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The Global Economic Burden of Tobacco: An Interview with Dr. Mark Parascandola

Anne Li                                1/29/17   NCI recently released The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control, the latest in a series of monographs on tobacco use and tobacco control. Produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the…...

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New Drug Formulary Will Help Expedite Use of Agents in Clinical Trials

Anne Li                          1/29/17   The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today launched a new drug formulary (the “NCI Formulary”) that will enable investigators at NCI-designated Cancer Centers to have quicker access to approved and investigational agents for use in…...

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Gene Discovery Offers Hope for Treating ER-positive Breast Cancer

Anne Li                                   1/15/17   Estrogen is an important female hormone that signals the breasts to form during puberty. It's a necessity for normal mammary gland development. Yet, in some cases, the hormone also…...

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Personalized Medicine: Redefining Cancer and Its Treatment

Anne Li                                1/15/17   The type of cancer a person has – and how it gets treated – is no longer just about where in the body the cancer started, such as in the breast…...

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NEW RESEARCH OFFERS HOPE FOR KAPOSI’S SARCOMA

Anne Li                                1/15/17   New research published by Worldwide Cancer Research scientist Professor Adrian Whitehouse and his team points to a potential new way to prevent the rare cancer Kaposi’s sarcoma. Their work is published in…...

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GROUND-BREAKING EVIDENCE THAT CANCER SPREAD IS INCREASED BY A HIGH FAT DIET AS RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEW CANCER-SPREADING PROTEIN

Anne LI                             1/15/17   A study partly funded by UK charity Worldwide Cancer Research and headed by Professor Salvador Aznar Benitah, at the Institute for Research in Barcelona (IRB) have identified for the first time a specific…...

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For Some Breast Cancer Survivors, Drug May Reduce Treatment-Related Joint Pain

Anne Li                                 1/15/17   A drug most commonly used to treat depression may also reduce joint pain in some women being treated for early-stage breast cancer, according to the results of a randomized clinical…...

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New Drug Formulary Will Help Expedite Use of Agents in Clinical Trials

Anne Li                        1/15/17   The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today launched a new drug formulary (the “NCI Formulary”) that will enable investigators at NCI-designated Cancer Centers to have quicker access to approved and investigational agents for use in preclinical…...

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Ibrutinib Relieves Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Symptoms

Anne Li                                1/15/17   The targeted cancer therapy ibrutinib (Imbruvica®) can effectively treat a common and serious complication of a type of stem cell transplant, findings from a small clinical trial show. Patients in the trial had blood…...

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Researchers reveal how cancer cells cope with genetic chaos

Anne Li                               1/15/17   Scientists have uncovered how tumours are able to grow despite significant damage to the structure and number of their chromosomes – the storage units of DNA – according to two new…...

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