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Chernobyl Follow-Up Study Finds High Survival Rate Among Young Thyroid Cancer Patients
April 24, 2013 More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a ... > full story -
Link Between Inherited Endocrine Tumor Syndrome and Much-Studied Cell Pathway
April 24, 2013 The protein menin suppresses signaling in the much-studied Hedgehog pathway in endocrine organs. Menin mutations lead to increased Hedgehog signaling and cell proliferation. Researchers found that ... > full story -
Cancer Cells' Achilles' Heel Revealed
April 24, 2013 Scientists from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have discovered why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells. Their findings could be used to ... > full story -
Majority of Children Readmitted to Hospital Following Stem Cell Transplant
April 24, 2013 Almost two-thirds of children who receive stem cell transplants are readmitted to the hospital within six months, according to new ... > full story -
Transgenic Mice Ready to Fight Obesity, and More
April 24, 2013 Scientists have investigated mice with a very precisely modified genome. Because it is possible to turn off the Dicer gene in adult mice, they can be used to investigate the processes related to such ... > full story -
Microwave Imaging Can See How Well Treatment Is Progressing
April 23, 2013 Microwave imaging can be used to monitor how well treatment for breast cancer is working, finds new research. Microwave tomography was able to distinguish between breast cancer, benign growths, and ... > full story -
Researchers Observe an Increased Risk of Cancer in People With History of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
April 23, 2013 Researchers found that people with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer had a modestly increased risk of getting cancer in the future, specifically breast and lung cancer in women and melanoma in ... > full story -
New Pathway, Enhancing Tamoxifen to Tame Aggressive Breast Cancer Identified
April 23, 2013 Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage and less-aggressive disease, and now medical researchers have shown how to exploit tamoxifen's ... > full story -
Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model, Spares Normal Cells
April 23, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little ... > full story -
Obese Men With Benign Biopsy at High Risk for Prostate Cancer
April 23, 2013 Obese men were more likely to have precancerous lesions detected in their benign prostate biopsies compared with nonobese men and were at a greater risk for subsequently developing prostate cancer, ... > full story
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