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Researchers Discover New Pathways that Drive Metastatic Prostate Cancer Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:51 AM PST Elevated levels of Cyclin D1b could function as a novel biomarker of lethal metastatic disease in prostate cancer patients. Ulverston girl Tegan’s a cut above Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:46 AM PST A THOUGHTFUL little girl has surrendered her long locks to raise money for a cancer unit â€" after she was touched by the plight of her “best teacher ever”. miR-205 can be responsible for breast cancer Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:45 AM PST Scientists demonstrated that the microRNAs expression can be potentially responsible for the abnormal acini formation of breast cancer cells. They observed that the overexpression of the miR-205 influences the morphology of acini, linking this miRNA to breast epithelial cell transformation. miR-205 appears not to be a simple tumor-suppressor miRNA in breast as previously believed, but it can be ... Mother loses legal fight to stop son's cancer radiotherapy Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:44 AM PST A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding with him, lost a court battle on Friday to prevent him receiving radiotherapy. Androgen Deprivation May Be Harmful Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:43 AM PST The use of androgen deprivation therapies to prevent precancerous prostate abnormalities from developing into aggressive prostate cancer may have adverse effects in men with specific genetic alterations, according to research done at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. AACR and Kure It announce 2 Kidney Cancer Research grant recipients Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:42 AM PST ( American Association for Cancer Research ) The American Association for Cancer Research and Kure It are pleased to announce that William Y. Kim, M.D., and James W. Mier, M.D., will each receive a 2012 AACR-Kure It Grant for Kidney Cancer Research. Mother loses UK legal fight to stop son's cancer radiotherapy Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:40 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding with him, lost a court battle on Friday to prevent him receiving radiotherapy. Blue Outa success! Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:36 AM PST HARLAN -- The annual Blue Out event held Friday night at Harlan Community High School raised more than $7,000 for cancer research. Targeted Therapy Proves Effective Against Brain Tumors in Preclinical Studies Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:33 AM PST Researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the University of California at San Diego and CureFAKtor Pharmaceuticals have published the first evidence that inhibiting focal adhesion kinase with CFAK-Y15 can control the growth of glioblastoma tumors. Bats may hold clues to long life and disease resistance Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:30 AM PST The genes of long-living and virus resistant bats may provide clues to the future treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and cancer in people, researchers have found.

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