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Combination immunotherapy shows better overall survival in kidney cancer patients

A combination immunotherapy treatment showed better overall survival in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma than current therapy, according to results from a phase 3 clinical trial presented at the Presidential Symposium of the European Society for Medical Oncology's 2017 Congress in Spain.

13 Sep 2017

Arkansas professor makes strides toward developing enhanced cancer treatment

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor is making strides toward developing an effective cancer treatment without the severe side effects of traditional therapies.

13 Sep 2017

Woman's choice of surgeon plays major role in influencing breast cancer treatment choices

A woman's choice of surgeon plays a significant role in whether she's likely to receive an increasingly popular aggressive breast cancer surgery.

13 Sep 2017

Multigene panel test could be useful to detect patients with hereditary kidney cancer syndrome

A multigene panel test could be a useful diagnostic tool to help clinicians identify patients with a hereditary kidney cancer syndrome, according to the results of a study published in Cancer.

13 Sep 2017

FDA moves to guard against abuse of ‘orphan drug’ program

The Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves medicines known as "orphan drugs" after revelations that drugmakers may be abusing a law intended to help patients with rare diseases.

13 Sep 2017

Disrupting DNA loops could be potential strategy to reduce tumor proliferation

The discovery of a mechanism by which normal brain cells regulate the expression of the NFIA gene, which is important for both normal brain development and brain tumor growth, might one day help improve therapies to treat brain tumors. The study appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

13 Sep 2017

NIH grant supports temple researchers' exploration of stem cell-based treatments for heart repair

The incidence of heart disease is on the rise, and new therapeutic strategies are needed. Approaches based on stem cells, which can potentially preserve or even regenerate heart muscle cells damaged by ischemia - a hallmark of heart disease - are especially promising.

13 Sep 2017

MGH researchers identify potential strategy for improving efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors

A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified a potential strategy for improving the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors, drugs that help fight cancer by blocking the formation of new blood vessels.

13 Sep 2017

Low-level radiation exposure poses less threat to health than modern lifestyle risks

Human populations have always been exposed to ionizing radiation, and more so in modern life due to its use in medicine, industry and the armed forces.

13 Sep 2017

Japanese researchers find new way for increasing effectiveness of drug delivery to brain tumors

For a cancer drug to be successful, it needs to reach the malignant tumor site. Researchers in Japan have now found a way for increasing the effectiveness of drug delivery to certain types of brain tumors, by packing epirubicin, a known antitumor agent, in specially designed polymeric micelles.

13 Sep 2017

Immunotherapy could help some breast cancer patients based on genetic changes in their tumors

Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based on the genetic changes in their tumors, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators find.

13 Sep 2017

Hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms does not increase mortality risk, according to a long-term study

An 18-year follow-up study of postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative trials has shown that the use of hormone therapy was not associated with any increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular or cancer death.

13 Sep 2017

MTI awards $25,000 grant to MDI Biological Laboratory scientist for peripheral neuropathy research

The Maine Technology Institute has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory to study peripheral neuropathy, a condition that causes pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet and affects an estimated 20 to 40 million Americans.

13 Sep 2017

Study adds more evidence that racial, socioeconomic disparities may occur during surgical pain management

A "look back" analysis of more than 600 major colorectal surgeries using a "checklist" tool has added further evidence that racial and socioeconomic disparities may occur during many specific stages of surgical care, particularly in pain management.

13 Sep 2017

Study finds potential preventive for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN, is a common side effect of cancer treatment that causes shooting or burning pain, numbness, tingling and cold sensitivity of the hands and feet for many cancer patients.

13 Sep 2017

Researchers develop fluorescent sensors for detecting, tracking GTP levels in living cells

For several decades, scientists have recognized the key role that a molecule known as GTP, one of the building blocks of RNA, plays in the development of cancer and other diseases.

13 Sep 2017

Female cancer survivors have higher risks of poor pregnancy outcomes, study finds

An International Journal of Cancer study found that female survivors of certain types of cancer have higher risks of poor outcomes in pregnancies conceived after diagnosis than women without cancer.

12 Sep 2017

Research uncovers new target for therapy, diagnosis, and prognosis of colon cancer

Genetic research conducted at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center demonstrated for the first time that a novel protein can cause normal cells in the lining of the colon to become malignant, grow and spread, as well as take on the characteristics of stem cells.

12 Sep 2017

Physicians more likely to support smoking cessation in heart disease patients than people with cancer

Although a cancer diagnosis can motivate people to try to quit smoking, a study of British general practitioners finds that physicians are more likely to support smoking cessation in primary care patients with coronary heart disease than those with cancer, and patients with cancer are less likely to stop smoking.

12 Sep 2017

Epigenetic changes triggered by cigarette smoke may be earliest step in lung cancer development

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory-grown, human airway cells that a condensed form of cigarette smoke triggers so-called "epigenetic" changes in the cells consistent with the earliest steps toward lung cancer development.

12 Sep 2017

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Combination immunotherapy shows better overall survival in kidney cancer patients

Arkansas professor makes strides toward developing enhanced cancer treatment

Woman's choice of surgeon plays major role in influencing breast cancer treatment choices

Multigene panel test could be useful to detect patients with hereditary kidney cancer syndrome

FDA moves to guard against abuse of ‘orphan drug’ program

Disrupting DNA loops could be potential strategy to reduce tumor proliferation

NIH grant supports temple researchers' exploration of stem cell-based treatments for heart repair

MGH researchers identify potential strategy for improving efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors

Low-level radiation exposure poses less threat to health than modern lifestyle risks

Japanese researchers find new way for increasing effectiveness of drug delivery to brain tumors

Immunotherapy could help some breast cancer patients based on genetic changes in their tumors

Hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms does not increase mortality risk, according to a long-term study

MTI awards $25,000 grant to MDI Biological Laboratory scientist for peripheral neuropathy research

Study adds more evidence that racial, socioeconomic disparities may occur during surgical pain management

Study finds potential preventive for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Researchers develop fluorescent sensors for detecting, tracking GTP levels in living cells

Female cancer survivors have higher risks of poor pregnancy outcomes, study finds

Research uncovers new target for therapy, diagnosis, and prognosis of colon cancer

Physicians more likely to support smoking cessation in heart disease patients than people with cancer

Epigenetic changes triggered by cigarette smoke may be earliest step in lung cancer development

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