Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed the first assay for living T cells that can quantify how strongly the cells’ receptors bind to their targeted antigen. Optimal binding strength or "structural avidity" is thought to be the most important predictor of success in adoptive transfer therapies…
In the July 10th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Basch calls for pharmaceutical manufacturers to collect rigorous information on how drugs impact symptoms and quality of life starting early in drug development, and for the U.S. …
Prostate cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in Argentina, and one in six men over age 50 develop the disease. Each year, more than 3,800 men die of prostate cancer in Argentina, according to the National Cancer Institute. These figures alone should concern middle-aged men.What is less known is that prostate cancer… Read More »
One of the diseases that most concern to men is prostate cancer , which is that it is a disease that can affect any one. Prevention is necessary and is one of the most effective weapons there is to it.Follow a proper diet is necessary, and therefore in Vitónica let’s see some foods that will help us avoid it .… Read More »
The risk of cancer is related to genes and exposure to various environmental toxins.While there are certain risks are unchangeable (eg genes), some factors of lifestyle if modified can help prevent the occurrence of cancer. Another important dimension for the prevention of cancer is knowing your body and being aware of any changes may detect… Read More »
At the meeting Prof Sung Hoon Noh, a gastric surgeon from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea, presented 5-year follow-up from the phase III CLASSIC trial, which added combination chemotherapy to a standard surgical procedure called D2 gastrectomy. The chemotherapy regimen studied in the trial is called XELOX, which is a combination of the drugs capecitabine and oxaliplatin. …
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an epithelial malignant tumor, and is found in many tissues. For example, SCC is thought to account for more than 90% of esophageal cancers, more than 80% of the cervical cancers, and more than 30% of lung cancers…
source : http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/03/breast-cancer-gene-testing-most-moms-tell-kids-results/
Neuroblastomas are pediatric tumors that originate from cells of the embryonic nervous system. The disease can take widely varying clinical courses that range from spontaneous regression to fatal outcomes…
"We are the first to identify this entirely new way that cancer spreads," says senior author Dr. Lorenzo Ferri, MUHC director of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and the Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Program. "What’s equally exciting is medications already exist that are being used for other non-cancer diseases, which may prevent this mechanism of cancer spread or metastasis." According to Dr. …