Cancer Data in the ‘Cloud’ Could Lead to More Effective Treatment

Cancer Data in the ‘Cloud’ Could Lead to More Effective Treatment

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The goal is to help doctors make better predictions about how a patient’s illness will progress and what type of treatment will be most effective. Storing music and photos on distant computers via “cloud” technology [...]

New Noninvasive Test for Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise

New Noninvasive Test for Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise

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The researchers reported that the test detected 98 percent of all cancers A new noninvasive test for colorectal cancer screening demonstrated high sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer, in particular precancers that are most likely to [...]

Green Tea Reduced Inflammation, May Inhibit Prostate Cancer Tumor Growth

Green Tea Reduced Inflammation, May Inhibit Prostate Cancer Tumor Growth

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“Our study showed that drinking six cups of green tea affected biomarkers in prostate tissue at the time of surgery,” Men with prostate cancer who consumed green tea prior to undergoing prostatectomy had reductions in markers of [...]

New research moves York scientists closer to lung cancer blood test

New research moves York scientists closer to lung cancer blood test

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Early signs of lung cancer could be diagnosed using a simple blood test following a new discovery by scientists at the University of York. Early detection of lung cancer has been shown to save lives, [...]

How a smart bra could one day outdo the mammogram

How a smart bra could one day outdo the mammogram

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The Breast Tissue Screening Bra in the works is non-invasive, painless, and may even be more accurate than 3D mammography. Those breast exams women are supposed to regularly give themselves in the shower are no [...]

Supercomputer helps breakthrough in cancer research

Supercomputer helps breakthrough in cancer research

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Breakthrough in cancer research that reduces the analysis time from two months to only 47 seconds per patient, One of the greatest advantages of supercomputing is that it offers researchers tools to study some of [...]

Researchers hope prairie’s wild tomatillo may provide medical breakthrough in cancer fight

Researchers hope prairie’s wild tomatillo may provide medical breakthrough in cancer fight

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“We’ve found compounds from the wild tomatillo that have strong anti-cancer properties against breast cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer and brain cancer in our early studies,” For decades the native prairie plant with tomato-like vines, [...]

Governments failing to address “global pandemic of untreated cancer pain”

Governments failing to address “global pandemic of untreated cancer pain”

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Landmark global survey reveals major shortcomings in many countries around the world – Innovation Needed Governments around the world are leaving hundreds of millions of cancer patients to suffer needlessly because of their failure to [...]

Should aspirin be used to prevent cancer?

Should aspirin be used to prevent cancer?

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Aspirin, the everyday drug taken by countless people around the world to ward off pain and reduce their risk of developing heart disease, may have a new trick up its sleeve – preventing cancer. A [...]

Engineering the Immune System to Fight Melanoma

Engineering the Immune System to Fight Melanoma

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Loyola University Medical Center has launched the first clinical trial in the Midwest of an experimental melanoma treatment that genetically engineers a patient’s immune system to fight the deadly cancer. A batch of the immune [...]

Non-Invasive Optical Technique Detects Cancer by Looking Under the Skin

Non-Invasive Optical Technique Detects Cancer by Looking Under the Skin

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The trained eye of a dermatologist can identify many types of skin lesions, but human sight only goes so far. Now an international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively map [...]

Seeking Cures, Patients Enlist Mice Stand-Ins

Seeking Cures, Patients Enlist Mice Stand-Ins

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Megan Sykes, a medical researcher, has a mouse with a human immune system — her own. She calls it “Mini-Me.” There are also mice containing a part of 9-year-old Michael Feeney — a cancerous tumor [...]