Cancer vaccine combination therapy shows survival benefit in breast cancer

( University of California - Davis Health System ) A vaccine that targets cancer cells in combination with the drug letrozole, a standard hormonal therapy against breast cancer, significantly increased survival when tested in mice, a team of UC Davis investigators has found.

Molecular subtypes and genetic alterations may determine response to lung cancer therapy

( University of North Carolina School of Medicine ) A UNC-led team of scientists has shown for the first time that lung cancer molecular subtypes correlate with distinct genetic alterations and with patient response to therapy. These findings in pre-clinical models and patient tumor samples build on their previous report of three molecular subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer and refines their ...

Patent of the week: Cancer therapy gantry

Dejan Trbojevic of Wading River has invented a gantry for medical particle therapy facility. This gantry is used in cancer therapy and is used to deliver a beam of particles such as protons from a single source to one of a plurality of patient treatment stations for cancer therapy. In these systems, a cancerous tumor [...]

Chavez ends 'successful' cancer therapy

Venezuela’s President Hugo has returned home after 11 days of radiation therapy in Cuba, stressing he has successfully completed his cancer treatment.

RNA regulator of melanoma could be a new target for cancer therapy

( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer, estimated by the National Cancer Institute to afflict more than 70,000 people in the United States annually and the incidence rate continues to rise. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have identified a previously unknown non-coding RNA that plays an important role in the biology of ...

Some Doctors Unaware of Long-Term Effects of Cancer Care

Doctors need to be better educated about the significant long-term side effects of chemotherapy that may affect their cancer survivor patients.

Biomarker for Malignant Breast Cancer Shows Promise for Diagnosis, Therapy

Early diagnosis of breast cancer is crucial to the long-term survival of patients. One tool upon which clinicians increasingly rely is the use of molecular markers to identify malignancies. A collaborative study involving investigators from Mayo Clinic and Children’s Memorial Research Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, led by Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD and Edith Perez, MD ...

Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant recipients

Statins prevent cancer and reduce death from all causes in heart transplant recipients. The findings were independent of cholesterol levels.

US Patent Innovations, LLC Completes Technology Transfer Agreement with George Washington University and Johns Hopkins ...

TAKOMA PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USPI acquires cold plasma therapy for development of cancer eradication therapy

'Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant patients'

Bern, May 20 (IANS) Statins prevent cancer and reduce death from all causes in heart transplant recipients, independently of cholesterol levels, says a new study.