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Showing 4351 - 4359Mayo Clinic: New DNA Sequences Hone in on Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have identified new DNA sequences associated with breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The findings, which appear in three studies in the journals PLoS Genetics and Nature Genetics, will help reveal the underlying causes of these diseases and help researchers...
ASCO Completes Prototype for CancerLinQ™, Marking First Demonstration of a “Learning Health System” to Transform Cancer Care
The American Society of Clinical Oncology announced yesterday that it has completed a prototype of CancerLinQ™, the Society’s groundbreaking health information technology (HIT) initiative to achieve higher quality, higher value cancer care with better outcomes for patients. The...
Highlights of the NCCN 18th Annual Conference Include Expert Roundtables, Presentation of New Guidelines for Survivorship
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) held the NCCN 18th Annual Conference: Advancing the Standard of Cancer Care™, March 13-17, 2013, at The Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Florida. The latest updates in clinical practice decision-making in cancer care were presented, including, but ...
Inherited Genetic Variations Have a Major Impact on Childhood Leukemia Risk
Humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes that carry instructions for assembling the proteins that do the work of cells. Work led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital found that children who inherit certain variations in four particular genes are at much higher risk of developing acute...
NCCN Adds Two New Member Institutions
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) announced today the addition of two new NCCN Member Institutions: UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, California, and the University of Colorado Cancer Center in Aurora, Colorado. "We are extremely pleased that UC San Diego Moores Cancer...
Tackling Tobacco Consumption and Improving Vaccination Access Are Two of the Best Ways to Reduce Global Cancer Burden
Combatting the tobacco industry’s tactics in the world’s poorest countries as well as ensuring the best cancer vaccines are available to those most in need are key in order to reduce the number of cancer deaths worldwide, according to a new report published in the journal Science...
Prospective Study Finds Many Children with Retinoblastoma Can Safely Forego Adjuvant Chemotherapy
New results from a prospective clinical trial conducted in France show that children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need adjuvant chemotherapy to prevent disease recurrence or metastasis; the results also suggest that certain patients with intermediate-risk disease can receive less aggressive...
Researchers Identify Variations in Four Genes That Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer
An international research team co-led by cancer prevention researcher Ulrike Peters, PhD, MPH, and biostatistician Hsu Li, PhD, at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified variations in four genes that are linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Dr. Peters and...
Less Invasive Treatment Is Associated with Improved Survival in Early-stage Breast Cancer
Patients with early-stage breast cancer who were treated with lumpectomy plus radiation may have a better chance of survival compared with those who underwent mastectomy, according to Duke Medicine research. The study, which appeared online January 28, 2013, in the journal Cancer, raises new...
