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Did You Know…19th Century Medical Photography Lecture at Columbia ?

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Columbia University’s Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library is hosting a free lecture on 19th Century Medical Photography on April 3, 2014 as part of their History of the Health Science Lecture Series. The following is from their newsletter.

Ink and Silver: Medicine, Photography, and the Printed Book, 1845-1880
Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD, Coordinator of Public Services, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine
When: Thursday, April 3, 2014
(Refreshments, 5:30, Lecture 6pm)
Where: Russ Berrie Pavilion, Room 1, 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue at West 168th Street

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Increased PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer Reduces Mortality and more…

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  • The results of a study conducted by Umeå University in Sweden and MSK, have suggested that the greater the number of PSA tests for prostate cancer carried out in a geographic area, the lower the prostate cancer mortality in that area.  The increase in testing needs to be followed by early treatment to achieve these results.  There is controversy regarding increased PSA screening because it leads to overtreatment.
  • Investigators Jedd Wolchok and Dmitriy Zamarin of MSK collaborated with MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers to study synergism between oncolytic virotherapy and cancer immunotherapy to increase the immune response against cancerous tumors.  The researchers combined cancer immunotherapy and the Newcastle disease virus (NDV), a virus that initiates an immune response.  The results have been promising. Continue reading →

New discoveries in melanoma, glioblastoma and bladder cancer

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Here are a few highlights of cancer research news that have recently caught my attention:

  • Researchers at allied cancer institutes have found that patients with melanoma receiving the drug nivolumab had longer periods of remission.  The complete study is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
  • Anti-psychotic drugs offer new hopes for patients with glioblastoma according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
  • Researchers at the Dana Farber Institute have found an “exceptional” response from targeted drugs while treating a patient with advanced bladder cancer.  The study is published in the journal Cancer Discovery.

Please feel free to contact Marisol Hernandez for comments on the latest cancer research news.