Puma Biotechnology shares made a handy gain early on Thursday after the company presented updated results from its Phase 2 Summit clinical trial of neratinib at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer...
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I first became John Dolan’s social worker following his colon surgery, surgery for removal of a very large cancerous tumor, the largest the experienced surgeon said he had ever seen. John was told he had about three months to live. So much for...
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Flinders researchers have made major inroads into finding the cause of heart disease, Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes and other diseases after discovering a further 148 proteins affected by oxidative stress in the human body.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified a new therapeutic strategy that enhanced cancer immunotherapy, slowed tumor growth and extended the lives of mice with cancer. The research appears today in the journal Nature.
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Andrea DenHoed writes about the new documentary “Dani,” by Lizzy Hogenson, about a friend’s cancer diagnosis.
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]]>(MedPage Today) -- Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) monotherapy demonstrated antitumor activity with manageable safety in a small subgroup of men with previously treated metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), researchers found.
Results...
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]]>(MedPage Today) -- One type of fertility treatment was linked with a small but statistically significant increased risk of childhood cancers, according to a Danish study.
Children born from a frozen embryo transfer procedure had more than...
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]]>(MedPage Today) -- T3 substaging, and particularly tumor deposits and extramural venous invasion (EMVI) on CT, were prognostic factors for disease-free survival (DFS) in sigmoid colon cancer, according to a British retrospective study, but...
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The Senate health committee approved the nomination of Stephen Hahn, a top official and cancer doctor at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, as head of the FDA.
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma refers to a group of cancers that start in the white blood cells. This article looks at their types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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In the last decade, scientists discovered that blocking a key regulator of the immune system helped unleash the body's natural defenses against several forms of cancer, opening up a new era of cancer immunotherapy. Now scientists have essentially...
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2019 -- Adding tucatinib to trastuzumab and capecitabine is associated with improved progression-free and overall survival among heavily pretreated patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive...
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Researchers say a new method to analyse data from individual human cells could be a step-change for diagnosing some of the most devastating diseases, including cancer and autoimmune disease.
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A new treatment shows promise for revolutionizing prostate cancer treatment, offering a minimally-invasive and relatively low-risk alternative to traditional surgeries and radiotherapies. Called TULSA, this method uses sound waves to eliminate the...
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A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from their surroundings.
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NCCN hosted an annual NCCN Patient Advocacy Summit: Delivering Value for Patients across the Oncology Ecosystem in Washington, DC, bringing together patients, advocates, clinicians, policy-makers, and others to share diverse perspectives on the...
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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey investigators evaluated all treatment strategies for both standard-risk and good-risk ductal carcinoma in-situ and found the most commonly recommended combination treatment for DCIS represents low-value care,...
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What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and other diseases by better targeting specific sites on proteins in the body?
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Congress has reached a deal on a spending bill that would require the military to stop using firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals linked to cancer, but would abandon efforts to place stronger regulations on the chemicals.
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In the next five years, the NACP will focus the program's immediate priorities on enhancing the partnership with the University of Arizona Cancer Center to make a greater impact in addressing cancer health disparities for Native Americans in Arizona...
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