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Novel combined therapy extends life, diminishes pain in brain ca...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 07/13/2011 - 22:00

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers have created a novel combined technique to treat cancer patients by bathing the brain in chemotherapy and relieving pressure from spinal fluid build-up (hydrocephalus).


 

Study finds diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancer

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Thu, 07/29/2010 - 22:00

(Brown University) Researchers from Brown University and the University of California have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet and alcohol use as well as tumor size.