Hospitals Look to Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer
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A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of Americaâs health system, experts say.
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Thousands more lung cancer patients each year could be offered surgery or other aggressive therapy under a new system that classifies many tumors as more treatable than in the past.
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In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers.
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US researchers have found a way to use an antibiotic to correct a flaw in cancer cells that allows them to avoid the normal death process.
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Cancer cells often have a way of  outsmarting new targeted drug therapies, but U.S. researchers  said on Thursday a combination of targeted drugs could shut  down a tumor&#39;s backup plan, resulting in much more effective  treatments.
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Using ultraviolet light may one day  offer a "double whammy" to kill cancer cells by better focusing  antibody-based drugs and triggering the body's own defenses to  eliminate tumors, researchers said on Tuesday.
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A new treatment developed at Newcastle University uses light-sensitive antibodies that allow doctors to target tumours with precision, leaving healthy tissues untouched.
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A third of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative therapies, research suggests.
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Democrat John Edwards said Sunday he is offering a strategy for dealing with cancer that would bolster research funding, create support networks for people dealing with the disease and encourage lifestyle changes to help keep others from getting it.
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Therapies that target the basic mechanisms of cancer have become the weapons of choice in the fight against the deadly disease, researchers said at a major doctors&#39; conference in the United States.
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Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.
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A paint which illuminates cancer cells could help surgeons remove tumours accurately, scientists say.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.
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Researchers at Indiana University, Ohio State University and the University of Missouri have begun a five-year, $8 million project that will help doctors better understand the damage caused by breast and ovarian cancers.
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A hospital here is taking part in a clinical trial designed to improve the sex drives of female cancer survivors.
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Honey and royal jelly could become part of the arsenal of weapons against cancer, researchers say.
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Scientists have launched a pre-emptive attack against the development of resistance to breast cancer treatments.