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Soy component ‘helps fight colon cancer’

Washington, November 25 (ANI): Researchers have found a component in soy that can prevent and even treat colon cancer.

Scientists from Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland have claimed that the new class of therapeutic agents, known as Sphingadienes [...]

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‘Smart bombs’ could kill tumours

London, Nov 6 (ANI): Raising hopes of a breakthrough on prostate cancer, scientists are for the first time preparing to test a seek-and-destroy treatment -called “smart bombs”- on humans.

The “smart bombs” are so sophisticated that scientists are confident say they can destroy a tumour

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Study finds breast cancer changes with spread

London, Nov 4 (ANI): Almost 40 percent of breast cancer tumours change form as they spread, according to a UK study.

This, according to Breakthrough Breast Cancer scientists in Edinburgh, could mean that patients require changes to their treatment regime as well.

For the study, they analysed 211 tumours, which had spread to the lymph nodes in [...]

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Immune system-suppressing drugs ‘raise bladder cancer risk’

Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): In a recent study of possible triggers of cancer, scientists identified an increased risk to the bladders of patients taking drugs that suppress the immune system.

The findings came from a population-based, case-control study in New Hampshire.

Dartmouth epidemiologist Margaret R. Karagas and her team examined the long-term use of glucocorticoids by [...]

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Canadian scientists decode DNA of breast cancer tumor

Toronto, Oct 8 (ANI): For the first time, scientists have decoded the entire genome of a patient’s metastatic breast cancer-a breakthrough towards creating personalized cancer therapies using a patient’s genetic information.

The achievement could change how people think about the way cancer develops and provides new insights into which drugs could benefit patients the most.

“I’m excited [...]

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