Breast Cancer :: Local cells affect tamoxifen sensitivity
Breast cancer cells that express estrogen receptor (ER) can be treated with tamoxifen only as long as they remain sensitive to the drug.
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Breast Cancer :: Progression of breast cancer
Researchers have identified loss of Fiblin-2 as a marker of breast cancer progression since the protein is expressed by normal breast cells but lost in breast cancer cell lines and invasive breast tumors.
Prostate Cancer :: A better blood test for prostate cancer
New studies of a blood protein recently identified at Johns Hopkins, early prostate cancer antigen-2 (EPCA-2), may change the way men are screened for prostate cancer – a disease that kills tens of thousands of men every year.
Breast Cancer :: Early detection breast screening finds smaller, more treatable cancers
The BreastScreen Australia Program has been increasingly successful in detecting breast cancer over the last ten years, according to the eighth national monitoring report for the BreastScreen Australia Program, launched today by the Hon Tony Abbott, Minister for Health and Ageing at the Police & Community Youth Club (PCYC) in Coffs Harbour.
Cancer :: BDSI announces positive phase III clinical trial results
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) announced today statistically significant results with BEMA Fentanyl in cancer patients with breakthrough pain in its pivotal Phase III efficacy clinical trial for the product.
Cancer :: New treatment yields complete regression of a human cancer in mice
A simple modification in an anti-cancer treatment currently in clinical trials substantially improves the drug?s effectiveness and reduces side effects in experiments with laboratory mice, researchers are reporting in an article scheduled for the May 16 edition of ACS? Bioconjugate Chemistry, a bi-monthly journal.
Lung Cancer :: Gene analysis might explain ethnic differences in sensitivity to chemotherapy in lung cancer
Analysis of three genetic mechanisms that cause nonsmall cell lung cancer might explain why East Asians respond better than other ethnic groups to a certain type of chemotherapy, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found.
Lung Cancer :: Ireland Cancer Center researchers advance lung cancer treatment
Researchers at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center have developed methods for treating lung cancer cells that have become resistant to new anti-cancer agents.
Cancer :: US President Bush signs H.R. 1132, National Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection Program
The following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush at the signing of H.R. 1132, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act:
Cancer :: Sensors for diagnosing diseases like cancer by sniffing
A team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins.