Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have begun collecting saliva samples as part of a pilot study aimed at determining whether saliva contains information that may one day help physicians identify lung cancer earlier. Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in both men and women. The study was launched in November 2006 in collaboration with researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles and the University of Kansas.
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A common molecular pathway could help physicians predict which lung cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy drugs, according to new research from a multidisciplinary team at the University of Cincinnati (UC).Known as the retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor, this fundamental molecule regulates cell proliferation in the body. Research has shown that the RB pathway is either entirely inactive or altered in most human cancers.
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Combining radiation therapy with a drug that helps destroy blood vessels nourishing malignant tumors has been shown in mice to be significantly more effective in treating lung cancer than either approach alone, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.The study, involving human lung-cancer cells implanted in mice, appears in Clinical Cancer Research.In the study, Dr.
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Merck Serono announced three year survival results from a randomized Phase II trial for the Stimuvax MUC-1 vaccine in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Congress in Seoul, South Korea.
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