction in these rates however is much slower in the rural areas than in other regions.

6 Jul 2017

Opioid prescribing practices update from CDC

According to the latest Vital Signs reports issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of prescriptions containing an opioid was at its highest in 2010 and since then has decreased every year until 2015. The numbers are still high says the report and the variations are also noticeable between counties.

6 Jul 2017

New LI-RADS can improve interpretation of CT and MR imaging

Radiologists can improve their consistency of interpreting and reporting CT and MR imaging of liver cancer with a new version of the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System.

6 Jul 2017

Narrow network insurance plans threaten patient access to treatment choices

Access to high-quality, high-value cancer care is crucial for all patients with cancer. Ideally, following a cancer diagnosis, patients should have the option to choose care from an experienced, multi-disciplinary team of sub-specialists at a comprehensive cancer center that offers the latest cancer treatment and supportive care breakthroughs.

6 Jul 2017

Researchers discover how new molecular scissors unzip and cleave DNA with high accuracy

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), led by the Spanish researcher Guillermo Montoya, have discovered how Cpf1, new molecular scissors unzip and cleave DNA.

6 Jul 2017

Some terminal cancer patients show unwillingness to face poor prognosis, study finds

In a recent study, published in The Oncologist, just under 10% of patients diagnosed with terminal cancer did not know their prognosis and had no interest in finding out.

6 Jul 2017

Marine natural compounds hold potential to combat tuberculosis

A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida has discovered a potential new weapon in the fight against tuberculosis, and it lives in the Little Mermaid's realm.

6 Jul 2017

Researchers develop new method to visualize whole-body cancer metastasis at single-cell level

Researchers at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center and the University of Tokyo have developed a method to visualize cancer metastasis in whole organs at the single-cell level.

6 Jul 2017

Neural network model judges images to predict melanoma with high degree of accuracy

It's a mark on your skin you've never noticed before. It's a spot with irregular borders, or a mole that seems to be changing. Maybe it's a wound that does not heal.

6 Jul 2017

Scientists develop novel DNA-based strategy to protect against broad array of influenza viruses

A novel, synthetic, DNA-based strategy to provide protection against a broad array of influenza viruses has been developed in preclinical models by scientists at The Wistar Institute, MedImmune (the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

6 Jul 2017

Combination therapy may lead to new standard of care for kidney cancer patients

Combination therapy with two immunotherapy drugs produces an unprecedented doubling of response rates from 20 percent to 40 percent, new study shows.

6 Jul 2017

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Clinical management of patients with Cancer of Unknown Primary using new epigenetic test

Study explores how hospitalized older adults make decisions about choosing skilled nursing facilities

JAX researchers explore how dendritic cells promote adaptive immunity to virus

Nurse-led intervention helps carers with medication management for people with terminal cancer

Obamacare inspires unlikely political action in California’s red region

Scientists develop simple test for early, accurate warning of returning bladder cancer

Mathematical rules governing plant growth found to be like how brain cells sprout connections

Nanolock-nanopore detects cancer driver mutations to facilitate early diagnosis, treatment

Large NIH grant awarded to Dartmouth researchers for cooperative lung cancer project

Cancer death rates in rural America slower to decline compared to urban areas

Opioid prescribing practices update from CDC

New LI-RADS can improve interpretation of CT and MR imaging

Narrow network insurance plans threaten patient access to treatment choices

Researchers discover how new molecular scissors unzip and cleave DNA with high accuracy

Some terminal cancer patients show unwillingness to face poor prognosis, study finds

Marine natural compounds hold potential to combat tuberculosis

Researchers develop new method to visualize whole-body cancer metastasis at single-cell level

Neural network model judges images to predict melanoma with high degree of accuracy

Scientists develop novel DNA-based strategy to protect against broad array of influenza viruses

Combination therapy may lead to new standard of care for kidney cancer patients

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