Younger Men Benefit Most From Surgery for Localized Prostate Cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140305191200.htm
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Cancer researchers discover pre-leukemic stem cell at root of AML, relapse — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212144520.htm
Bladder cancer study: Potential drug targets, similarities to several cancers identified — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140129164803.htm
Lung, bladder cancers have common cell-cycle biomarkers — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140129121941.htm
Aspirin intake may stop growth of tumors that cause hearing loss
Motivated by experiments in the Molecular Neurotology Laboratory at Mass. Eye and Ear involving human tumor specimens, the researchers performed a retrospective analysis of over 600 people diagnosed with vestibular schwannoma at Mass. …
Radiation before surgery more than doubles mesothelioma survival
The findings, published online today ahead of print in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, chart a viable route to treat patients more effectively and also improve their quality of life and potential survival, says principal investigator and lead author Dr. John Cho, radiation oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network (UHN). Dr…
Study suggests overdiagnosis in screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT
LDCT has been shown in recent clinical trials to be an effective screening tool in some patients, but some of the tumors it finds may be indolent (slow growing) or clinically insignificant. Overdiagnosis is the detection of a cancer with a screening test that wouldn’t otherwise have become clinically apparent…
The oracle of the T cell
Since December 2013, scientists from around the world can use the "virtual T cell" to test for themselves what happens in the blood cell when receptor proteins are activated on the surface. Prof. Dr. …
Two studies on the use of breast MRI
Study Finds Use of Breast MRI in Women Increasing The overall use of breast magnetic resonance imaging has increased, with the procedure most commonly used for diagnostic evaluations and screenings, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. While breast MRI is being used increasingly, its sensitivity leads to higher false-positive rates and it is also more expensive…
Flu virus wipes out immune system’s first responders to establish infection
Confronted with a harmful virus, the immune system works to generate cells capable of producing antibodies perfectly suited to bind and disarm the hostile invader. …