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Inhibitor drug improves overall survival in older radioiodine resistant thyroid cancer

Anne Li                                     6/17/17                                       For more information please email: anne2001.li@gmail.com   The drug lenvatinib can…...

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Giving children a voice in clinical trials

Anne Li                               6/17/17                                        For more information please email: anne2001.li@gmail.com   Children as young as 8 years…...

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Study questions whether mistaken antibodies led cancer research down a 20-year dead end

Anne Li                                    6/17/17                                For more information please email: anne2001.li@gmail.com   For nearly two decades researchers have sought a…...

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Blood cell discovery identifies patients with aggressive prostate cancer

Anne Li                                  6/17/17   Patients who have aggressive prostate cancer could be identified by a highly accurate and simple blood test, according to an early study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The…...

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A mechanical trigger for toxic tumor therapy

Anne Li                         6/17/17   Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancerous and transform into tumors. Some, like skin cancer, are relatively accessible to treatment via surgery or radiation, which minimizes damage to healthy cells;…...

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Scientists may have found a new way to halt lung cancer growth

Anne Li                             6/17/17   The gene p53 functions normally as a cnacer suppressor but mutated versions of the gene have been implicated in the development and growth of nearly half of all human cancers. Now, for…...

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Crucial cutting enzyme maps sites of DNA damage in leukemias and other cancers

Anne LI                                    6/17/17   Researchers studing a DNA-cutting enzyme with a crucial role in regulating the structure of genes that have discovered a broad role for its cutting activity in driving abnormal genetric…...

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Targeting immune cells that help tumors stay hidden could improve immunotherapy

Anne Li                              6/17/17   Researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of medicine and UPMC have discovereda clue that could unlock the potential of immunotherapy drugs to successfully treat more cancers. The finding, published in Cell, were…...

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Radiation therapy vital to treating brain tumors, but it exacts a toll

Anne Li                                6/9/17   Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like x-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in successfully treating patients with brain tumors, but it is also associated with significant…...

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Researchers uncover new instruction manual to repair broken DNA

Anne LI                                  6/9/17   Drexel University and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have discovered how the Rad52 protein is a crucial player in RNA-dependent DNA repair. The results of their study, published in Molecular…...

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