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Cancer Treatment
Cancer Treatment: are treatments that may include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. If your cancer is particularly sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy, you may receive one of those therapies as your primary treatment. Adjuvant treatment.
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APR 22, 2015Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Cancer
The first-ever systematic study of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a pa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Microbiology
is primarily due to improved sanitation and hygiene."
(Source: abc.net.au)Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Cancer
When it comes to sequencing patients' tumor genomes to personalize cancer therapy, one very important step may be missin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Cardiology
When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure.
Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
U.S. scientists have discovered how tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer to spread around the b ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors' ability to work out which women are at increased ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked - making some pancr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Neuroscience
A University of Victoria neuroscientist has discovered that a cancer drug may improve recovery rates for diabetic patien ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Neuroscience
DNA mutations can cause cancer but in some cases, more mutations may mean a better prognosis for patients. A Yale-led co ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Cancer
The first-ever systematic study of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a pa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Microbiology
is primarily due to improved sanitation and hygiene."
(Source: abc.net.au)Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Cancer
When it comes to sequencing patients' tumor genomes to personalize cancer therapy, one very important step may be missin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Cardiology
When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure.
Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
U.S. scientists have discovered how tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer to spread around the b ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors' ability to work out which women are at increased ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked - making some pancr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Neuroscience
A University of Victoria neuroscientist has discovered that a cancer drug may improve recovery rates for diabetic patien ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Neuroscience
DNA mutations can cause cancer but in some cases, more mutations may mean a better prognosis for patients. A Yale-led co ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
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