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Researchers identify powerful inhibitor of epigenetic factors that promote acute myeloid leukemia

Some severe forms of leukemia develop because proteins on the epigenetic level lose their regulative function. Now, in a broad international collaboration, UK researchers have identified molecules that can effectively inhibit the dysregulated proteins.

27 Nov 2018

Novel DNA nanoplatform delivers anticancer agents to multidrug-resistant tumors

One of the most successful techniques to combat multidrug resistance in cancer cells is the downregulation of those genes responsible for drug resistance.

22 Nov 2018

FDA approves new treatment for AML patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Daurismo (glasdegib) tablets to be used in combination with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC), a type of chemotherapy, for the treatment of newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults who are 75 years of age or older or who have other chronic health conditions or diseases (comorbidities) that may preclude the use of intensive chemotherapy.

22 Nov 2018

Mannose - nutritional supplement, could slow some cancers

Mannose is a sugary nutritional supplement that has shown promise in slowing down the growth of certain cancers in laboratory mice. The results of the five year-long study from Glasgow were published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.

21 Nov 2018

Nutritional supplement can slow cancer growth and enhance effects of chemotherapy

Mannose sugar, a nutritional supplement, can both slow tumor growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy in mice with multiple types of cancer.

21 Nov 2018

Sugar supplement shown to slow tumor growth and enhance chemotherapy

Mannose, a type of sugar, has been shown to slow tumor growth and enhance chemotherapy in mouse models of certain cancers.

21 Nov 2018

Colorectal cancer screening reduces need for intense treatments among male patients

While screening for colorectal cancer did not, so far, reduce mortality, it did reduce the need for chemotherapy and emergency surgeries among male patients, shows a recent Finnish study.

21 Nov 2018

Survey: Misconceptions about opioid use undermine pain control among Asian cancer patients

Misconceptions about the use of strong opioids showed to undermine optimal pain control among Asian cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy according to a cross-sectional survey conducted at the Sarawak General Hospital in Malaysia.

21 Nov 2018

Study warns that potential epigenetic therapy may boost lung cancer stem cells

Epigenetic therapies -- targeting enzymes that alter what genes are turned on or off in a cell -- are of growing interest in the cancer field as a way of making a cancer less aggressive or less malignant.

20 Nov 2018

New first-line treatment for peripheral T-cell lymphoma approved by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) injection in combination with chemotherapy for adult patients with certain types of peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

16 Nov 2018

Nexus announces availability of Arsenic Trioxide Injection in the US

Nexus Pharmaceuticals announced today the immediate availability in the United States for Arsenic Trioxide Injection. Nexus Pharmaceuticals' Arsenic Trioxide Injection is available as 10 mg per 10 mL vial for injection.

16 Nov 2018

Report reveals increase in pancreatic cancer death rates across Europe

Pancreatic cancer death rates in the European Union have increased by 5% between 1990 and 2016, a report launched today reveals. This is the highest increase in any of the EU’s top five cancer killers which, as well as pancreatic cancer, includes lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer.

15 Nov 2018

Promising technology could improve detection, diagnosis of fatal ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer claims the lives of more than 14,000 in the U.S. each year, ranking fifth among cancer deaths in women.

14 Nov 2018

Scientists harness power of natural killer cells to treat children with neuroblastoma

Researchers have made rapid advances in understanding how to manipulate the immune system safely to destroy cancer cells. Adoptive transfer of haploidentical natural killer (NK) cells has shown promise as a treatment option to target and kill cancer cells in a less toxic way than conventional therapies.

14 Nov 2018

Two genomic tests help identify most effective treatment for breast cancer patients

New results from a long-running trial to identify which new drugs or combinations of drugs are most effective in which types of breast cancer, show that two genomic tests are bringing the era of truly personalized medicine ever nearer.

14 Nov 2018

NIH awards $3.5 million to continue development of robotic system for treating brain tumors

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College, along with corporate partners GE Global Research and Acoustic MedSystems Inc., have received a five-year, $3.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health through the National Cancer Institutes' Academic-Industrial Partnership program, to continue development of an innovative robotic system that, operating within an MRI scanner, can deliver a minimally invasive probe into the brain to destroy metastatic brain tumors with high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound under real-time guidance.

13 Nov 2018

Survey: Majority of Americans are concerned about health threat posed by antibiotic resistance

Nearly two thirds of Americans (65%) say antibiotic resistance is a public health problem and a strong majority (81%) say they are concerned that antibiotic resistance will make more infections difficult or impossible to treat and even deadly, according to a national public opinion survey commissioned by Research!America in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Society of America.

13 Nov 2018

Cancer stem cells depend on amino acid metabolism, and it's proving to be their Achilles' heel

Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip apart sugar to release the "bang" of energy. Sometimes they rip apart fats, and in a pinch, cells can even metabolize protein.

13 Nov 2018

WHO revise treatment guidelines of lymphatic filariasis due to CWRU-led study

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that a single "cocktail" of three pill-based anti-parasite medications is significantly more effective at killing microscopic larval worms in people diagnosed with lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, than other standard two-drug combinations previously used in the global effort to eliminate this infectious disease.

9 Nov 2018

Advances in radiation treatment help prolong, improve lives of people with anal cancer

Two recent studies find advances in radiation therapy are helping to prolong or improve the lives of people with anal cancer, including those whose cancer has advanced to stage IV.

8 Nov 2018

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Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Researchers identify powerful inhibitor of epigenetic factors that promote acute myeloid leukemia

Novel DNA nanoplatform delivers anticancer agents to multidrug-resistant tumors

FDA approves new treatment for AML patients

Mannose - nutritional supplement, could slow some cancers

Nutritional supplement can slow cancer growth and enhance effects of chemotherapy

Sugar supplement shown to slow tumor growth and enhance chemotherapy

Colorectal cancer screening reduces need for intense treatments among male patients

Survey: Misconceptions about opioid use undermine pain control among Asian cancer patients

Study warns that potential epigenetic therapy may boost lung cancer stem cells

New first-line treatment for peripheral T-cell lymphoma approved by FDA

Nexus announces availability of Arsenic Trioxide Injection in the US

Report reveals increase in pancreatic cancer death rates across Europe

Promising technology could improve detection, diagnosis of fatal ovarian cancer

Scientists harness power of natural killer cells to treat children with neuroblastoma

Two genomic tests help identify most effective treatment for breast cancer patients

NIH awards $3.5 million to continue development of robotic system for treating brain tumors

Survey: Majority of Americans are concerned about health threat posed by antibiotic resistance

Cancer stem cells depend on amino acid metabolism, and it's proving to be their Achilles' heel

WHO revise treatment guidelines of lymphatic filariasis due to CWRU-led study

Advances in radiation treatment help prolong, improve lives of people with anal cancer

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