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Treatment with Everolimus ( Certican ) prolongs progression-free survival relative to placebo in patients with metastatic kidney cancer ( renal cell carcinoma ) who have experienced treatment failure ... read article

Postmenopausal women diagnosed with colon cancer may be at increased risk of death if they fail to maintain a healthy body weight before cancer diagnosis, according to a study published in Cancer Epid ... read article

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary malignant cancer of the liver. Evidence for the role of cryotherapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma is controversial.The aim of a new r ... read article

Women with a deleterious gene mutation are diagnosed with breast carcinoma six years earlier than relatives of the previous generation who also had the disease and/or ovarian cancer.The findings, pres ... read article

Chronic periodontitis, a form of gum disease, is an independent risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This suggests the need for increased efforts to prevent and treat periodontitis a ... read article

As therapies for breast cancer continue to emerge, the issues of how to best monitor success and gauge prognosis remain important questions.The following abstracts have been presented at the CTRC-AACR ... read article