News articles tagged with 'chemotherapy' (Page 2)
Cancer breakthrough to prevent heart failure and increase survival rates
— 10 Feb 2011 20:10 | HealthA breakthrough by scientists at Queen's University Belfast could help reduce heart failure in cancer patients around the world, and ultimately increase survival rates…
Gene protects lung from damage due to pneumonia, sepsis, trauma, transplants
— 9 Feb 2011 16:47 | HealthLung injury is a common cause of death among patients with pneumonia, sepsis or trauma and in those who have had lung transplants. The damage often occurs suddenly and can cause life-threatening…
Protein may be key to new treatment in a childhood cancer
— 8 Feb 2011 16:36 | HealthAfter analysing hundreds of proteins produced by the DNA of tumour cells, researchers have identified one protein that may be central to a new treatment for the often-fatal childhood…
Native American ancestry linked to greater risk of relapse in young leukaemia patients
— 7 Feb 2011 15:10 | HealthThe first genome-wide study to demonstrate an inherited genetic basis for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival linked Native American ancestry with an increased risk of…
Discovery may lead to turning back the clock on ovarian cancer
— 4 Feb 2011 15:40 | HealthCancer researchers have discovered that a type of regulatory RNA may be effective in fighting ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer isn't typically discovered until it's in the advanced stages,…
Cancer drug used in combination with other therapies associated with increased risk of death
— 2 Feb 2011 16:46 | HealthAn analysis of previous studies indicates that compared with chemotherapy alone, use of the cancer drug bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy or biological therapy is associated…
Painful hip fractures strike breast cancer survivors
— 2 Feb 2011 15:58 | HealthA hip fracture is not common in a 54-year-old woman, unless she is a 54-year-old breast cancer survivor, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Researchers found that a combination…
Princess Margaret Hospital researchers identify a key enzyme that affects radiation response
— 27 Jan 2011 19:20 | HealthCancer researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) have discovered that targeting an enzyme called Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase (UROD) can sensitise diseased tissue to radiation…
Study suggests new treatment option to reduce metastasis in ovarian cancer
— 27 Jan 2011 17:59 | HealthA paper published in the January issue of the journal Nanomedicine could provide the foundation for a new ovarian cancer treatment option - one that would use an outside-the-body filtration…
MIT scientists discover cancer-fighting role for cells
— 20 Jan 2011 16:31 | HealthMIT scientists have discovered that cells lining the blood vessels secrete molecules that suppress tumour growth and keep cancer cells from invading other tissues, a finding that could…