- A new Cancer Genomics Portal enables researchers to discover new patterns in data. The portal is developed and maintained by the Computational Biology Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- Survivors of young adult and adolescent cancers tend to smoke more and exercise less than people without a history of cancer.
- Pancreatic Cancer may develop faster with a high fat/calorie diet.
- Development of a biomarker panel to screen for pancreatic cancer is underway.
Category Archives: Cancer Research News
Cancer Research News: June 6 – June 19
- The number of Americans who are cancer survivors are growing.
- Patients with NK/T-cell Lymphoma may benefit from a treatment that targets the JAK3 Gene.
- Research indicates that CT scans on children increase their risk of cancer.
- The path to personalized cancer medicine aided by genomic information is progressing.
Cancer Research News: May 30 – June 5
- Sunitinib has been approved for treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
- In a clinical trial, Olanzapine was shown to control chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
- The NCI is aiming its anti-smoking text message program at teen smokers.
- A new class of cancer drugs use antibodies to deliver targeted chemotherapy, reducing side effects.