' Unprecedented' Results in Biliary Tract Cancer'Unprecedented' Results in Biliary Tract Cancer
Experts were impressed with results from a phase 3 study of a targeted agent in a subgroup of patients with cholangiocarcinoma with genetic mutations.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 3, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
#MayoClinicRadio podcast: 6/1/19
Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 6/1/19 On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Brent Bauer, director of research for the Mayo Clinic Integrative Medicine Program, shares how complementary medicine, also known as integrative medicine, is used in cancer care. Also on the podcast, Dr. Bret Petersen, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, discusses treatment for bile duct cancer. And Dr. Randall DeMartino, a Mayo [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 2, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Blood Test Could Spot Multiple Cancer Types, Researchers Say
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2019 -- A gene-based blood test can accurately detect breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, gastric or bile duct cancers in patients, researchers report.
The test uses artificial intelligence to identify and interpret... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 29, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AI singles out high-risk prostate cancer on mpMRI
Working with radiomics data on multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) scans, an artificial...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Faster MRI protocol avoids unneeded prostate biopsies (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 8, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 shown to limit impact of certain parasitic diseases
(George Washington University) For the first time, researchers at the George Washington University have successfully used the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of parasitic worms responsible for schistosomiasis and for liver fluke infection, which can cause a diverse spectrum of human disease including bile duct cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 15, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
CT radiomics improves management of bile duct cancer
Researchers from China have developed a radiomics model that can determine...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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AAPM: Radiomics helps fine-tune radiation therapy dose (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 19, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Single Agent Treats Two Cancers With Same Genetic Cause
Pembrolizumab treated colon cancer, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in patient with Lynch syndrome (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - September 27, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastroenterology, Oncology, Pathology, Pharmacy, Journal, Source Type: news
GW Researcher investigating link between parasitic infection and bile duct cancer
(George Washington University) Paul Brindley, Ph.D., at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has received more than $1.7 million from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health to investigate the cellular and molecular links between liver fluke infection and bile duct cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Bile duct cancer symptoms: Eight signs of the deadly disease you need to watch out for
BILE duct cancer is a rare form of cancer but it ’s important to recognise all the signs as soon as possible, for in the later stages of the disease no cure is possible. There are eight signs to look out for. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stefan Karl Stefansson dead: LazyTown actor dies - what is bile duct cancer?
STEFAN KARL STEFANSSON, the LazyTown actor that starred as Robbie Rotten, has died after a battle with bile duct cancer. Bile duct cancer symptoms include itchy skin and weight loss - these are the warning signs to look out for. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Rapid autopsy' to unlock mysteries of cancer
After Keith Beck died of bile duct cancer last year, family members said more than 900 people showed up to pay respects to the popular athletic director at the University of Findlay in northwestern Ohio. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Rapid autopsy' races the clock to unlock mysteries of cancer
After Keith Beck died of bile duct cancer last year, family members said more than 900 people showed up to pay respects to the popular athletic director at the University of Findlay in northwestern Ohio. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How a New Kind of Autopsy Is Helping in the Fight Against Cancer
After Keith Beck died of bile duct cancer last year, family members said, more than 900 people showed up to pay respects to the popular athletic director at the University of Findlay in northwestern Ohio.
Many were former students who recalled acts of kindness during Beck’s nearly 30-year career: $20 given to a kid who was broke, textbooks bought for a student whose parents were going through bankruptcy, a spot cleared to sleep on Beck’s living room floor.
But few knew about Beck’s final gesture of generosity. The 59-year-old had agreed to a “rapid autopsy,” a procedure conducted within hours ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JoNel Aleccia / Kaiser Health News Tags: Uncategorized Cancer healthytime Source Type: news
First-in-human clinical trial of new targeted therapy drug reports promising responses for multiple
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A phase I, first-in-human study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals for the first time, an investigational drug that is effective and safe for patients with cancers caused by an alteration in the receptor tyrosine kinase known as RET. The drug appears to be promising as a potential therapy for RET-driven cancers, such as medullary and papillary thyroid, non-small cell lung, colorectal and bile duct cancers, which have been historically difficult to treat. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 15, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - February 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
