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Tuesday, 30 August 2005
PROTEIN TEST MAY IMPROVE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED BREAST CANCER
Testing secondary tumours that have spread around the body for the protein HER-2 may help doctors decide the most effective treatment for some patients with advanced breast cancer, concludes a study published today (Tuesday) in the British Journal of Cancer.
Tuesday, 30 August 2005
MOBILE PHONE USE AND RISK OF CANCER
Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research have today published results from the largest investigation to date into the relationship between mobile phone use and the risk of acoustic neuroma, a nervous system tumour that occurs close to where mobile phones are held to the head.
Tuesday, 9 August 2005
NEW ADVANCE IN PROSTATE CANCER MANAGEMENT
Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research have developed a technique, which will markedly help in predicting the behaviour of prostate cancer.
Tuesday, 19 July 2005
SCIENTISTS FIND CLUES TO NEW TARGETS FOR CERVICAL VACCINES
Research unravelling the body�s immune response to the human papilloma virus (HPV), the major cause of cervical cancer, has given scientists important clues to new targets for vaccines against the disease. HPV has been linked to almost all cases of cervical cancer and researchers are currently trying to develop effective vaccines against the virus to both prevent and treat the disease.
Tuesday, 19 July 2005
FERTILITY BOOST FOR TESTICULAR CANCER PATIENTS
The vast majority of men who try to have a family, following treatment for testicular cancer, are able to father children - according to a report published today in the British Journal of Cancer.
Tuesday, 5 July 2005
NEW TOOL TO INVESTIGATE THE EARLY STAGES OF OVARIAN CANCER
Scientists in Japan may have found a way to unlock the 'black box' of early molecular changes that can lead to ovarian cancer. The team's research, published today in the British Journal of Cancer, details the first human ovarian cell line capable of multiplying repeatedly in the laboratory without accumulating genetic damage.
