Oncology patients with lower income are substantially less likely to take part in clinical trials, it has been suggested. Research published in the January 7th Journal of Clinical Oncology looked at clinical trial participation patterns, ...
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Sunbeds are putting young people at a greater risk of skin cancer than previously thought. A laboratory study by the University of Dundee has found that the average skin cancer risk from using one of the beds is over double that of ...
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A new cancer research and treatment facility is aiming to improve outcomes for thousands of people with cancer in the UK. The integrated laboratory is the first of its kind in Britain and Ireland and is based at Queen's University ...
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DNA from cervical screening samples could be used to identify ovarian and womb cancers, a study has suggested. The Press Association has reported that scientists from John Hopkins Medical Institutes extended the screening programme's DNA ...
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Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK are using virtual experiments in a bid to find the best methods for drug discovery. The findings have been published in the Nature Reviews Drug Discovery journal, with the work combining a unique ...
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The chairman and CEO of US retailer Safeway Inc, Steve Burd, has announced his intention to retire. Burd, who joined Safeway in 1992 as president, will step down at the company's annual stockholders meeting on 14 May. The group said it ...
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A new government study is warning that the Federal Communications Commission's standards for testing cell phones for exposure to radio-frequency energy may have fallen out of step with the latest scientific studies, calling on the agency to ...
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The Requirement: CR UK required a complex on-line survey that would gather information on the approach to diagnosis and treatment. Participants were also presented with randomly selected sets of clinical scenarios. Developing the ...
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The risk of a man developing cancer over his lifetime will increase to one in two by 2027,a new study has suggested. Figures from Cancer Research UK suggest that,within 15 years,50 men out of every 100 are likely to be diagnosed with ...
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Applied Spectral Imaging has introduced a new version of GenASIs,a comprehensive cytogenetic and pathology imaging platform. The new Version 7.2 of GenASIs combines fluorescent and bright-field pathology analysis with ...
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MIT researchers are using nanotechnology to help doctors detect cancer in their patients sooner, increasing their odds of beating the disease. To diagnose cancer, doctors look for specific proteins secreted by cancer cells. The problem ...
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Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, now a part of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, has entered into an agreement to use Sequenta's new LymphoSIGHT sequencing method in its randomized E1411 phase II trial. LymphoSIGHT is designed for ...
University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute has selected RainDance Technologies' ThunderStorm system to validate genomic and epigenomic targets of clinical and non-clinical cancer studies. The targets will be validated from studies ...
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An Innisfil woman has joined the local"Armour Lip Charmours"Movember team in an effort to increase awareness and raise funds for prostate cancer research. BARRIE,ON,November 21,2012/24-7PressRelease/--An Innisfil woman has joined ...
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For those with a taste for the best in life, the Ritz, Hilton and Malmaison are probably among the hotel brands of choice. But now a new entrant is hoping to shake things up – the NHS. And officials say it will shatter preconceptions ...
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