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Oncology
Oncology: a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. It includes medical oncology (the use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and other drugs to treat cancer), radiation oncology (the use of radiation therapy to treat cancer), and surgical oncology (the use of surgery and other procedures to treat cancer).
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APR 11, 2018Cancer
Breast Cancer therapy has been demonstrated to cause side effects like damage to the heart; however, a new study publish ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 10, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Uterine serous carcinoma is rare occurring in less than 10 percent of all cancer types of the endometrium. However, this ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 10, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a form of cancer that that first occurs in the cells that become certain white blo ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 06, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The last day of March marked the permanent shutdown of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor, an old-time symbol ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 06, 2018Cancer
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and i ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 04, 2018Cancer
A group of researchers have proposed a new risk grouping model to more accurately/precisely predict the risk of prostate ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 03, 2018Cancer
Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy continues to be investigated but shows promise in treating some types of refractory or radiation ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 02, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Research published in The Lancet Oncology explains how the drug Larotrectinib can treat cancer cells that ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 02, 2018Cancer
A deeper look at coffee and acrylamide presence as California law evaluates requirement for placement of cancer causing ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 01, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Medical cannabis is shown to reduce opioid use for patients with cancer pain in large Israeli studyWritten By: Mauri BrueggemanFEB 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Using mice as a model, the injection of two molecules that stimulate the immune system eliminated both solid tumors and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2018Cardiology
Early during development as the embryo begins to form, the heart is the first organ to materialize. So-called “pro ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of Ewing sarcoma therapeuticsWritten By: Courtney SchaalJAN 08, 2018Cancer
Andy Lindsay, a 61-year-old from Massachusetts, achieved his goal of climbing the Mera Peak in Nepal in October 2017.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 01, 2018Cardiology
A drug approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat a type of cancer called multiple myeloma has dangerous side effects that inv ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 01, 2018Cancer
Ned Sharpless thinks AI, machine learning and big data can aid cancer researchers and caregivers.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 26, 2017Cancer
These families give rave reviews of Animal Assisted Interaction in hospitals.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 06, 2017Genetics & Genomics
In recent years there has been an intense focus on the development of vaccines for breast cancer; a new one has been ver ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Doctors want to improve leukemia treatment for kids, which causes devastating side effects.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2017Cancer
Cancer patients participating in clinical trials may have their expectations set too high, say researchers. In particula ...NOV 11, 2017Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of alcohol on the daily may be increasing a person’s overall risk for several types of can ...NOV 09, 2017Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 19, 2017Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for ...Written By: Daniel Duan
APR 11, 2018
Cancer
Breast Cancer therapy has been demonstrated to cause side effects like damage to the heart; however, a new study publish
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 10, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Uterine serous carcinoma is rare occurring in less than 10 percent of all cancer types of the endometrium. However, this
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 10, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a form of cancer that that first occurs in the cells that become certain white blo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 06, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The last day of March marked the permanent shutdown of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor, an old-time symbol
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 06, 2018
Cancer
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 04, 2018
Cancer
A group of researchers have proposed a new risk grouping model to more accurately/precisely predict the risk of prostate
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 03, 2018
Cancer
Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy continues to be investigated but shows promise in treating some types of refractory or radiation
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 02, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Research published in The Lancet Oncology explains how the drug Larotrectinib can treat cancer cells that
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 02, 2018
Cancer
A deeper look at coffee and acrylamide presence as California law evaluates requirement for placement of cancer causing
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 01, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Medical cannabis is shown to reduce opioid use for patients with cancer pain in large Israeli study
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
FEB 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using mice as a model, the injection of two molecules that stimulate the immune system eliminated both solid tumors and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2018
Cardiology
Early during development as the embryo begins to form, the heart is the first organ to materialize. So-called “pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of Ewing sarcoma therapeutics
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 08, 2018
Cancer
Andy Lindsay, a 61-year-old from Massachusetts, achieved his goal of climbing the Mera Peak in Nepal in October 2017.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 01, 2018
Cardiology
A drug approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat a type of cancer called multiple myeloma has dangerous side effects that inv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 01, 2018
Cancer
Ned Sharpless thinks AI, machine learning and big data can aid cancer researchers and caregivers.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 26, 2017
Cancer
These families give rave reviews of Animal Assisted Interaction in hospitals.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 06, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years there has been an intense focus on the development of vaccines for breast cancer; a new one has been ver
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Doctors want to improve leukemia treatment for kids, which causes devastating side effects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2017
Cancer
Cancer patients participating in clinical trials may have their expectations set too high, say researchers. In particula
...
NOV 11, 2017
Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of alcohol on the daily may be increasing a person’s overall risk for several types of can
...
NOV 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 19, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan