Sentences with phrase «impact on cancer research»

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We also spoke with 2016 School Nutrition Hero Sam Ingram about the impact winning the award had on her efforts to raise awareness — and money — for childhood cancer and cancer research.

When infants and young children are not breastfed or when breastfeeding is suboptimal, children risk not only increased rates of infectious diseases such as gastric and respiratory infections, but increasingly research is documenting the impact of not breastfeeding on the prevalence of life long chronic diseases such as cancers, diabetes, obesity and cardio vascular disease.

While most research has involved the impact of maternal smoking on unborn babies, recent research in China as well as the UK, has indicated that fathers who smoked were 30 percent more likely to have a child with cancer than fathers who had never smoked.

Responding to a review of 19 research papers, funded by Cancer Research UK, which reported information on cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Carresearch papers, funded by Cancer Research UK, which reported information on cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care,Cancer Research UK, which reported information on cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer CarResearch UK, which reported information on cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care,cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care,Cancer Care, says:

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said cuts to programs that help disadvantaged high school students gain the opportunity to attend college, as well as reductions to federal college aid and cuts to medical research, including cancer research, would have a huge negative impact on New York's colleges.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher says cuts to programs that help disadvantaged high school students gain the opportunity to attend college, as well as reductions to federal college aid, and cuts to medical research, including cancer research, would have a huge negative impact on New York's colleges.

Professor Arnie Purushotham, Cancer Research UK's senior clinical adviser, said: «One of the challenges when treating early stage breast cancer is trying to minimise the side effects that can have a real impact on a woman's life, without affecting the chances of curinCancer Research UK's senior clinical adviser, said: «One of the challenges when treating early stage breast cancer is trying to minimise the side effects that can have a real impact on a woman's life, without affecting the chances of curincancer is trying to minimise the side effects that can have a real impact on a woman's life, without affecting the chances of curing her.

With the SWOG anniversary, and the spotlight on cancer research cast by the federal Cancer Moonshot initiative, Unger and his colleagues wanted to study SWOG's long - term icancer research cast by the federal Cancer Moonshot initiative, Unger and his colleagues wanted to study SWOG's long - term iCancer Moonshot initiative, Unger and his colleagues wanted to study SWOG's long - term impact.

Trebananib does not increase the risks of hypertension (high blood pressure) and bowel perforation like bevaciuzmab, but still has a similar impact on tumor shrinkage and delaying cancer progression, research shows.

«The main thing we've been working on over the last 6 to 18 months is to look at how we might improve getting sequenceable samples, and it does seem to be that controlling those fixation steps is going to have a marked impact,» says James Hadfield, director of the genomics core for the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

In the most comprehensive study ever on the impact of smoking on cardiovascular disease in older people, epidemiologist Dr. Ute Mons from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) analyzed 25 individual studies, compiling data from over half a million individuals age 60 and older.

«This research clearly demonstrates the impact of smoking and obesity on cancer risk.

«Other studies have looked at racial disparities in treatment and still others have focused on racial differences in survival rates of cancer patients, but our research attempted to go further by demonstrating the impact of race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Ccancer patients, but our research attempted to go further by demonstrating the impact of race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Ccancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Ccancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer CCancer Center.

It was also at NCI that I experienced first hand how biomedical research can have an impact on the political and economic well being of a country: I worked with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in using the framework of cancer research as a vehicle to close a political divide.

These are some of the insights drawn from research by Michelle Sowden and colleagues of the University of Vermont in the US to determine if living in a rural or urban area influences the impact of cancer diagnosis on employment.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

He commented that the centre «offers unprecedented opportunities» to create bridges between different approaches in cancer research, in order to make a real impact on patients» lives.

Despite loving research, I felt I would have more of an impact on underrepresented minorities by encouraging them to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences and health professions, rather than discovering a cure for cancer.

«Our findings point to two potential impacts from additional research — analyzing the diversity and composition of the microbiome to predict response to immunotherapy and modulating the gut microbiome to enhance treatment,» said Wargo, senior researcher on the project and co-leader of the Melanoma Moon Shot ™, part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies from scientific discoveries.

Axel Huebl, who joined the team a year after Burau, has pushed the code to make optimal use of all of Titan's GPUs, winning him time on Titan through DOE's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program for his PhD research on laser - driven radiation therapy of cancer.

In this webinar, a panel of experts will discuss their research and describe the use of real - time, label - free cell monitoring in their investigation of novel cancer targets and the impact of their work on translational research and drug development.

His research centers on colon cancer prevention by investigating the impact of dietary fat, fiber and gut microbiota status on chronic disease processes.

This annual award recognizes the contributions of individuals, corporations, and foundations that have made a significant impact on medical research, patient care, or public education in the fields of cancer immunology and immunotherapy.

The Damon Runyon fellowship encourages the nation's most promising young scientists to pursue careers in cancer research by providing them with independent funding to work on innovative projects that have the potential to impact cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

The revised work incorporates information gleaned from the past eleven years of cancer research and is expected to have a profound impact on the study of cancer and the quest for approaches to treat it.

Our work mainly involves research and clinical groups of Normandie developing programs in patients and animal models, to improve our understanding of the impact of cancer and its treatments on cognitive functions.

As the fundraising partner of the BC Cancer Agency and the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province, we enable donors to make contributions to leading - edge research that have a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British ColCancer Agency and the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province, we enable donors to make contributions to leading - edge research that have a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British Colcancer research in this province, we enable donors to make contributions to leading - edge research that have a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British Colcancer care for patients in British Columbia.

We also expect the methods and tools to be applicable to the study of other multigenic disorders and thus the project will impact research not only on colorectal cancer but have broader implications on research, prevention and treatment of all multigenic disorders.

To boost the impact of our pioneering colorectal cancer research, our projects rely on the expertise of several Moon Shot platforms, including Proteomics, IACS, Center for Co-Clinical Trials and Cancer Genomic Laborcancer research, our projects rely on the expertise of several Moon Shot platforms, including Proteomics, IACS, Center for Co-Clinical Trials and Cancer Genomic LaborCancer Genomic Laboratory.

This research will have a significant impact on understanding neoantigen - T cell immunobiology and could improve the treatment prospects of pancreatic cancer patients.

Our goals include elucidating fundamental events and biologic endpoints surrounding RNase L that impact on viral replication cycles and tumor biology.Another area of research concerns the roles of innate immunity and genetics in prostate cancer.

Through the CIC program, the Cancer Research Institute conducts a number of important initiatives that seek among other things to build consensus across the field on key issues, to develop and implement new standards for carrying out and reporting immunological monitoring assays of therapeutic cancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunotherCancer Research Institute conducts a number of important initiatives that seek among other things to build consensus across the field on key issues, to develop and implement new standards for carrying out and reporting immunological monitoring assays of therapeutic cancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunothercancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunothercancer immunotherapies.

I encourage you to read the full CRUK Science Update Blog post «High - impact science: Hedgehogs, flies and skin cancer — the story of vismodegib», it's an excellent example of how research on flies, rodents and a range of other organisms combined with studies of cancer genetics in humans to enabled the development of an innovative therapy.

The focus of my research is on understanding how cancer impacts host immune responses in patients, with the goal of developing novel treatments to restore / enhance immune function in cancer patients.

The fellowships encourage the nation's most promising young scientists to pursue careers in cancer research by providing them with independent funding ($ 231,000 each) to work on innovative projects that have the potential to impact cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

«Cancer occurs only when a cancer - causing agent has occurred in a very specific window of development,» says Irma H. Russo, MD, chief of the molecular endocrinology section of the Breast Cancer Research Laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, and a researcher into the impact of hormone disrupters on female develoCancer occurs only when a cancer - causing agent has occurred in a very specific window of development,» says Irma H. Russo, MD, chief of the molecular endocrinology section of the Breast Cancer Research Laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, and a researcher into the impact of hormone disrupters on female develocancer - causing agent has occurred in a very specific window of development,» says Irma H. Russo, MD, chief of the molecular endocrinology section of the Breast Cancer Research Laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, and a researcher into the impact of hormone disrupters on female develoCancer Research Laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, and a researcher into the impact of hormone disrupters on female develoCancer Center, in Philadelphia, and a researcher into the impact of hormone disrupters on female development.

While they could theoretically increase breast cancer risk, at this point the risk is just that — theoretical — «and based on animal and other lab studies,» says Janet Gray, PhD, director of science, technology and society at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who researches environmental impacts on breast cancer.

In the videos reviewing the research on how the blood of people eating a plant based diet is so hostile to cancer cells Dr. Greger almost always shows what the impact on healthy cells when the blood is dripped on them and that is always nothing.

Refined sugar is inflammatory in the body and research indicates it has a negative impact on a range of inflammatory diseases, including the major ones like cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and liver disease.

Although some research links higher intakes of vitamin E with decreased incidence of breast cancer, an examination of the impact of dietary factors, including vitamin E, on the incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in > 18,000 women found no benefit from the vitamin [35].

In fact, exactly how the gut microbiome «interacts with foods to produce health conditions» is considered a new and dynamic area for further research by individuals on all sides of the red meat - colon cancer debate.10 For example, researchers at Harvard Medical School are studying fecal samples to assess the impact of red meat intake on gut microbes and their byproducts, which the researchers speculate may influence «biological pathways associated with colorectal cancer and other digestive diseases.»

This is the fifth in my five - part series on the latest research on what impact diet has on breast cancer survival.

Some research suggests that recent alcohol consumption may have a greater impact on cancer risk than alcohol consumption earlier in life.

Increase impact on the patient by committing funding dollars to personalized cancer research

«This important research will measure the impact of animal - assisted therapy on pediatric oncology patients and their families, thus furthering the fields of research on human - animal interaction and integrated therapies for conditions such as cancer in children,» said J. Michael McFarland, DVM, Diplomate ABVP and Group Director of Veterinary Medical Services & Corporate Citizenship for Pfizer Animal Health.

Research shows that preventing the hormonal changes during even one heat cycle has a tremendous impact on reducing incidents of mammary cancer in dogs.

In science, the end of a paper (or particularly a press release) tries to spin the research as important («may lead to insights on cancer...») when no one knows the impact of the research until much later.

To further increase Love Your Melon's impact on childhood cancer, the organization has teamed up with CureSearch for Children's Cancer, an organization that funds childhood cancer research and the Pinky Swear Foundation who provide financial support to the families with children battling ccancer, the organization has teamed up with CureSearch for Children's Cancer, an organization that funds childhood cancer research and the Pinky Swear Foundation who provide financial support to the families with children battling cCancer, an organization that funds childhood cancer research and the Pinky Swear Foundation who provide financial support to the families with children battling ccancer research and the Pinky Swear Foundation who provide financial support to the families with children battling cancercancer.

Detailing further research into health - related quality of life among Indigenous Australians diagnosed with cancer, Associate Professor Gail Garvey of the Menzies said clinicians have increasingly recognised that while morbidity and mortality are important, more attention needs to be paid to the quality of life in a patient's care, given the very significant impact on peoples» lives, families, and work.