Cancer Research News
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The U.K. is piloting a new genetic test developed by Illumina Inc. to help cancer patients and their doctors better identify appropriate treatments and help determine if relatives have cancer risk.
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Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy is fueling debate among the thousands of women at risk of developing breast cancer who want to know how, if and when to have their breasts removed.
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An analysis of the most common uterine cancer suggests the disease should be reclassified into four categories that may help lead to more targeted treatments.
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Richard Perry, president of Perry Partners LP and chairman of Barneys New York, was in his very red library last night when he pulled out a copy of Life magazine from 1964.
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Charles Manby, a senior partner at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., will lead a 100 million-pound ($152 million) fundraising campaign for the Francis Crick Institute, which will be Europe’s largest biomedical research center.
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Rebecca Riggins, a Georgetown University cancer researcher, has had to freeze her work amid federal funding cuts brought on by sequestration. Literally.
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Scientists have crafted an experimental vaccine against advanced ovarian cancer that was safe and triggered an immune response using muscled-up blood cells primed by tumors that were taken from the patients.
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“The Rome Prize is a gateway drug, and it is downhill forever after, trying to get back to Rome,” said Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president and chief executive of the American Academy in Rome.
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A simple blood sample turned up cancer-causing mutations more frequently than a tumor biopsy in a study that suggests the approach could help deliver a clearer picture of the disease and better tailor patients’ treatments.
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Children whose mothers have an increased exposure to air pollution from motor vehicles while pregnant may have a higher chance of developing certain cancers, a study found.
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