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First line combination therapy improves progression-free survival in advanced lung cancer
Anne Li A new combination therapy for the first line treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) improves progression-free survival (PFS), according to results of the phase III IMpower150 trial presented at the ESMO…
Mechanism identified behind enzyme involved in liver and other human cancers
Anne Li To understand what has gone wrong when cancer occurs and to create new possibilities for treatment, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms behind what is happening at the cellular level. New…
Common virus may help inform treatment planning for stem cell transplant patients
Anne Li Most healthy people barely notice infection with the human cytomegalovirus (hCMV), a form of the herpes virus that has evolved with humans over thousands of years and usually lays dormant in the body…
Molecular beacon signals low oxygen with ultrasound
Anne Li Areas of hypoxia, or low oxygen in tissue, are hallmarks of fast-growing cancers and of blockages or narrowing in blood vessels, such as stroke or peripheral artery disease. Researchers have developed a way…
Cold discomfort: Increasing cancer rates and adaptation of living in extreme environments
Anne Li It is well known that cancer incidence is increasing worldwide, with pockets of human populations and geographical locations seemingly at higher risk than others. Researcher Konstantinos Voskarides, Ph.D., of the Univesity of Cyrpus’…
