News tagged with cytotoxic chemotherapy
Overcoming multidrug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells
A strong predictor of poor outcome in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is resistance to chemotherapy with glucocorticoids. Such resistance is caused, in part, by an inability of the leukemic cells to die by ...
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Study shows drug combination improves outcome for advanced non-small cell lung cancer
A new, international study found that the combination of two drugs delays disease progression for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Results from the Phase III "ATLAS" trial were presented today by ...
May 31, 2009 |
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Boosting medicine with nanotechnology to destroy cancers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Melding nanotechnology and medical research, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center have produced an effective strategy ...
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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New research finds protein that protects cancer cells from chemo and radiation therapy
Research led by Daitoku Sakamuro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has identified a protein that enables the activation of a DNA-repair ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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With new method, researchers are able to infer how tumors evolve and spread
A new method of analyzing cancerous tumors developed by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) suggests that tumors may not evolve gradually, but rather in punctuated or staccato-like bursts. It is a finding ...
Mar 13, 2011 |
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Study shows new treatment strategy effective for certain lung cancers
LSU oncologist Vince D. Cataldo, MD, is the lead author of a review article reporting two chemotherapy drugs now indicated for second and third-line therapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer are remarkably ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Evolution of cancer can shed light on drug resistance
Cancer is a product of evolution, and understanding how cancer evolves may be a key to more successful treatment strategies.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Early investigations promising for detecting metastatic breast cancer cells
Research by engineers and cancer biologists at Virginia Tech indicate that using specific silicon microdevices might provide a new way to screen breast cancer cells' ability to metastasize.
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Platinum and blue light combine to combat cancer
When it comes to health care blue lights, are usually most useful on the top of ambulances but now new research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use blue light to activate what could be ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Targeted therapy promising for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
A new type of breast cancer treatment has shown encouraging activity as a first-line therapy in HER2-positive metastatic disease, researchers reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Anti-tumor drugs tested by microfluidic device
A prototype device developed in Hong Kong will allow laboratory researchers to non-invasively test drugs for their ability to kill tumors by subjecting cancerous cells with different concentration gradients. The new device ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Platinum and light together fight cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers continue to search for cancer treatments that effectively destroy tumor cells while protecting surrounding healthy tissue and the body. One intriguing approach involves photoactivated ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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