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Researchers Find Critical Step in Personalizing Cancer Treatments

Scientists have begun to reveal the order of the genetic aberrations in individual cancers in a finding they say is key to early diagnosis and personalized medicine.

“We know that each cancer is a collection of genetic malfunctions,” said Raymond Cho, Ph.D., an assistant clinical professor in the department of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). “We now show it is possible to determine which changes happen earlier and which ones… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on June 29, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

AIDS Patients Have Almost Seven-fold Increased Risk of Malignancies of the Stomach

Among people with AIDS, the risk of stomach and esophageal malignancies is higher than among the general population, according to research presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held April 2-6, 2011 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

“People diagnosed with AIDS are living longer due to improved therapies. However, they are at increased risk of developing a number of different cancers,… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on April 4, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments