News articles tagged with 'carcinoma'
New inhibitor prevented lesions, reduced tumour size in basal cell cancer
— 3 Apr 2011 12:23 | HealthA new hedgehog pathway inhibitor demonstrated efficacy in preventing and treating basal cell cancer among patients with basal cell nevus syndrome, a rare inheritable disease, according…
Scientists devise targeted therapy strategy for rare form of childhood cancer
— 30 Mar 2011 16:25 | HealthBy 'distracting' cancer proteins from their usual activity, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital have caused cells in a rare, lethal form of cancer…
Heavy drinking not linked to common type of gullet cancer
— 15 Mar 2011 19:26 | HealthHeavy drinking is not associated with one of the two most common types of gullet (oesophageal) cancer, suggests research published online in Gut…
Patient education helps earlier detection of skin lesions after kidney transplant
— 22 Feb 2011 23:32 | HealthSharing printed educational materials about the risk of squamous cell carcinoma with kidney transplant recipients appeared to be effective at increasing skin self-examination and encouraging…
Everolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare pancreatic cancer
— 10 Feb 2011 19:04 | HealthHouston - In an international Phase III randomised study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival…
Cancer cell survival is not 'miR-ly' dependent on p53
— 10 Jan 2011 18:42 | HealthSquamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a common type of skin cancer. In this paper, Leif Ellisen and colleagues at Mass General Hospital investigated the p53-related proteins p63 and p73…
Racial disparities evident in early-stage liver cancer survival
— 3 Jan 2011 18:14 | HealthBlack patients with early-stage liver cancer appear more likely to die of the disease than Hispanic or white patients with the same condition, according to a report in the December…
Robotic surgery for head and neck cancer shows promise
— 3 Jan 2011 17:41 | HealthLess-invasive robotic surgery for upper airway and digestive track malignant tumours is as effective as other minimally invasive surgical techniques based on patient function and survival,…
Ultraviolet light helps skin cancer cells thrive, researchers report
— 8 Dec 2010 18:05 | HealthThe sun's ultraviolet light activates an enzyme that helps skin cancer cells survive and proliferate, researchers report…
Widely used arthritis pill protects against skin cancer
— 2 Dec 2010 18:55 | HealthA widely-used arthritis drug reduces the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers - the most common cancers in humans - according to a study published this week in the Journal of the…