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Searchresult: Study Confirms Safety of Colonoscopy
March’s Colon Cancer Awareness Month is about encouraging more people to get tested for colorectal cancer. Colonoscopy is the most reliable screening test. A current study from the German Cancer…
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Searchresult: Smoking Cessation in Old Age: Less Heart Attacks and Strokes Within Only Five YearsSmoking Cessation in Old Age: Less Heart Attacks and Strokes Within Only Five Years Date: 20.02.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Smokers increase their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and stroke with every cigarette they smoke. Conversely, those who quit smoking even at an advanced age will have a considerable…
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Searchresult: RNA promotes metastasis in lung cancer
MALAT1, an RNA molecule, is a marker for progression of lung cancer. Heidelberg researchers have now found out that MALAT1 activates metastasis-promoting genes in cancer cells. In mice, blocking of…
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Searchresult: Gene Mutation Immortalizes Malignant MelanomaGene Mutation Immortalizes Malignant Melanoma Date: 25.01.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and from University Duisburg-Essen have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of malignant melanoma: a gene mutation that leads to overactive…
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Searchresult: Even Late-Onset Cancer in Parents Increases Cancer Risk in OffspringEven Late-Onset Cancer in Parents Increases Cancer Risk in Offspring Date: 22.01.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have found out that even if a parent gets cancer at an old age, the cancer risk of their offspring increases.…
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Searchresult: International Symposium on Urologic Cancer in HeidelbergInternational Symposium on Urologic Cancer in Heidelberg Date: 21.01.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Cancer of the prostate is the most common type of cancer in men. Unlike other tumor types, prostate cancer has good chances of successful treatment if diagnosed early. Researchers from around the…
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Searchresult: Liver Controls Cachexia in Cancer
Many cancer patients suffer from a dramatic loss of fat and muscle tissue. This extreme wasting, or cachexia, is often the actual cause of death in cancer patients. Heidelberg scientists have now…
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Searchresult: Award-Winning Research for the Patient
The jury at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) chose two outstanding young researchers, Matthias Eder and Mathias Heikenwälder, whose research findings can be directly translated into clinical…
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Searchresult: Scientists Generate Oncolytic Viruses for Targeted Attack on Cancer Stem CellsScientists Generate Oncolytic Viruses for Targeted Attack on Cancer Stem Cells Date: 09.01.2013 Press release content type: Press release
Researchers from the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) have been the first to generate oncolytic viruses which specifically infect and kill CD133-positive cancer stem cells. Using such viruses, scientists…
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Searchresult: A Shield Against Cancer
Tumors grow more rapidly if their genetic material is not sufficiently tagged with methyl groups, as scientists from the German Cancer Research Center have discovered. Such tags in the DNA appear to…
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