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Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients
News brief: Age-specific evaluation of HPV DNA testing vs. cytology screening
FDA-approved drugs eliminate, prevent cervical cancer in mice
Hundreds of genes distinguish patients likely to survive advanced melanoma
Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, UCI study finds
For young boys with cancer, testicular tissue banking may be option to preserve fertility
Date: Mon, Nov 09
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In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have used tissue engineering techniques to completely ...
[more]News brief: Age-specific evaluation of HPV DNA testing vs. cytology screening
Date: Mon, Nov 09
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing with cytology triage is more sensitive than conventional cytology screening for detecting cervical lesions, according to a new study published online Nov. 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Cytology ...
[more]FDA-approved drugs eliminate, prevent cervical cancer in mice
Date: Mon, Nov 09
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have eliminated cervical cancer in mice with two FDA-approved drugs currently used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis. ...
[more]Hundreds of genes distinguish patients likely to survive advanced melanoma
Date: Mon, Nov 09
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Some patients can live for years with melanoma that has spread beyond the skin to other organs. Now it may be possible to identify which patients are more likely to survive by analyzing the activity of hundreds of genes involved in the immune response an...
[more]Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, UCI study finds
Date: Mon, Nov 09
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Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study....
[more]For young boys with cancer, testicular tissue banking may be option to preserve fertility
Date: Mon, Nov 09
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Boys diagnosed with cancer before reaching puberty have a unique option for possibly preserving future fertility, which is often endangered by cancer therapies. In an experimental procedure, the boys can have a tiny portion of their testis removed and f...
[more]Radiology procedure may help increase long-term survival in patients with severe liver cancer
In patients with unresectable (unable to be removed by surgery) liver cancer, an interventional radiology procedure called triple-drug transcatheter ...
Nov 20, 2009
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