- MD Anderson Cancer Center and Cooper University Health Care have announced that they are opening a combined cancer center in October on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus in Camden, NJ.
- MSKCC’s Dr. Charles L. Sawyers and Dr. Brian Druker have been awarded the 2013 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medicine Science in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia.
- Canadian researchers have revealed their results of MRIs that demonstrate changes in the heart muscle of children due to chemotherapy.
- Fibrous dysplasia has been discovered in an 120,000+ Year Old Neanderthal from Croatia.
Category Archives: Cancer Research News
Cancer Research News: May 22 – June 4
- Frequent history of heartburn was associated with higher risk for throat and vocal cord cancers.
- Evidence has been found that pazopanib, a drug used to treat kidney cancer, may prevent relapse of ovarian cancer.
- Colorectal cancers that are anti-EGFR resistant might be effectively treated with MET inhibitors.
- An experimental drug, lambrolizumab, shrank tumors in 38% of patients with advanced melanoma.
- Breakthrough therapies in cancer are being put on the fast track in FDA regulation.
Cancer Research News: May 7 – May 21
- Biology Direct reflects on 7 years of open peer review.
- NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discusses the impact of the sequester on biomedical research.
- The American College of Chest Physicians released updated lung cancer guidelines.
- Men who have sleep problems may have increased risk for prostate cancer.