News tagged with sarcomas
Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder
(AP) -- Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead.
Aug 27, 2010 |
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New Hope for Deadly Childhood Bone Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have shed new light on Ewing’s sarcoma, an often deadly bone cancer that typically afflicts children and young adults. Their research ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Viral protein mimic keeps immune system quiet
In a new paper published Jan. 21 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Microbiology and Immunology professor Blossom Damania, PhD, has shown for the first time that the Kaposi sarcoma virus has a decoy protei ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 20, 2011 |
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A potent and selective anti-tumor agent on human gastric adenocarcinoma
Previous studies on shikonin, a chemical derived from the Chinese medicinal herb had anti-tumor effects although it was found to be toxic. However, an acetyl derivative, acetylshikonin had less toxicity and prevented the ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Limb-sparing surgery may not provide better quality of life than amputation for bone cancer patients
Limb-sparing surgery, which has been taking the place of amputation for bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the lower limb in recent years, may not provide much or even any additional benefit to patients according to a new review. ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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World first: Ovarian transplant helps woman be mum twice over
In what doctors described Wednesday as a world first, a Danish woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using ovarian tissue that was removed, frozen, thawed and then reimplanted after cancer ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments
New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumors.
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Researchers find childhood cancer risk rises with mother's age
Research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota indicates that a baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood.
Jul 14, 2009 |
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