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Discarded immune cells induce the relocation of stem cells

The study reveals a surprising coordination between two fundamental body systems, the immune and the hematopoietic. The study has implications for the understanding of metastasis, because malignant stem cells involved in tumor formation could take advantage of this mechanism.

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Scientists put bowel cancer under the microscope

Researchers have begun a two-year study which could help prolong the lives of people with colorectal tumors.

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Promising Early Results For Use Of Poliovirus Vaccine In Recurrent Glioblastoma

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report…

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Poliovirus vaccine trial shows early promise for recurrent glioblastoma

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level.

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Racial disparities seen in U.S. lung cancer treatment

Racial disparities exist in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer among hospitals in the United States, according to a large new study.

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Ease Cancer Stress, Anxiety with ‘Emotional Wellness Toolbox’

A not-so-surprising new study shows stress reduces the effectiveness of drugs on prostate cancer, and even accelerates the disease’s development.

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Depressive Symptoms Are Linked To Early Death In Cancer Survivors

Depressed cancer survivors are twice as likely to die prematurely than those who do not suffer from depression, irrespective of the cancer site. That’s according to a new study, by Floortje Mols and colleagues, from Tilburg University in The Netherlands. Their work is published online in Springer’s Journal of Cancer Survivorship…

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Most cancer patients would like to talk with their doctors about financial concerns

Most cancer patients would like to talk about the cost of their care with their doctors, but often don’t because they fear the discussion could compromise the quality of their treatment, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report. Yet many patients who do broach the subject of finances believe it helps decrease costs. The study is slated for presentation June 3 at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

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Study Finds Broad Support For Rationing Of Some Types Of Cancer Care

The majority of cancer doctors, patients, and members of the general public support cutting health care costs by refusing to pay for drugs that don’t improve survival or quality of life, according to results of a new study that will be presented by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania during the annual meeting of the American Societ…

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Study brings greater understanding of tumor growth mechanism

A new study has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumor suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumors of the brain and nervous system.

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