Researchers have found the identification of a safe, effective treatment to mitigate toxicity after extensive radiation exposure to be challenging. Today, only a limited number of investigational drug candidates have emerged. However, according to a study led by scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston, a combination of two…

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Scientists at deCODE Genetics, a specialist company focused on analyzing and understanding the human genome, and academic collaborators from Iceland, The Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, the USA, the UK and Romania today report the discovery of a variant in the sequence of the human genome associated with risk of developing basal cell carcinoma of the skin (BCC), as well as prostate cancer and glioma, the most serious… Continue

A randomized, prospective study, published online December 6, 2010, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that regular use of sunscreen reduced the risk of developing melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – by half, including a 73% drop in risk for invasive melanoma The study included more than 1,600 adults participates in Australia.



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The risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from computed tomography (CT) may be lower than previously thought, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (November 28 - December 3, 2010, McCormick Place, Chicago).



"Radiation from medical imaging has gotten a tremendous amount of attention in recent years," said Aabed Meer, an M.D. candidate at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. "This is… Continue