A cohort study was carried out to test the hypothesis that higher vitamin D levels reduce the risk of relapse from melanoma. A pilot retrospective study of 271 patients with melanoma suggested that vitamin D may protect against recurrence…
The genetic alterations responsible for an adverse outcome in most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are unknown. Using massively parallel DNA sequencing, we identified a somatic mutation in DNMT3A, encoding a DNA methyltransferase…
I am a federally funded researcher with an innovative research program to better understand how to prevent ovarian cancer, through creating new connections between basic and population scientists and developing large-scale epidemiologic…
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are overexpressed in a wide range of human cancers and are implicated in tumor cell proliferation, differentiation, invasion, metastasis, death, and recognition by the immune system.
The article summarizes the findings from a comprehensive review of the radiology literature regarding potential risks to the fetus or infant related to maternal exposure to radiation, high magnetic.
Currently, HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) is used for a screening test, and in situ hybridization is used as a confirmation test for HER2 IHC equivocal cases.