by drstegallio | Apr 21, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors) are involved in the development and progression of many types of cancer and bowel cancer (colon carcinoma) in particular. So-called anti-EGFR antibodies are used in the treatment of bowel cancer patients, to inhibit EGFR....
by drstegallio | Apr 20, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl’s doctors gave her only a few months to live. Now a paper published January 17 in the journal eLife describes a new drug combination that has...
by drstegallio | Apr 19, 2017 | Cancer
Findings published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicate that higher consumption of grilled, barbecued, and smoked meat may increase the mortality risk among breast cancer survivors. In the study, entitled “Grilled, Barbecued, and Smoked...
by drstegallio | Apr 18, 2017 | Cancer
Men who have worked night shifts for more than 20 years, or who work night shifts without daytime napping, or sleep for more than ten hours per night on average may have an increased risk of cancer, according to a study published in Annals of Medicine. The study, led...
by drstegallio | Apr 17, 2017 | Cancer
Around one in six women (17 percent) diagnosed with breast cancer goes to her doctor with a symptom other than a lump — the most commonly reported breast cancer symptom, according to new research presented at the 2016 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)...
by drstegallio | Apr 15, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
Now a team led by researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute have identified a cellular process that cancer cells hijack to hoard cholesterol and fuel their growth. Identifying this process could inform the development of better ways to control cholesterol accumulation...
