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Researchers discover why multiple myeloma persistently escapes cure

Clinical researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered why multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the bone marrow, persistently escapes cure by an initially effective treatment that can keep the disease at bay for up to several years.

10 Sep 2013

Research suggests possibility of using cell transplants to treat schizophrenia

Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting possibility of using cell transplants to treat schizophrenia.

10 Sep 2013

Mental illness increases risk of physical illness by 10 times in men and women

Men were more likely to develop a physical illness than women during a 10-year period studied by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

10 Sep 2013

New drug delivery system using NDs allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new drug delivery system using nanodiamonds (NDs) that allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors with fewer harmful side effects and better cancer-killing efficiency than existing treatments.

10 Sep 2013

Researchers identify genetic link specific to risk of childhood leukemia

For the first time, a genetic link specific to risk of childhood leukemia has been identified, according to a team of researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, University of Washington, and other institutions. The discovery was reported online today in the journal Nature Genetics.

10 Sep 2013

Scientists find link between early-onset Parkinson's and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University Health Network (UHN) have found a new link between early-onset Parkinson's disease and a piece of DNA missing from chromosome 22. The findings help shed new light on the molecular changes that lead to Parkinson's disease.

10 Sep 2013

Breath tests could be non-invasive method of diagnosing lung cancer

Collecting samples of exhaled breath from people at a high risk of lung cancer could be a cheap and non-invasive method of diagnosing the disease, according to new research.

10 Sep 2013

UCSF scientists identify new way to manipulate immune system from autoimmune diseases

Scientists from UC San Francisco have identified a new way to manipulate the immune system that may keep it from attacking the body-s own molecules in autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.

10 Sep 2013

Two Pathways Found Through Which Chromosomes Are Rearranged

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9 Sep 2013

Nuclea Biotechnologies Acquires Wilex' U.S. Subsidiary

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9 Sep 2013

Oncodesign, Banook Central Imaging To Develop Cancer Biomarkers

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9 Sep 2013

Pathologist experience critical for accurate Gleason score

Researchers from Hungary have found that concordance between the preoperative and postoperative staging of prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy increases with pathologist experience.

9 Sep 2013

Pemetrexed-erlotinib shows second-line efficacy in advanced NSCLC

Combination therapy with pemetrexed and erlotinib significantly improves progression-free survival as compared with either drug alone in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer, a phase II study has found.

9 Sep 2013

Once-daily COPD portfolio data from Novartis presented at European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress

Novartis announced new analyses of data for once-daily Ultibro® Breezhaler® (investigational QVA149 - indacaterol 85 mcg/glycopyrronium 43 mcg delivered dose, equivalent to 110 mcg/50 mcg metered dose per capsule), which showed significant improvements in lung function, shortness of breath and health-related quality of life for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients versus all comparators1,2. These data were part of 39 respiratory abstracts presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

9 Sep 2013

Hepatitis C services in the UK: an interview with Louise Campbell, senior liver nurse at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Within the UK there are several centres whose nurse specialists work to a best practice model, delivering care and achieving outcomes which are extremely high in areas of patient retention, adherence to medication and completion of the treatment regimen. With this they achieve cure rates which are some of the highest in the World.

9 Sep 2013

New pilot program for parents whose children are struggling with drug and alcohol problems

The Partnership at Drugfree.org, the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions to adolescent substance use disorders, has announced a new, pioneering pilot program specifically for parents whose children are struggling with drug and alcohol problems.

7 Sep 2013

S&P Capital IQ commences Standard & Poor's Factual Stock Report coverage on Epigenomics AG

S&P Capital IQ announced today that it has commenced Standard & Poor's Factual Stock Report coverage on Epigenomics AG.

7 Sep 2013

Researchers investigate importance of STAT1 phosphorylation in NK cells

Since its discovery in the early 1990s, the protein STAT1 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1) has been found to be central in passing signals across immune cells, ensuring that our bodies react quickly and appropriately to threats from viruses or other pathogens.

7 Sep 2013

Our Lady of the Lake Trauma Center certified as Level II Trauma Center

The Our Lady of the Lake Trauma Center has earned official designation from the American College of Surgeons and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals as a Level II Trauma Center. This verification makes the Lake's trauma center the only such center in the greater Baton Rouge region.

7 Sep 2013

Amendments to oral cancer bill would increase co-pay for oral cancer treatment, says NPAF

Citing the hardships certain to be faced by a population of California cancer patients on strained incomes, the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF), a national non-profit organization providing the patient voice for legislative reform at the state and federal levels, pulled its support for AB 219 following amendments passed in the California state senate yesterday that would prohibitively increase the co-pay for oral cancer treatment.

7 Sep 2013

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers discover why multiple myeloma persistently escapes cure

Research suggests possibility of using cell transplants to treat schizophrenia

Mental illness increases risk of physical illness by 10 times in men and women

New drug delivery system using NDs allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors

Researchers identify genetic link specific to risk of childhood leukemia

Scientists find link between early-onset Parkinson's and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Breath tests could be non-invasive method of diagnosing lung cancer

UCSF scientists identify new way to manipulate immune system from autoimmune diseases

Two Pathways Found Through Which Chromosomes Are Rearranged

Nuclea Biotechnologies Acquires Wilex' U.S. Subsidiary

Oncodesign, Banook Central Imaging To Develop Cancer Biomarkers

Pathologist experience critical for accurate Gleason score

Pemetrexed-erlotinib shows second-line efficacy in advanced NSCLC

Once-daily COPD portfolio data from Novartis presented at European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress

Hepatitis C services in the UK: an interview with Louise Campbell, senior liver nurse at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

New pilot program for parents whose children are struggling with drug and alcohol problems

S&P Capital IQ commences Standard & Poor's Factual Stock Report coverage on Epigenomics AG

Researchers investigate importance of STAT1 phosphorylation in NK cells

Our Lady of the Lake Trauma Center certified as Level II Trauma Center

Amendments to oral cancer bill would increase co-pay for oral cancer treatment, says NPAF

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