A new study suggests early palliative care may actually be a better form of treatment for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer than traditional curative care. Patients in the study who were assigned palliative care reported an overall better quality of life, lower levels of depression and survived longer than their traditionally treated counterparts. The findings, […]
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What do computer engineers, physicists and mathematicians have to offer in the fight against cancer? As it turns out, quite a lot. In a new collaboration that finds these non-medical professionals teaming up with oncologists, these new enlistees in the war on cancer have been tasked with turning the disease into a mathematical formula. Working
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A new report put together by the American Cancer Society (ACS) suggests that cancer places more of a burden on the global economy than any other illness. This cost is not based on the amount of money used to treat the illness, but rather on economic cost of lives lost or disabled by cancer. Ultimately,
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Nanoparticles are finding early success in fighting the war on cancer. At Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, CA, researchers have shown how anticancer nanoparticles can be used to improve MRI imaging of tumors and improve the dissemination of cancer drugs directly to the site of cancer. These beneficial results are due the
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Reuters is reporting a new blood test that could identify mesothelioma at an early stage. The biotech company Somalogic, which specializes in developing diagnostic tests, announced a new technology that could allow doctors to identify mesothelioma in patients before they show visible symptoms. Somalogic scientists used blood samples from mesothelioma patients and were able to
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Studies into cancer stem cells and how they might be targeted for cancer treatment have been fervent over the past ten years. Indeed, there is a lot of evidence that suggests these unique cancer cells may lead to significant breakthroughs in treatment. However, as more and more research is being put into stem cells, researchers
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In 1796, Edward Jenner showed that the cowpox virus could be used to inoculate people against smallpox. Today, the same vaccine is being looked at as a potential treatment against cancer. Vaccinia poxvirus is just one of several viruses that has been hijacked for the purpose of killing cancer tumors (herpesvirus is another high profile
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New research suggests palliative care may not only ease suffering of lung cancer patients, but also increase lifespan. This insight comes on the heels of a study of 151 patients with advanced lung cancer. Among these patients, those that were given early palliative care typically been reserved for patients close to death were shown to
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What do computer engineers, physicists and mathematicians have to offer in the fight against cancer? As it turns out, quite a lot. In a new collaboration that finds these non-medical professionals teaming up with oncologists, these new enlistees in the war on cancer have been tasked with turning the disease into a mathematical formula. Working
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A startup company known as Foundation Medicine has just been launched with the primary goal of offering personalized genetic profiles of cancer genomes. The initiative is the first such available service, and aims to help cancer patients receive targeted cancer treatment. In recent years, doctors and researchers have come to realize the value of
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