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Berry gives boost to cervical cancer therapy

Anne LI                         1/5/18   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. One of the most common treatments for cervical cancer is radiation. While…...

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Radiation therapy algorithm could reduce side effects, maintain effect against tumors

Anne Li                            1/5/18   Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a mathematical model for computing radiation therapy treatments that could substantially reduce patient side effects while delivering the same results as conventional radiation therapy. Cancer…...

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Dirt-dwelling microbe produces potential anti-melanoma weapon

Anne LI                              1/5/18   A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State University shows. The molecule is a secondary metabolite, also known as a natural product, of…...

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Viruses may boost immunotherapy in brain and breast cancer

Anne Li                       1/5/18   Infecting tumours with viruses may boost the success of immunotherapy for brain and breast cancers, according to two new studies. Immunotherapy treatments can trigger impressive responses in patients with a handful of advanced cancers. But success…...

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Alcohol and cancer: This is how booze damages DNA inside cells

Anne Li                            1/5/18   Every January, people across the UK make New Year’s resolutions. And cutting down on alcohol often appears on the list. That’s because despite being engrained in the social culture of millions of people…...

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Men twice as likely to develop oral cancer

Anne Li                                                                                     December 12th, 2017   Men are more…...

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Immune-boosting antibody combination could improve lymphoma survival

Anne Li                                                                                     December 12th, 2017   Combining two different…...

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Tackling ‘undruggable’ genes in lung and pancreatic cancers is this researcher’s life

Anne Li                                                                                     December 10th, 2017   There comes a…...

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Big data analysis predicts risk of radiotherapy side effects

Anne Li                                                                                     November 10th, 2017   Analysing big data…...

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Test could diagnose oesophageal cancer 8 years earlier

Anne Li                                                                                     November 10th, 2017   A new genetic…...

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