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NEWS ABOUT: tumors

tumors stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - After decades of false starts, doctors are tapping the immune system to help stave off cancer, USA Today reports. Using proteins from patients' tumors, American researchers have created a vaccine that can put off lymphoma relapses by 14 months. In one study, a cocktail of the vaccine and two other... More »

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cancer • cancer vaccine • lymphoma • study • immune system • tumors

Glowing Cancer Cells Signal Surgical Leap

New technique takes much of the guesswork out of tumor removal

Apr 25, 09 2:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surgery to remove tumors has always been a delicate undertaking. Surgeons must try to remove all of the cancerous cells while minimizing the loss of surrounding tissue, a task made harder by the fact that it’s difficult to tell the difference just by looking. No longer: Scientists have found... More »

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cancer • surgery • cancer research • Nobel Prize • tumors • fluorescence • Roger Tsien

 Robot Worms Offer
 Cancer Hope 

Tiny machines could identify, kill tumors early

May 13, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Little mechanical “worms” offer the latest hope for early detection—and eradication—of cancer. Researchers have created tiny machines that travel through the body, find tumors that are too small to see in normal scans, and then deliver drugs to kill them. The method has worked to spot tumors... More »

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cancer • MIT • medical research • tumors • University of California at San Diego • UC Santa Barbara

OPINION

New Cancer Scan Promising, But Much Testing Remains

Dramatic decrease in mortality rate is contested by scientists

Apr 24, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A study claiming to dramatically reduce the risk of lung-cancer death is the object of intense scientific debate, Philip Boffey writes in the New York Times. Researchers screened asymptomatic smokers with spiral CT scans, which are more sensitive than the traditional chest X-ray. They estimate 92% of those found to... More »

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lung cancer • medical research • tumors • cancer screening • cancer prevention • spiral CT scans • chest X-ray

 Skin Cancer of
 Scalp, Neck Deadlier 

Tumors' location indicates survival chances

Apr 22, 08 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Melanoma is the rarest, deadliest form of skin cancer, but new research shows that a tumor's location is an indicator of survival chances. An analysis of 50,000 cases over a decade shows patients with lesions on the scalp and neck died twice as quickly as patients with lesions elsewhere,... More »

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skin cancer • survival rates • University of North Carolina • melanoma • tumors • scalp • neck • lesions

FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer

Ruling rejects own panel's advice;
drug now used for lung, colon treatment

Feb 22, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has approved a drug currently prescribed to treat lung and colon cancer for use on breast cancer patients, the AP reports. The decision defies the advice of the FDA's own advisory panel, which recommended that Avastin not be used to treat breast cancer on the grounds that it... More »

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FDA • breast cancer • lung cancer • colon cancer • Genentech • mortality • tumors • Avastin

Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

Revolutionized treatment by cutting off blood supply to tumors

Jan 16, 08 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Cancer researcher Judah Folkman, whose insights and tenacity spawned a whole new branch of oncology, died Monday at age 74, the Boston Globe reports. Folkman pioneered the notion that cancer tumors could be halted if their blood supply was cut off; he persevered despite decades of skepticism in the field... More »

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cancer • Harvard Medical School • Boston • obituary • cancer research • tumors • blood vessels • Judah Folkman

Sun Exposure May Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer

Residents of darker locales have higher rates of disease, new research shows

Dec 18, 07 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Lack of exposure to sunlight may increase the risk of lung cancer, a study of 111 countries shows. Smoking is the risk factor most closely associated with the disease, accounting for as many as 85% of cases, but limited access to UV rays is second, the Telegraph reports. Vitamin D,... More »

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lung cancer • skin cancer • oncology • tumors • vitamin D

Researchers Find New Breast Cancer Marker

Discovery predicts which early tumors will become cancerous

Dec 17, 07 5:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of women may avoid unnecessary treatment for breast cancer in the future, thanks to the discovery of a means to predict which precancerous breast tumors will become cancerous, the Chicago Tribune reports. Researchers found molecular markers that can be used to identify—out of 50,000 women... More »

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medical breakthrough • breast cancer • tumors • precancerous tumors

New Key to Breast Cancer Discovered

Understanding BRCA1 mutation may lead
to new treatments

Dec 10, 07 4:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists believe they've made a breakthrough discovery in why a certain genetic mutation can cause a particularly deadly form of breast cancer. Mutations in the BRCA1 gene are apparently linked to the loss of an important protein, PTEN, that checks cell growth, according to a new study in the journal... More »

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breast cancer • genetic mutation • BRCA1 • tumors • PTEN

Lab-Created Mice Resist Cancer

Enhanced activity of a certain gene produces selective cancer cell elimination

Nov 28, 07 6:39 PM CST
(Newser) - A mouse seemingly invulnerable to cancerous tumors has been engineered, Science Daily reports. Researchers at the University of Kentucky introduced a more active version of the Par-4 gene—which appears able to differentiate cancer cells from healthy ones, then kills them—into mouse embryos. They found that the enhanced mice... More »

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cancer • chemotherapy • tumors • transgenic mice

Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's

Breakthrough diagnosis could aid treatment

Oct 15, 07 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new blood test not only diagnoses Alzheimer's, but it can predict with 91% accuracy who will suffer from the disease in the future, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The test, developed by San Francisco company Satoris, identifies the disease by detecting unusual activity in 18 proteins associated with... More »

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stroke • diagnosis • blood tests • proteins • National Institute on Aging • tumors • Mayo Clinic • Patrick Lynn • Satoris • Alzheimer's Disease

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