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OncoGenex Announces That The Borealis-2(TM) Clinical Trial Of OGX-427 In Previously Treated Metastatic Bladder Cancer Is Now Open For Enrollment

The OGX-427 ORCA™ Program Continues to Expand with Patient Enrollment Now Open for Second Phase 2 Trial of OGX-427 in Advanced Bladder Cancer OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc…

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Side Effects of Traditional Prostate Surgery

Dr Samadi joins NewsMax Health to talk about the side effects of traditional prostate cancer surgery. With a traditional open prostatectomy, the patient is m…

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Minimally Invasive Surgery for Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Yields Optimal Outcomes for Patients

Minimally invasive laparoscopic colorectal surgery allows surgeons to perform many common colon and rectal procedures through small incisions and depending on the type of procedure, patients may leave the hospital in a few days and return to normal activities more quickly than patients recovering from open surgery.

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Teen’s Genomics Project Could Impact Cancer Treatment

Pennsylvania’s Jonah Kallenbach, 17, won second place in Intel’s Science Talent Search contest for his bioinformatics and genomics research to could open doors to new treatments for breast and ovarian cancer.

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Embracing social coding: Software development by the people, for the people

The U.S. National Cancer Institute has leapt aboard the open-development train. Soon, anyone in the world will be able to easily tap into and contribute to the NCI’s cancer informatics resources — and the community will determine development priorities.

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Cancer Hijacks Cell Scaffolding Protein Fascin-1

A protein involved in the internal cell scaffold is associated with increased risk of metastasis and mortality in a range of common cancers finds a meta-analysis published in Biomed Central’s open access journal BMC Medicine. The protein, fascin-1, is involved in bundling together the actin filaments which form the internal scaffolding of a cell and are involved in cell movement…

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Novel Designed Molecules Could Stop Colon Cancer Metastasis

A Basque research consortium has managed to stop the development of colon cancer and its liver metastasis in an experimental model using mice. This breakthrough, which could open new avenues for the future treatment of these pathologies, has been achieved by creating molecules that interfere with the tumour cells adhering to other cells in the body…

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Stem Cell Regeneration After Radiation Damage Aided By Growth Factor

Epidermal growth factor has been found to speed the recovery of blood-making stem cells after exposure to radiation, according to Duke Medicine researchers. The finding could open new options for treating cancer patients and victims of dirty bombs or nuclear disasters…

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Duke study finds growth factor aids stem cell regeneration after radiation damage

Epidermal growth factor has been found to speed the recovery of blood-making stem cells after exposure to radiation, according to researchers from Duke Medicine (home of the Duke Cancer Institute). The finding could open new options for treating cancer patients and victims of dirty bombs or nuclear disasters.

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Evolutionary Explanations For Why We Get Cancer

Over 500 billion cells in our bodies will be replaced daily, yet natural selection has enabled us to develop defenses against the cellular mutations which could cause cancer. It is this relationship between evolution and the body’s fight against cancer which is explored in a new special issue of the Open Access journal Evolutionary Applications…

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