News tagged with metastatic cells
Researchers unravel biochemical factor important in tumor metastasis
A protein called "fascin" appears to play a critical transformation role in TGF beta mediated tumor metastasis, say researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., who published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Gene may be good target for tough-to-kill prostate cancer cells
Purdue University scientists believe they have found an effective target for killing late-stage, metastatic prostate cancer cells.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Study finds protein critical to breast cancer cell proliferation, migration
Researchers have found that a protein linked to cell division and migration and tied to increased cell proliferation in ovarian tumors is also present at high levels in breast cancer specimens and cell lines. The protein, ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Researchers characterize biomechanics of ovarian cells according to phenotype at stages of cancer
Using ovarian surface epithelial cells from mice, researchers from Virginia Tech have released findings from a study that they believe will help in cancer risk assessment, cancer diagnosis, and treatment efficiency ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 05, 2011 |
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FDA approves new drug for advanced melanoma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of ipilimumab for the treatment of previously treated metastatic melanoma. It is the first drug approved for metastatic, or advanced, melanoma is more than a decade.
Mar 25, 2011 |
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FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend life
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Enzyme helps prepare lung tissue for metastatic development
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has identified a new role for an important enzyme in preparing lung tissue for the development of metastases. Published in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Novel immune system-based gene therapy induces strong responses in metastatic melanoma, sarcoma
Researchers have found that a novel form of personalized therapy that genetically engineers a patient's own anti-tumor immune cells to fight tumors could treat metastatic melanoma and metastatic synovial cell sarcoma, representing ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Gene therapy for metastatic melanoma in mice produces complete remission
A potent anti-tumor gene introduced into mice with metastatic melanoma has resulted in permanent immune reconfiguration and produced a complete remission of their cancer, according to an article to be published in the December ...
Nov 18, 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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Study shows patient-specific vaccines for metastatic melanoma may induce durable complete regression
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently announced encouraging clinical study results for patient-specific vaccine therapy to treat metastatic melanoma. The study is ongoing, but the report concludes that patient-specific ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Survival in metastatic breast cancer directly linked to circulating tumor cells
A new study of metastatic breast cancer shows that the number of circulating tumor cells patients have in their blood directly correlates with the length of their survival. Reported at the IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Why metastasic cells migrate
Migration ability of metastatic cells is not due to an altered mechanism of tumor cells but to a natural capacity of healthy cells. The results could help to identify potential strategies for metastasis inhibition.
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Magnetic nanoparticles show promise for combating human cancer
Scientists at Georgia Tech and the Ovarian Cancer Institute have further developed a potential new treatment against cancer that uses magnetic nanoparticles to attach to cancer cells, removing them from the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Investigational agent reduces tumor resistance to breast cancer therapy
Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a way to cleverly override signals that tell breast cancer cells to keep surviving in the face of anticancer treatment. The investigational agent they ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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