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Canadian researchers discover new genetic link to premenopausal breast cancer
University of Alberta researchers have added a new genetic marker to the breast cancer map,…
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EHA 2019: Genomic evidence of residual disease in patients in remission prior to stem cell transplant; fate or opportunity for early intervention?
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a rare, highly fatal blood cancer. Allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation…
EHA 2019: Burning out the T-ALL engine: NADK is a new therapeutic target in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive cancer which is lethal to 15% of…
ASCO 2019: Cleveland researchers test novel gene therapy for glioblastoma
A novel gene therapy clinical trial at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and the Case…
ASCO 2019: Maintenance therapy with PARP inhibitor olaparib delays progression of BRCA-related pancreatic cancer
The randomised, phase III POLO trial found that maintenance therapy with the PARP inhibitor olaparib…
Pancreatic cancer specialist explains challenges of the disease and treatment advances
Nathan Bahary, University of Pittsburgh With Alex Trebek’s recent announcement that his pancreatic cancer is…
ASCO 2019: Drug targeting DNA damage response shows promise against cancers of anus and genitals
A precision medicine targeting a key protein which helps cancer cells to tolerate DNA damage…
Population DNA testing for disease risk is coming. Here are five things to know
Screening millions of healthy people for their risk of disease can be cost-effective. But it…
Nerve fibres in skin are involved in initiating neurofibromas in patients with disfiguring Neurofibromatosis 1
A study published today in PLOS ONE discovered the origin of severely disfiguring masses of cells,…
Research provides insight into genetic link to potential treatment response among BRCA1/2 breast cancer patients
New findings from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania…