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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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MAR 04, 2015Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 03, 2015Cancer
Scientists from Australia and the UK have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of pancreatic cancer, in a study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 26, 2015Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 03, 2015Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 21, 2015Cancer
This is the second article in a series. The first article, titled "New Year Brings Overhaul of CPT Test Codes for ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJAN 20, 2015Health & Medicine
What are the key healthcare trends of 2014? Which ones might be a factor next year and in subsequent years?
A ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 12, 2015Health & Medicine
While long touted for it's health benefits as well as it's ability to enhance any dinner party, red wine has been studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 04, 2014Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 02, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Two different research teams affiliated with the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT have come up with startlingly simila ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 25, 2014Microbiology
A major problem in today's medicine is the issue of "superbugs" or antibiotic resistant strains of many diseases. While ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 18, 2014Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 11, 2014Videos
Researchers from Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, say lung cancer screening in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) meets a c ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 30, 2014Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 29, 2014Cancer
Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia were awarded a $12.1 million Specialized Programs of Research Exc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - the oldest medical schoo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 05, 2014Cancer
Many adults may find popping a baby aspirin a day lessens the chance of a heart attack.
Researchers have now ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAUG 18, 2014Cancer
Combination therapies, or "drug cocktails," are part of modern anti-cancer treatments today. The more researchers learn ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 04, 2015
Cancer
New research by market research firm Frost & Sullivan revealed that the increased use of clinical tools such as in vitro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 03, 2015
Cancer
Scientists from Australia and the UK have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of pancreatic cancer, in a study
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 26, 2015
Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 03, 2015
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 21, 2015
Cancer
This is the second article in a series. The first article, titled "New Year Brings Overhaul of CPT Test Codes for ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JAN 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
What are the key healthcare trends of 2014? Which ones might be a factor next year and in subsequent years?
A ...
A ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
While long touted for it's health benefits as well as it's ability to enhance any dinner party, red wine has been studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 04, 2014
Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 02, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Two different research teams affiliated with the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT have come up with startlingly simila
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 25, 2014
Microbiology
A major problem in today's medicine is the issue of "superbugs" or antibiotic resistant strains of many diseases. While
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 18, 2014
Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 11, 2014
Videos
Researchers from Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, say lung cancer screening in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) meets a c
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 30, 2014
Cancer
A study conducted at the University of Chicago's Center for Personalized Therapeutics has shown remarkable results in el
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 29, 2014
Cancer
Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia were awarded a $12.1 million Specialized Programs of Research Exc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 24, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - the oldest medical schoo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 05, 2014
Cancer
Many adults may find popping a baby aspirin a day lessens the chance of a heart attack.
Researchers have now ...
Researchers have now ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
AUG 18, 2014
Cancer
Combination therapies, or "drug cocktails," are part of modern anti-cancer treatments today. The more researchers learn
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider