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Unraveling Brain Tumors
Brain tumor researchers have
found that brain tumors
arise from cancer stem cells
living within tiny
protective areas formed by
blood vessels in the brain.
Killing those cells is a
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Will Your Cancer Spread?
A new biopsy test, created
by molecular biologists, can
tell ocular melanoma
patients if theirs is the
kind that will spread. Using
very thin needles, surgeons
collect cells from tumors
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Beating Bone Marrow Cancer
To lessen the impact of
chemotherapy on bone marrow
cancer patients,
hematologists are recruiting
the patients' own immune
systems to help. White blood
cells are extracted before a
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Detecting Prostate Cancer Earlier
A new blood test is more
reliable at finding prostate
cancer in its early stages
by detecting a protein
marker in blood plasma.
Doctors say the new test,
now in clinical trials, will
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Surgeons Combine Heat, Chemistry to Bolster Anti-Cancer Drugs
In efforts to boost the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, a new method called intra-peritoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy works by flushing a heated chemotherapy drug through tissue surrounding a ... > more -
Urologists Use Optics, Chemistry to Catch Small Tumors
Some bladder cancer tumors are so small, surgeons can't see them. Urologist Edward Messing is using a new liquid dye that reacts to light to help him see all the small bladder tumors that might have ... > more -
Ocular Oncologists Inject Drug Into Eye To Starve Tumors And Save Sight
Ocular oncologists adopted a drug originally intended to treat colon cancer as a treatment for cancers in the eye as well as macular degeneration. The drug reduces abnormal blood vessel growth, which ... > more -
Marine Biotechnologists Treat Cancer With Mud-loving Ocean Bacteria
Biomedicine scientists identified and sequenced the genes of a bacteria called Salinispora tropica. It produces anti-cancer compounds and can be found in ocean sediments off the Bahamas. A product ... > more -
Pathologists Use Digital Imaging to Speed Up Cancer Diagnosis
A new digital microscopy system allows doctors to examine biopsy tissue and diagnose breast cancer within hours instead of weeks. The same instrument can be used for all kinds of cancers, and it ... > more -
Dermatologists Discover Sun Protection Under The Sea
Dermatologists recognize the benefits of a compound called astaxanthin. Found in red ocean plants and animals such as salmon, astaxanthin is the most effective and efficient free radical sponge in ... > more -
Physicists Develop Ultrasound Alternative To Mammograms
Radiologists suspend a patient's breast in water, and then send sound waves through the water in order to image breast tissue. The device uses 256 ultrasonic sensors to assemble 50 to 70 two ... > more -
Thoracic Surgeons Introduce Less-Invasive Cancer Removal
In a new procedure, called thorascopic lobectomy, surgeons make three small incisions in the chest and use specially designed instruments to reach the lungs. A camera helps them see the tumor and ... > more -
Pediatric Cardiologists Show Hormone Therapy Reduces Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Studying childhood cancer patients who have suffered tissue and organ damage from chemotherapy treatments, researchers have found that growth hormones can reverse damage to the heart. Before the ... > more -
Gastroenterologists Use Optics To Detect Early Stages Of Colon Cancer
Biomedical engineers have developed a new technique to detect colon cancer. A thin optical fiber shines light onto the interior of the colon. Computer analysis of the backscattered light indicates if ... > more
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