RSS Channels IndexResearchers Analyze How Spanish Smoking Relapse Booklets Are Distributed
Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute “Libres para Siempre” (“Forever Free®”), a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet...
5/17/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Cancer Biorepository Speeds Clinical Trials, Drug Development
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center say identifying and selecting participants for phase II cancer clinical trials from a centralized warehouse of patient-donated biological data expedites participant accrual, reduces trial size, saves money, and...
5/8/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Researchers Find New, More Accurate Way of Imaging Lung Cancer Tumors
Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have collaborated with researchers in China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany to devise a new computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors using CT, PET or MRI...
5/2/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Deficiency in p53 Anti-Tumor Protein Delays DNA Repair after Radiation
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that a deficiency in an important anti-tumor protein, p53, can slow or delay DNA repair after radiation treatment. They suggest that this is because p53 regulates the expression of two enzymes (JMJD2b...
4/23/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Some Minorities Believe They Are Less Likely to Get Cancer Compared to Whites
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs...
4/17/2013 11:00 AM EDT
2-Drug Combo More Effective in Treating Sarcomas
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida have found that when given together, a two-drug combination acts synergistically in test animals modeled with sarcoma tumors. They report that the drug...
4/9/2013 2:20 PM EDT
Researchers Discuss New Frontiers in Breast Cancer Screening
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a “one strategy fits all” technology.
4/5/2013 10:00 AM EDT
One Specific MicroRNA Promotes Tumor Growth and Cancer Spread
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in tumors, tumor inflammation,...
4/3/2013 1:55 PM EDT
