Cervical Cancer
Combining the SLP Vaccine With Chemo-immunotherapy in Order to Increase the HPV-specific T-cell Response in Cervical Cancer
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Cancer Research
Very Small Number of Gene Mutations Linked to Tumor Development
Bloomberg News reports that a study in Nature has provided important insight into the genetic mutations associated with the development of cancer. The study, part of The Cancer Genome Project, 3,281 tumor cell lines from 12 different types of cancer, including breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer....
Public Health
WHO Classifies Air Pollution as Group 1 Carcinogen
Oct 17, 2013
| Business of Medicine, Human Interest, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Patient Education, Professional Development, Public Health & Prevention, Pulmonary Medicine, The Daily Dose
The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer agency says that the air we breath can now be considered a human carcinogen, Reuters reports. Air pollution can result from "transport, power generation, industrial or agricultural emissions and residential heating and cooking." Levels of air pollution have risen...
Vaccination Development
Scientists “On the Hunt” for Breast Cancer Vaccine
Oct 16, 2013
| Alternative Medicine, Critical Care, Oncology, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Public Health & Prevention, The Daily Dose, Women’s Health
USA Today reports that scientists are now "on the hunt" for a new breast cancer vaccine. The search began due to the development of vaccines for other types of cancer, such as cervical cancer, which scientists realized are often connected to a specific virus or bacteria. Only after a specific target is...
Leukemia Drug, Iclusig Under Federal Investigation
Oct 14, 2013
31 Infected by Salt Water-Bacteria in Florida
Oct 14, 2013
