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Test ties chemotherapy to possible breast cancer spread
Using a test for predicting whether tumours will metastasize, or spread, a research team found…
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New way of predicting kidney function could improve chemotherapy dosing for many cancer patients
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new statistical model which estimates kidney…
Time since chemotherapy may predict response to olaparib in ovarian cancer
Women with advanced ovarian cancer who begin treatment with olaparib are more likely to respond…
Liquid biopsies: a non-invasive look at treatment response
A new study, to be presented at the ESMO 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, shows…
Right-sided colorectal tumors: An internal radiation advantage
For patients with colorectal cancer that has metastasised to the liver, having a primary tumour…
Promising new therapeutic approach rebuilds and strengthens bones in multiple myeloma
An Australian-led research team has demonstrated a new therapeutic approach that can rebuild and strengthen…
Existing drugs could benefit patients with bone cancer, genetic study suggests
A subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma – a form of bone cancer – could be…
Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy
Two challenges in treating patients with estrogen-positive breast cancer (ER+) have been an inability to…
Using ‘sticky’ nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body’s cancer defenses
After radiation treatment, dying cancer cells spit out mutated proteins into the body. Scientists now…
EHA: Early metabolic response determination by FDG-PET allows substantial reduction of chemo and toxicity for advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma is the most common malignancy of young adults. Intensive chemotherapy with 8 or…