Can an Aspirin a Day Keep Liver Cancer at bay? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli26 Oct 2017 8:00 PM ISTA new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases – found that daily aspirin...
Scientists track ovarian cancers to site of origin: Fallopian tubes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTSome scientists have suspected that the most common form of ovarian cancer may originate in the fallopian tubes, the thin fibrous tunnels that connect...
Dense breasts? Blood test to help rule out cancer supriya kashyap kashyap25 Oct 2017 8:00 PM ISTA new study published in PLOS ONE demonstrates that Videssa® Breast, a multi-protein biomarker blood test for breast cancer, is unaffected by breast...
Machine learning identifies breast lesions likely to become cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTA machine learning tool can help identify which high-risk breast lesions are likely to become cancerous, according to a new study appearing online in...
FDA Approves Second CAR T-Cell Therapy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel), a cell-based gene therapy, to treat adult patients with...
Obesity-related cancers rising, threatening gains in U.S. cancer rates Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Oct 2017 7:30 PM ISTThe rates of 12 obesity-related cancers rose by 7 percent from 2005 to 2014, an increase that is threatening to reverse progress in reducing the rate...
Scientists reveal the relationship between sugar and cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTA nine-year joint research project conducted by VIB, KU Leuven and VUB has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer research. Scientists have clarified...
New drug hope for rare bone cancer patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:05 PM ISTPatients with a rare bone cancer of the skull and spine -- chordoma -- could be helped by existing drugs, suggest scientists from the Wellcome Trust...
New cancer drug Neratinib may complement existing breast cancer therapies Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTBlocking the function of the Ras oncogenes is considered by many scientists to be the "holy grail" of cancer therapeutics because mutations in these...
Breast cancer linked to bacterial imbalances Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Oct 2017 10:20 AM ISTIn a newly published study, Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered differences in the bacterial composition of breast tissue of healthy women vs....
New treatment approved for advanced breast cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Oct 2017 9:45 AM ISTNew Treatment with Verzenio (abemaciclib) has been approved by FDA to treat adult patients who have hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal...
Most new cancer drugs do not extend or improve life : BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli6 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTStudy prompts calls to “raise the evidence bar” for approval of new cancer drugs.The majority of cancer drugs approved in Europe between 2009 and 2013...
