... tumours, we succeeded in identifying a gene signature that could be used as a future diagnostic test for human uterine cancer," says Sandra Karlsson.
The signature is made up of three genes. One of ...
... the clinical data of 80,915 patients, 7 percent of whom were black, who were documented to have uterine cancer between 1988 and 2004 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Database. ...
... (FGFR2) gene. The altered FGFR2 is present in the cancer cells of nearly 15 percent of women ... approach holds great promise for patients with uterine cancer (endometrioid endometrial) tumors that contain ...
... 52-year-old mother was diagnosed with uterine cancer and died. He dedicated his ... support their growth and eventually promote the spread of the cancer into the blood, bones and organs.
"Our compounds go ...
... the past two decades to narrow this racial difference. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the 15 March 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society...
Black women with cancers of the uterus are less likely to survive the disease than white women, and relatively little progress has been made over the past two decades to narrow this racial difference. ...
... why tamoxifen and other synthetic estrogens are linked to increased rates of endometriosis and uterine cancer, and identifies a pathway that could be targeted in drug therapies for those diseases, ...
... and nine patients with endometrial hyperplasia (a thickening of the uterine lining that is a risk factor for developing endometrial cancer) to evaluate diagnostic accuracy. All patients underwent ...
... , said, "I am looking forward to participating in the study with EP100, especially for ovarian and uterine cancer patients. Often patients with advanced cancer will need new therapies and a targeted ...
... effects, including a higher risk of breast cancer caused by the progestin.
To find a better way ... alone without progestin, there is a higher risk of uterine cancer. SERMs appear to be a good substitute ...
... oral contraceptive use significantly lowers the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers later in life, this new observation in ... long been known to be important in cancer risk," said J. Mark Cline, D.V.M., ...
... for the evaluation of uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) and ovarian and uterine cancers. Because it does not use radiation, it can be used in pregnant patients to evaluate causes of pelvic pain, such as ...
... patients died with causes of death including cerebral infarction, recurrence of liver cancer, uterine cancer, and sepsis. "These deaths occurred in patients with good liver function who had resumed ...
