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SNMMI publishes appropriate use criteria for bone scintigraphy in prostate and breast cancer
The US Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC)…
Vitamin D, calcium supplements do not significantly reduce breast cancer risk among older women
Among healthy postmenopausal women, supplementation with vitamin D3 and calcium compared with placebo did not…
Exposure to BPA substitute, BPS, multiplies breast cancer cells
Bisphenol S (BPS), a substitute for the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in the plastic industry,…
AACR 2017: Many childhood cancer survivors carry mutations in cancer risk genes, raising chance of later disease
Whole-genome sequencing conducted on a large cohort of childhood cancer survivors indicated that many survivors…
AACR 2017: Triple-negative breast cancer patients who responded to immunotherapy had long-term survival benefit
Among patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who were treated with the anti-PD-L1 cancer…
Biomarker identified for likely aggressive, early stage breast cancer
The one-size-fits-all approach to early stage breast cancer creates a paradox: Millions of dollars are…
Can the study of epigenomics lead to personalised cancer treatment?
Fabian V. Filipp, University of California, Merced Molecular insight into our own DNA is now…
Researchers gain insight into breast cancer drug resistance
Breast cancer’s ability to develop resistance to treatment has frustrated researchers and physicians and has…
Breast cancer drugs stop working when tumours ‘make their own fuel’
Scientists have discovered why a type of breast cancer drug stops working in some patients.…
‘First in human’ trial defines safe dosage for ONC201 for solid tumours
A ‘first in human’ clinical trial examining the small molecule drug ONC201 in cancer patients…