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New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning
— 3 Sep 2010 13:10 | HealthThere is yet no straightforward way to determine the optimal dose level and treatment schedules for high-dose radiation therapies such as stereotactic radiation therapy, used to treat…
Breast cancer cells regulate multiple genes in response to oestrogen-like compounds
— 20 Jul 2010 12:32 | HealthCancer researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of gene regulation and DNA behaviour in breast cancer cells that may lead to better insight about environmental exposure…
Stress of an enriched environment might curb cancer growth
— 9 Jul 2010 10:55 | HealthLiving in an environment rich with physical, mental and social stimulation - a setting that causes mild stress - might by itself curb cancer growth, according to a new study led by…
Study shows how dietary supplement may block cancer cells
— 30 Jun 2010 13:09 | HealthResearchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) have discovered how a substance…
Awake sedation for brain surgery may shorten hospital stay
— 19 Jun 2010 11:15 | HealthThe recovery time and cost of brain-tumour surgery might both be reduced if surgery is performed while patients are awake during part of the procedure, according to a new study conducted…
Tumour virus is best predictor of throat cancer survival
— 8 Jun 2010 13:48 | HealthThe presence of human papilloma virus, the virus that causes cervical cancer, in tumours is the most important predictor of survival for people diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer (cancer…
Study links microRNA to shut-down of DNA-repair genes
— 1 May 2010 09:48 | HealthNew research shows for the first time that molecules called microRNA can silence genes that protect the genome from cancer-causing mutations…
'Vicious circle' offers new acute leukaemia treatment target
— 14 Apr 2010 10:49 | HealthResearchers have identified a self-feeding 'vicious circle' of molecules that keeps acute leukaemia cells alive and growing and that drives the disease forward…
New agent chokes off energy supply, kills cancer cells
— 8 Apr 2010 11:52 | HealthCancer cells grow so fast that they can outstrip their blood supply, leaving them short of oxygen. The cells then produce energy in a way that needs less oxygen but more sugar…
Study shows that mutations in 1 gene cause many cancers
— 30 Mar 2010 11:38 | HealthAn important gene that normally protects the body against cancer can itself cause a variety of cancers depending on the specific mutation that damages it, according to a new study by…
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