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US cancer death rates in decline, national report finds
— 1 Apr 2011 15:42 | HealthA report from the nation's leading cancer organisations shows rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2003 and 2007. The…
Study identifies promising target for AIDS vaccine
— 1 Apr 2011 15:39 | HealthA section of the AIDS virus's protein envelope once considered an improbable target for a vaccine now appears to be one of the most promising, new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
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…
Malaria drug slows pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models
— 16 Mar 2011 13:10 | HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumours in mice, using a drug routinely prescribed for malaria…
Gene alteration in mice mimics heart-building effect of exercise
— 3 Jan 2011 16:17 | HealthBy tweaking a single gene, scientists have mimicked in sedentary mice the heart-strengthening effects of two weeks of endurance training, according to a report from Dana-Farber Cancer…
'Smart drug' targets new mutation, dramatically shrinks aggressive sarcoma and lung cancer
— 28 Oct 2010 14:24 | HealthA new oral drug caused dramatic shrinkage of a patient's rare, aggressive form of soft-tissue cancer that was driven by an abnormally activated protein, physician-scientists from Dana-Farber…
Parents experience difficulty with consent process in paediatric cancer trials
— 23 Oct 2010 16:24 | HealthCompared with adult cancer patients, parents of children with cancer were more likely to be dissatisfied with the informed consent process for participating in clinical trials, according…
Childhood cancer survivors face long-term risk of GI complications, study finds
— 23 Oct 2010 16:21 | HealthPeople treated for cancer when they were children have a higher-than-average risk of gastrointestinal problems - some mild, some quite severe - in the years following treatment, according…
Study identifies barriers to successful treatment of children with sarcoma in low-income countries
— 21 Oct 2010 20:01 | HealthRaising the survival rate of children with sarcoma in low-income countries will require steps to diagnose the disease sooner, train cancer pathologists, expand radiation therapy services,…
Girls with ovarian germ-cell tumours can safely skip chemotherapy unless disease recurs
— 21 Oct 2010 19:58 | HealthResearchers from Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Centre (DF/CHCC) have found that as many as 50 percent of young girls treated for germ-cell ovarian tumours might safely be spared…