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Language EnglishSeptember 19, 2017Stacy.MartinThe flu can cause serious problems for people with cancer. Protect yourself with an annual flu shot.
Conclusa la fase di pubblicazione sul sito dei bollettini 2017. Il sistema resterà comunque attivo fino alla fine di settembreData di pubblicazione: 19/09/2017
Read more...Adempimenti ai sensi del regolamento (UE) n. 725/2017Data di pubblicazione: 19/09/2017
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Science blog Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London has received the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on cancer prevention and detection. This prestigious prize is awarded annually to an outstanding researcher who has demonstrated a[…]
A recent study suggests that next-generation sequencing of circulating tumor DNA is feasible in carcinoma of unknown primary, which could facilitate targeted therapy for this hard-to-treat disease.
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Science blog Two studies show that targeted drugs and immunotherapy used for advanced melanomas could help people with earlier stage disease too. Both treatment options, an immunotherapy drug and a combination of targeted drugs, may reduce the risk that a[…]
In this interview we discuss new clinical guidelines from ASTRO on the use of radiotherapy in treating oropharyngeal cancer.
Read more...A 70-year-old woman with no history of smoking or asbestos exposure presented with dyspnea on exertion, nonproductive cough, left-sided pleuritic chest pain, and fatigue. Chest radiography revealed a large left pleural effusion and a mass in the left lower lobe.[…]
Read more...Circulating tumor cells isolated from early stages of lung cancer may be predictive of poor prognosis and could potentially be predictive biomarkers of disease recurrence.
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Language EnglishSeptember 14, 2017lidia.schapiraIn this month’s From the Editor’s Desk, Dr. Schapira reflects on the mutual trust and respect that can develop between oncologists and their patients.
Dr. Douglas R. Lowy and Dr. John T. Schiller of the National Cancer Institute receive the 2017 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for their significant research leading to the development of HPV vaccines.
Read more...A new NCI study identifies genes in cancer cells that are necessary for them to be killed by T cells, and therefore could be partially responsible for why immunotherapy doesn’t work in some patients.
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