Function of cancer-causing gene explored by researchers — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140326182240.htm
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Genetic cause of rare type of ovarian cancer discovered — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140323152146.htm
Dog DNA has role in developing new therapies for human cancers — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140318154931.htm
More intensive radiotherapy better than less for localized prostate cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140225193410.htm
Cancer researchers discover pre-leukemic stem cell at root of AML, relapse — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212144520.htm
Radiotherapy less often used by breast cancer patients with young children
To compare RT utilization by women over different ages, family structures, and regions of residence, I-Wen Pan, Ph.D., formerly Research Scientist at the research group led by Dr. …
Unstable chromosomes linked to less favorable response to radiation therapy and surgery in prostate cancer patients
In this study, researchers assessed the outcomes of 280 prostate cancer (Cap) patients, and reviewed the DNA "fingerprints" of each patient’s tumor (using the patient’s initial diagnostic core biopsy) to determine if gene copy number alterations (CNAs), or breaks in CFSs, were related to a less positive response to treatment. Two groups were analyzed: 126 localized intermediate risk CaP patients who had received image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) treatments, with a mean dose of 74.6 Gy; and 154 localized intermediate and high risk CaP patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy (RP), which is the surgical removal of the entire prostate gland. Utilizing an array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), DNA from frozen needle biopsies of the RT patients was analyzed for 13 previously characterized CFSs: FRA2G, FRA3B, FRA4F, FRA6E, FRA6F, FRA7E, FRA7G, FRA7H, FRA7I, FRA7K, FRA8C, FRA9E, FRA16D. …
Unstable chromosomes linked to less favorable response to RT and surgery in prostate cancer patients
In this study, researchers assessed the outcomes of 280 prostate cancer (Cap) patients, and reviewed the DNA "fingerprints" of each patient’s tumor (using the patient’s initial diagnostic core biopsy) to determine if gene copy number alterations (CNAs), or breaks in CFSs, were related to a less positive response to treatment. Two groups were analyzed: 126 localized intermediate risk CaP patients who had received image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) treatments, with a mean dose of 74.6 Gy; and 154 localized intermediate and high risk CaP patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy (RP), which is the surgical removal of the entire prostate gland. Utilizing an array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), DNA from frozen needle biopsies of the RT patients was analyzed for 13 previously characterized CFSs: FRA2G, FRA3B, FRA4F, FRA6E, FRA6F, FRA7E, FRA7G, FRA7H, FRA7I, FRA7K, FRA8C, FRA9E, FRA16D. …
How a mutated protein outwits evolution and fuels leukemia
The Fbxw7 protein regulates the production of so-called hematopoietic stem cells, precursors that give rise to all types of blood cells. Without Fbxw7, the body loses the ability to produce blood and eventually succumbs to anemia…
Mystery behind dormant breast tumor cells that become metastatic unlocked
In a small but significant number of breast cancer patients, cancerous cells can move through the bloodstream from breast tissue to secondary sites in other parts of the body where they may remain in a dormant state, clinically undetected, for an extended period of time, before suddenly becoming metastatic. …