Device to Limit Chemotherapy Side Effects
Researchers have developed a device that can limit the side effects of chemotherapy.
Genetic Test to Predict Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
Researchers are developing a genetic test to predict prostate cancer aggressiveness, which could save men with low-risk tumours from unnecessary surgery.
Local Chemotherapy Delivery to Tumours
Royal Philips Electronics and Eindhoven University of Technology announced an important development in MRI-guided local drug delivery for cancer treatment. Image-guided drug delivery has been studied by scientists all around the world for almost a decade because it may enable a beneficial increase in tumor chemotherapy drug levels, thereby increasing treatment efficacy without an increase in adverse side effects. The joint research team has now demonstrated in pre-clinical studies that an improved local drug uptake in tumors is achieved, and that it can be visualised and measured in real time.
Cadila Aims to take 30 Percent share of Oncology drugs
Cadila will supply the oncology drug to joint venture partner Hospira.
Researchers Develop Tumour Tracking Technique
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in the US have developed a robotic tumour-tracking technique that could improve cancer treatment.
Southampton scientists develop new leukaemia cancer vaccine
A new cancer treatment which strengthens a patient’s immune system and enables them to fight the disease more effectively is being trialled on patients for the first time in the UK.
Native American Ancestry Linked to Greater Risk of Relapse
The first genome-wide study to demonstrate an inherited genetic basis for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival linked Native American ancestry with an increased risk of relapse in young leukemia patients.
New Laser Technology for Pain-Free Cancer Biopsies
New laser technology that could take the pain out of cancer biopsies has been developed by researchers at Michigan State University, US.
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Latest inroads of technology
The advanced technology and accessible treatment has made the once dreaded disease curable today.
Camera pills could be new Hi-Tech disease detection method
A scanning fibre endoscope can be fitted into a casing usually used for covering medicines, and which is small enough to be swallowed. The devices records 15 colour images per second with a resolution of more than 500 lines per inch.
Portable, inexpensive ‘lab-on-a-chip’ a hit
It’s common knowledge that to carry out genetic tests, one would need expensive, state-of-the-art laboratory. But that might soon change thanks to a group of Canadian scientists who’ve developed a “lab-on-a-chip” device to conduct these tests. What is interesting about the device is that it’s supposed to be portable, inexpensive, and efficient.
Cancer drug, when combined, boosts death risk
The cancer drug Avastin, also known as bevacizumab, is linked to a higher risk of death when combined with chemotherapy, said a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
