Category: Cancer
AI and Treatment
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Anchor lead: Can an artificial intelligence approach to looking at drugs and cancer find promising treatments? Elizabeth Tracey reports Can combing through vast databases using tools such as artificial intelligence or machine learning help find new cancer treatments? That’s the …
New Uses
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Anchor lead: Could an existing drug be repurposed to treat cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Metformin, a drug long used to treat diabetes, might be helpful for some cancers, a recent report states, with the recommendation that investigating drug libraries may …
Clinical Trial Participation
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Anchor lead: What are barriers to clinical trial participation for those with cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Clinical trials offer both the best care and the greatest hope for many people with cancer, yet a recent study indicates that one barrier …
HPV Vaccine and Pap
Triple Negative
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Anchor lead: Women with triple negative breast cancer have a new treatment option, Elizabeth Tracey reports Triple negative breast cancer, where the tumor lacks receptors for commonly used drugs, often has a poor prognosis. Now a treatment using chemotherapy and …
Stomach Cancer Chemo
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Anchor lead: A new approach to chemotherapy may help people with stomach cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people diagnosed with stomach cancer have advanced disease at the time of diagnosis, rendering treatment more difficult and reducing the chances for survival. …