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Tumor
Tumor: is an abnormal mass of tissue that may be solid or fluid-filled. A tumor is not the same as cancer. Although, some tumors can develop into cancers. A tumor is a kind of lump or swelling and does not necessarily pose a health threat.
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APR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use ...APR 11, 2016Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved ...APR 08, 2016Videos
The goal of any cancer patient and their health care providers is to cure whatever kind of cancer is present and restore ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 07, 2016Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal ...APR 06, 2016Cancer
Using a gelatin-based hydrogel mix, scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) can model a cancer microen ...APR 05, 2016Cardiology
Scientists were surprised to find that drugs used to treat heart problems also have anticancer properties. The drugs, ca ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 04, 2016Cancer
How do doctors and cancer patients know if their chemotherapy or radiation treatments are working to kill the tumor? Qui ...APR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in ...APR 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the operating room, every incision has to be precise. This is especially true for operations involving the removal of ...APR 02, 2016Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off, ...APR 01, 2016Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 31, 2016Cancer
This year, doctors will diagnose over 240,000 new cases of breast cancer in women. Mammograms have been the standard fir ...MAR 30, 2016Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb” ...MAR 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To help treat pancreatic cancer, scientists are taking a step back to diagnose the disease before it becomes lethal. In ...MAR 28, 2016Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet ...MAR 26, 2016Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge ...MAR 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead ...MAR 25, 2016Cancer
Using specialized bubbles to deliver an anti-cancer drug, scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) effectively redu ...MAR 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 24, 2016Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o ...MAR 24, 2016Cancer
There’s a new gene player in breast cancer, and it’s called GT198. Already known to be mutated in early onse ...MAR 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 24, 2016Videos
In cancer treatment, there is often more than one treatment or drug being given. The name of the game is to kill cancer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2016Cancer
In a large drug screening trial, scientists identified a unique drug combination that is effective against the most aggr ...
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use
...
APR 11, 2016
Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved
...
APR 08, 2016
Videos
The goal of any cancer patient and their health care providers is to cure whatever kind of cancer is present and restore
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 07, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal
...
APR 06, 2016
Cancer
Using a gelatin-based hydrogel mix, scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) can model a cancer microen
...
APR 05, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists were surprised to find that drugs used to treat heart problems also have anticancer properties. The drugs, ca
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 04, 2016
Cancer
How do doctors and cancer patients know if their chemotherapy or radiation treatments are working to kill the tumor? Qui
...
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in
...
APR 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the operating room, every incision has to be precise. This is especially true for operations involving the removal of
...
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...
APR 01, 2016
Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 31, 2016
Cancer
This year, doctors will diagnose over 240,000 new cases of breast cancer in women. Mammograms have been the standard fir
...
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To help treat pancreatic cancer, scientists are taking a step back to diagnose the disease before it becomes lethal. In
...
MAR 28, 2016
Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet
...
MAR 26, 2016
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
MAR 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead
...
MAR 25, 2016
Cancer
Using specialized bubbles to deliver an anti-cancer drug, scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) effectively redu
...
MAR 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
There’s a new gene player in breast cancer, and it’s called GT198. Already known to be mutated in early onse
...
MAR 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 24, 2016
Videos
In cancer treatment, there is often more than one treatment or drug being given. The name of the game is to kill cancer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2016
Cancer
In a large drug screening trial, scientists identified a unique drug combination that is effective against the most aggr
...