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Down-Staged Liver Cancer Associated With Good Post-Transplant Outcomes

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

Patients with liver cancer can become viable candidates for transplantation if their tumors respond to treatment, a new study suggests. This report is in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is available online at Wiley Interscience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/).
Early And Accurate Detection Of Bowel Cancer With RanplexCRC - Detects 28 Polymorphisms Associated With Colorectal Cancer In A Single Stool Sample

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

RanplexCRC is a diagnostic test that can detect 28 polymorphisms associated with colorectal cancer in a single stool sample. It does not require a hospital visit or dietary restrictions, while having greater sensitivity than the currently used Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) screening test. RanplexCRC may more accurately profile patients and reduce the number of patients for colonoscopy, saving time and resources and reducing patient discomfort.
An Advance On New Generations Of Chemotherapy And Antiviral Drugs

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Researchers are describing progress toward developing a new generation of chemotherapy agents that target and block uncontrolled DNA replication - a hallmark of cancer, viral infections, and other diseases - more effectively than current drugs in ways that may produce fewer side effects. Their article is scheduled for the Aug. 27 issue of ACS' Biochemistry, a weekly journal. In the article, Anthony J.
Study Suggests A Possible Way To Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. The WVU researchers' study has just been published in the September issue of the Springer journal Metabolic Brain Disease.

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Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News (4 unread)

Down-Staged Liver Cancer Associated With Good Post-Transplant Outcomes

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

Early And Accurate Detection Of Bowel Cancer With RanplexCRC - Detects 28 Polymorphisms Associated With Colorectal Cancer In A Single Stool Sample

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

An Advance On New Generations Of Chemotherapy And Antiviral Drugs

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Study Suggests A Possible Way To Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT