Posts by: Alice Melão

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Researchers at the Sanford Burham Prebys (SBP) Medical Discovery Institute have developed a new imaging system that can improve by five times the visualization of tumors compared to standard imaging ... Read more

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017

11C-Sarcosine Detects Prostate Cancer Better Than Other Imaging Agents, Study Reports

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A new PET imaging agent known as Carbon-11 labeled sarcosine, or 11C-sarcosine, detects prostate cancer better than the current agent, 11C-choline, University of Michigan researchers report. PET is short for positron-emission tomography. ... Read more

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017

Study Suggests Prostate Cancer Patients Could Produce Antibodies Against Their Own Diseased Cells

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Researchers at Philadelphia’s Wistar Institute have developed a method that delivers synthetic DNA coding for anti-cancer antibodies to cancer patients, allowing for sustained production of these therapeutic antibodies in a patient’s bloodstream without ... Read more

July 17, 2017

Men with Both Prostate and Other Cancers May Be Slipping Through Genetic Screening Crack, Study Finds

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Men with both prostate and other cancers may be falling through a genetic screening crack that could have flagged the additional cancers, a study reports. Most prostate cancer patients with mutations that ... Read more

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017

GRHL2 Protein Has Dual Role in Prostate Cancer, Researchers Find

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Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have found that Grainyhead-like protein 2, called GRHL2, plays a dual role in prostate cancer by both promoting and preventing cancer growth. ... Read more

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017

First Patient Treated in Clinical Trial of CX-2009 for Prostate, Other Solid Cancers

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The first patient has been treated with CytomX Therapeutics‘ investigational Probody drug conjugate CX-2009 in a new phase 1/2 clinical trial. The drug candidate is designed to target a surface molecule found ... Read more

June 21, 2017

Mechanism Identified in Cellular Change Driving Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

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Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have revealed the mechanism that explains the transformation process of prostate cells into castration-resistant cancer cells. They’ve also identified a new drug candidate that targets ... Read more

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

Indoximod and Provenge Combo Lengthens Time for Prostate Cancer to Progress, Trial Shows

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A combination of NewLink Genetics‘ immunotherapy indoximod and the cancer vaccine Provenge more than doubled the time it took for an advanced cancer patient’s disease to progress, compared with Provenge alone, ... Read more

June 12, 2017

Prostate Cancer Testing Guidelines Fail to Cover Key Genetic Features, Study Contends

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Prostate cancer testing guidelines fail to cover important genetic features of patients with the disease, a shortcoming that could be having a major impact on diagnosis and treatment decisions, according ... Read more

May 24, 2017

Actress Sharon Stone and Stylist Chaz Dean Honored for Their Cancer Work

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Actress Sharon Stone and celebrity stylist Chaz Dean have been recognized for their breast- and prostate-cancer-fighting efforts. The Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies gave Stone its Mother of the Year Award ... Read more