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Detecting overall survival benefit derived from progression-free survival

Overall survival (OS) may be a reasonable primary endpoint when the median survival postprogession (SSP) is less than 6 months, but it is too high a hurdle when SPP is longer than 12 months, according to a new study published ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Curiosity rover will serve as terramechanics instrument in explortation of Martian soils

NASA has announced that Raymond E. Arvidson, PhD, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers put potent staph killer to the test, hope for new drug treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Standard antibiotics, and even those reserved for the most defiant infections, are fighting an uphill battle against the evolutionary ingenuity of bacterial defenses. Staphylococci, and especially methicillin-resistant ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find new target for stopping tumors developing their own blood supply

Researchers have found that a newly developed drug, which is aimed at a particular receptor involved in the development of blood vessels that sustain tumour growth, is active in patients with advanced cancers and, in some ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancer scientists believe nanoparticles could accurately target tumors, avoiding side effects

In the past 40 years, scientists have learned a great deal about how cells become cancerous. Some of that knowledge has translated to new treatments, but most of the time doctors are forced to rely on standard ch ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Side effects of hormonal breast cancer therapy increased; may affect treatment adherence

Women being treated for breast cancer with aromatase inhibitors may experience extremely low estrogen levels resulting in a wide variety of side effects that a typical postmenopausal woman without cancer may not experience.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Five-day breast cancer treatment now available

UC Davis Cancer Center now offers a new generation of radiation therapy that transforms a woman's breast cancer radiation treatment experience.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taribavirin offers a safe, effective alternative for chronic hepatitis C

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and 50 other centers found that weight-based dosing of taribavirin reduces rates of anemia while increasing sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds proximity could be key to success of healing prayer

Findings reported today from a new international study of healing prayer suggest that prayer for another person's healing just might help -- especially if the one praying is physically near the person being prayed for.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Universal HIV testing and immediate treatment could reduce but not eliminate HIV/AIDS epidemic

Implementing a program of universal HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral treatment (ART) for infected individuals could have a major impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC, but a new study finds that it would ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pramipexole shows promise for treating depression in patients with Parkinson's disease

Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, improves depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and has the potential to become an important antidepressant treatment for these patients. The Article published Online ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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