News tagged with tumor stages

Research identifies patterns of CD24, a novel biomarker for non-small cell lung carcinomas

The May edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology features a study aimed to clarify expression patterns of a novel cancer biomarker, CD24, in non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) and to correlate the findings to clinic ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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PET imaging response a prognostic factor after thoracic radiation therapy for lung cancer

A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University ...

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Cancer researchers link DICER1 gene mutation to rare childhood cancer

Research published today in Science Express from the journal Science demonstrates the first definitive link between mutations in the gene DICER1 and cancer. By studying the patterns of DNA from 11 families with an unusua ...

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New universal breast cancer marker predicts recurrence and clinical outcome

Reporting online in the American Journal of Pathology, researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have implicated the loss of a stromal protein called caveolin-1 as a major new prognostic factor in patients with b ...

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Neutralizing tumor growth in embryonic stem cell therapy

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a method to potentially eliminate the tumor-risk factor in utilizing human embryonic stem cells.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New staging technique might save bladders in some bladder cancer patients

Pathologists today reported encouraging results from a new technique to increase the accuracy of staging bladder cancer tumors that could reduce the need to remove bladders from some patients.

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