Major theory on cholesterol may be dead wrong
“The first is that foam cell formation suppressed activation of genes that promote inflammation. That’s exactly the opposite of what we thought happened,” said Glass. New way of fighting high…
Young breast cancer patients often overestimate benefit of having healthy breast removed (unlikely to improve their chance of survival )
Contact: Robbin Ray robbin_ray@dfci.harvard.edu 617-632-4090 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Young women with breast cancer often overestimate the odds that cancer will occur in their other, healthy breast, and decide…
Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment
Contact: Teresa Herbert teresa_herbert@dfci.harvard.edu 617-632-4090 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Perceived reduction in penis size linked to regrets of treatment choice BOSTON – A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer…
Chemotherapys False Expectations : 69 percent of patients with advanced lung cancer and 81 percent of patients with advanced colorectal cancer did not understand that the chemotherapy they were receiving was not at all likely to cure their disease
Advanced Cancer Patients Overoptimistic About Chemotherapy's Ability to Cure, Study Finds ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2012) — Findings from a nationwide study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute suggest that…
Vitamin A derivative provides clues to better breast cancer drugs
Public release date: 25-Jun-2009 - They found that the more responsive a tumor was to retinoic acid, the better the odds of long-term relapse-free survival. - They alter the expression…
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