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New research: Scientists create nanoparticles to help fight solid tumours
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Winston (North Carolina) [US], June 16 (ANI): Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the US North Carolina have discovered a possible new approach to treating solid tumours through the creation of a novel nanoparticle. Solid tumours are found in cancers such as breast,
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Dr Bhushan Kathuria receives global recognition for his exemplary expertis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI/ATK): Dr Bhushan Kathuria Best ENT Surgeon has recently got appreciation for his years of expertise in diagnosing and extracting huge tumors. Dr Bhushan Kathuria comes with a magnificent history of operating upon critical cases while expertising in ENT, Head
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Gene mutations provide 'precise' head and neck cancer treatment targets: S
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], April 30 (ANI): About one-fifth of the often fatal head and neck cancers contain gene mutations in pathways important for normal cell proliferation, according to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Scientists claim that these mutations have the capac
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Study details gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], April 28 (ANI): According to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, about one-fifth of the often fatal head and neck cancers contain gene mutations in pathways important for normal cell proliferation, and scientists say these mutations that cause cancer
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Study finds importance of malaria drug in treating neck cancers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Do you know malaria drugs work against some cancers? According to a new study, the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisp
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Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head, neck cancers: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.
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Study: Head, neck cancer treatment can be improved by immunotherapy drug
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ohio [US], March 5 (ANI): By adding an immunotherapy drug to the standard of care treatment regimens, the survival rates for head and neck cancer patients with intermediate-risk features increased, suggests a recently conducted clinical trial by the University of Cincinnati.
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Immunotherapy drug strengthens head, neck cancer treatment: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ohio [US], March 1 (ANI): A recently conducted clinical trial by the University of Cincinnati showed that by adding an immunotherapy drug to the standard of care treatment regimens, the survival rates for head and neck cancer patients with intermediate-risk features has increased.
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Head, neck cancer cells hijack nearby healthy tissue, promote further inva
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Up to half of the patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will experience tumour recurrence or new tumours- tumours that often spread and are difficult to treat.
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Research finds association between genetic changes in head-neck cancer, im
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): A multi-institutional study, drove by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, distinguished both the hereditary abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells that lead to an intrusive kind of head and neck cancer and patients who are liable to r
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Clinical study identifies genetic changes in head-neck cancer, association
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): A multi-institutional team of researchers has identified both the genetic abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells into becoming an invasive type of head and neck cancer and patients who are least likely to respond to immunotherapy.
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Immunotherapy for head, neck cancers now boosted by cancer cell gene deact
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Los Angeles [US], March 28 (ANI): Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry, during a recent study, were successful in significantly slowing down the growth and spread of tumors in mice by targeting an enzyme that plays a key role in head and neck cancer cells. This also enhanced the eff
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