Aspirin reduces risk of cancer recurrence in prostate cancer patients
May 3rd, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Scientists have found that aspirin can reduce cancer recurrence in patients with prostate cancer.Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have, in the largest study on this topic, found ... Read more...
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Stress, depression linked to shorter survival in cancer patients
April 29th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 29 (ANI): Till date, the biological mechanisms behind stress affecting tumour's ability to grow and spread in cancer patients were not well understood.Now, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center find ... Read more...
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Estrogen may promote spread of precancerous cells in oral cavity
January 4th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that estrogen may increase the movement of precancerous cells in the mouth and thus promote the spread of the disease ... Read more...
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Surgery effective for aggressive prostate cancer patients
September 28th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 28 (ANI): Surgery provides high survival rates for patients with aggressive prostate cancer, found a new study.The study is one of the first to focus exclusively on the outcomes after ... Read more...
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Adopting ’synthetic lethality’ could boost molecularly targeted cancer therapy
September 22nd, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): In a discovery that could improve molecularly targeted cancer therapies, researchers have hypothesized that using 'synthetic lethality'-hitting already weakened cancer cells with a second targeted agent could kill ... Read more...
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Why lung cancer rates are increasing in non-smoking women
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 2 (ANI): Scientists have found why lung cancer rates are increasing in women, particularly in non-smoking women.Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, led by Dr. Margie Clapper, worked in a ... Read more...
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Preoperative chemo response could predict survival in pancreatic cancer patients
May 30th, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 30 (ANI): Patients with pancreatic cancer whose tumours respond most to preoperative chemotherapy and radiation survive four times as long, on average, as those whose tumours respond least, researchers from ... Read more...
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Circulating tumour cells tied to poorer survival in pancreatic cancer sufferers
May 29th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Circulating tumour cells are associated with poorer survival in pancreatic cancer patients, a new American research has found.The study, conducted by researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, ... Read more...
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Smokers more likely to get their daughters vaccinated against HPV
February 8th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 08 (ANI): Parents who smoke or have been smokers in the past are more likely to get their daughters vaccinated against HPV, a new study claims.The study results, on correlates ... Read more...
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High levels of anti-Muellerian substance could increase breast cancer risk
October 10th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 10 (ANI): Women who have high levels of Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS), which are known for regulating in utero sexual differentiation in boys, could be more prone to breast cancer, ... Read more...
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Protein that supports aggressive breast cancer growth identified
October 4th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have demonstrated that a protein may be required for some of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer to grow.The findings, based ... Read more...
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How an embryonic gene may promote cancers in adults
July 29th, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have uncovered a gene that plays a key role in activating an oncogene, known as MYC, to promote cancer.The researchers have ... Read more...
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Why prostate cancer returns in some patients
May 28th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 28 (ANI): A new study has shed new light on why prostate cancer returns in some men despite receiving surgery or radiation therapy.While most men have an excellent outcome with ... Read more...
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Low oxygen levels in prostate tumours can help predict odds of cancer recurrence
May 16th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Low-oxygen regions in prostate tumours can be used to predict the recurrence of cancer in a patient, say scientists.Researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center came to ... Read more...
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World’’s first successful VIKY robot assisted surgery to treat pancreatic tumours performed
March 25th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): A surgeon at Fox Chase Cancer Center has successfully performed the world''s first minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY system''s revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder.Developed in ... Read more...
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Proteins that could yield predictive markers for pancreatic cancer identified
March 11th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a handful of proteins in incredibly tiny amounts that may one day help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion ... Read more...
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Two-headed antibody-like molecule may help slow cancer progression
November 14th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 14 (ANI): Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center say that they have created an antibody-like molecule that may help slow the progression of cancer.
The researchers said that the ... Read more...
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Breast cancer survivors have high quality of life compared to general population
September 22nd, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): Breast cancer patients who have been treated with lumpectomy and radiation have a high level of overall quality of life even after 15 years of treatment, according ... Read more...
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”Tanorexia”: College students” latest addiction!
September 3rd, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): More than 25 percent students of a large university are addicted to tanning, a new study has found.
All the students having symptoms of tanning dependence also ... Read more...
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Shape-shifting protein may form the basis of unbeatable, species-specific antibiotics
June 21st, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center say that a small molecule, which locks an essential enzyme in an inactive form, may someday provide researchers with insights significant ... Read more...
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Molecule that can shut down a cancer-promoting enzyme identified
April 19th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 19 (ANI): Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have come up with a way to clamp down on a cancer promoting enzyme called the p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1).
The ... Read more...
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Men ignorant of their cancer risk when female relatives test positive for gene mutation
December 15th, 2007 - 2:10 pm ICT by admin
Washington , Dec 15 (ANI): Researchers, exploring how families communicate genetic test results, have concluded that men are unaware of the risk that they are more prone to developing cancer, if their ... Read more...
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Smoking does not result in more aggressive or advanced breast cancers
November 14th, 2007 - 3:00 am ICT by admin
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