News tagged with advanced cancer
Why 'soot' could be the key to delivering drugs to cancer cells
Nano-scale tubes made of carbon could be used to safely penetrate human cells and deliver anti-cancer medicines or modified DNA molecules for gene therapy. Although there is a long way to go before the concept ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 29, 2012 |
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US panel rejects Avastin for breast cancer use
An expert panel urged the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to strip the Roche-made drug Avastin of its label for use against breast cancer because it is neither safe nor effective.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 29, 2011 |
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FDA panel: Revoke drug's breast cancer approval
(AP) -- A panel of cancer experts has ruled for a second time that Avastin, the best-selling cancer drug in the world, should no longer be used in breast cancer patients, clearing the way for the government to remove its ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Considerable proportion of patients with advanced cancer continue to undergo common cancer screening
A sizeable proportion of patients with advanced cancer and a life expectancy of only a few years continue to undergo common cancer screening tests that are unlikely to provide meaningful benefit, according to a study in the ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Nanoparticles Cooperate to Detect and Treat Tumors
(PhysOrg.com) -- If one nanoparticle is good, two may be better, especially when they are designed to cooperate with each other to diagnose and treat cancer. That finding comes from work led by Michael Sailor, Ph.D., a member ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Tracking new cancer-killing particles with MRI
Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have created a single nanoparticle that can be tracked in real time with MRI as it homes in on cancer cells, tags them with a fluorescent ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Palliative care intervention provides some benefits for patients with advanced cancer
Patients with advanced cancer who received a palliative care intervention focused on addressing physical and psychosocial issues and care coordination that was provided at the same time as cancer treatment reported improved ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Study points toward relationship between cancer stem cells and prognosis in primary breast cancer
Breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy prior to surgery had heightened levels of cancer-initiating stem cells in their bone marrow, and the level of such cells correlated to a tumor's lymph node involvement, according ...
May 15, 2009 |
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Targeting tumors using tiny gold particles
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has long been known that heat is an effective weapon against tumor cells. However, it's difficult to heat patients' tumors without damaging nearby tissues.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 04, 2009 |
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Ovarian cancers detected early may be less aggressive, questioning effectiveness of screening
The biology of ovarian cancers discovered at an early stage may render them slower growing and less likely to spread than more aggressive cancers, which typically are discovered in an advanced stage, according to a study ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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