ShareScientists reported Wednesday the first link ever found between cancer and a type of genetic defect, called copy number variation, characterized by missing or extra bits of DNA. The breakthrough came in a study on neuroblastoma, a devastating pediatric disease of the nervous system that account[...]
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August 19th, 2009 - 12:30 pm § in - Oncology
Palliative Cancer Care Lifts Spirits
Share Palliative care may boost mood and quality of life for people with advanced cancer, but it may not help them live longer, a new study shows. Palliative care is a kind of care for people who have a serious illness that usually isn’t going to go away and gets worse over time. It aims [...][...]