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Living With Cancer: Deciding About Dying

When it comes to the end of life, what role should patients play in deciding the terms of their own death?

Bortezomib Enhances Cancer Immunotherapy

Cancer immunotherapy shows great promise but many patients fail to show objective responses, including in cancers that can respond well, such as melanoma and renal adenocarcinoma. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib sensitizes solid tumors to apoptosis...

CK1{alpha} Inhibition Prevents Erlotinib Resistance

Patients with lung tumors harboring activating mutations in the EGF receptor (EGFR) show good initial treatment responses to the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) erlotinib or gefitinib. However, acquired resistance invariably develops. Applying a ...

Myths and Facts About Implants After Breast Cancer

Surely, you’ve heard some of these myths about breast cancer reconstruction options. Here’s the real truth about the procedure.

ATDC/TRIM29 drives invasive bladder cancer formation through microRNA-mediated and epigenetic mechanisms

Bladder cancer is a common and deadly malignancy but its treatment has advanced little due to poor understanding of the factors and pathways that promote disease. ATDC/TRIM29 is a highly expressed gene in several lethal tumor types, including bladder t...