News articles tagged with 'malignant'
Student innovation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could lead to better breast cancer screening
— 4 Mar 2011 14:23 | HealthRecent research by doctoral student Sevan Goenezen holds the promise of becoming a powerful new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. His complex computational research has led…
Scientists now know why some cancers become malignant and others don't
— 6 Jan 2011 15:20 | HealthCancer cells reproduce by dividing in two, but a molecule known as PML limits how many times this can happen, according to researchers lead by Dr Gerardo Ferbeyre of the University…
MIT biologists find that restoring the gene for cancer protein p53 slows spread of advanced tumours
— 25 Nov 2010 17:24 | HealthIn a new study to be published in the Nov. 25 issue of Nature, MIT cancer biologists show that restoring the protein p53's function in mice with lung cancer has no effect early in tumour…
Combined imaging technologies may better identify cancerous breast lesions
— 9 Nov 2010 13:13 | HealthBy combining optical and x-ray imaging, radiologists may be better able to distinguish cancer from benign lesions in the breast, according to a new study published in the online edition…
UCLA scientists for the first time identify a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer
— 30 Jul 2010 10:16 | HealthUCLA scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and the development…
Is it safe for endoscopic piecemeal mucosal resection in treating large sessile colorectal polyps?
— 25 Jun 2010 11:53 | HealthEndoscopic resection of large sessile colorectal polyps is increasingly used as an alternative to surgery, but remains challenging because of its technical difficulty, the high risk…
Huge pelvi-abdominal malignant inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
— 18 Jun 2010 12:32 | HealthInflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) is an uncommon benign neoplasm with locally aggressive behaviour but malignant change is rare. Such a rare tumour occurring in a 14-year-old…
Vaccine hope for skin cancer sufferers
— 27 May 2010 12:46 | HealthNottingham scientists have been given the green light to test a vaccine which they hope could reverse, and even cure malignant melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer…
Caregivers of brain cancer patients play a key role
— 21 May 2010 12:12 | HealthDespite grim prognoses and aggressive treatments, cancer patients suffering from malignant gliomas - primary brain tumours - often rate their quality of life more optimistically than…
MRI: Non-invasive diagnostic tool for diagnosing testicular cancer
— 23 Feb 2010 10:49 | HealthResearchers have found that non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a good diagnostic tool for the evaluation and staging of testicular cancer and may improve patient care…