Asian-Americans may be seven times as likely to be diagnosed with certain cancers, according to the American Cancer Society and Melissa McCracken, first author of a study focusing on cancer rates in the U.S.’s Asian population, released earlier this week in CA, a Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
While Asian-Americans have a lower overall incidence rate of [...]
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and FORMA Therapeutics, Inc., announced they have begun a partnership to discover and develop small molecule compounds against a key lymphoma target, Bcl-6. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
Following a negative complete colonoscopy, those who had their colonoscopies at a hospital and had their procedures performed by a non- gastroenterologist may be at a significantly increased risk of developing subsequent colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of [...]
Pfizer Inc. and DxS (a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V.) announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568 (CDX-110), an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
A group of South Korean scientists has created a polymeric nanocarrier material that may help combat breast cancer, a local university said Tuesday. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass