cancer biology Archive — Page 8 of 9
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September 11, 2012
Enzyme counters stomach acid attack
Dysfunction or loss of an “antioxidant” enzyme may lead to higher risk for esophageal cancer in patients with gastric reflux disease. -
August 23, 2012
Gene linked to familial prostate cancer
A rare, inherited mutation confers an eightfold increased risk of prostate cancer, a recent study shows. -
August 9, 2012
Network approach yields glioblastoma clues
MicroRNA “regulatory networks” generated at Vanderbilt aid search for biomarkers and new drugs to treat glioblastoma, the most common and lethal primary brain tumor. -
July 26, 2012
On the hunt for bladder cancer factors
A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention. -
July 24, 2012
Proteins guard against cancer spread
Targeting immune system proteins may keep prostate cancer from spreading to bone. -
July 18, 2012
VU study finds stress fuels breast cancer metastasis to bone
Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered. -
April 26, 2012
New drug mutes more melanomas
An experimental melanoma drug may be beneficial for patients not eligible for targeted therapies.