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Ethnicity plays no role in determining quality of life for long-term breast cancer survivors, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center. Sociological factors such as life stress, relationship status, education and income, however, do affect how well women cope after having the disease, the study found.

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Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center today (Feb. 22) began a new experimental treatment that targets a genetic mutation found in about 90 percent of pancreatic cancer cases. UCLA is the only site in Southern California to offer the new therapy.

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Children who live through catastrophic events develop an advanced understanding of right and wrong, but they may not act morally because the trauma disrupts their view of the world, according to researchers from the UCLA School of Medicine.

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Owning a pet may reduce the likelihood that men with AIDS will suffer from depression, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health.

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Adults who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are three times more likely to also have diabetes, according to a new UCLA School of Dentistry/Department of Veterans Affairs study published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

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The human thymus -- the organ that produces the immune system's infection-fighting T cells -- remains functional until at least age 56, UCLA AIDS Institute investigators have proved for the first time.

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Promising results for a vaccine to treat brain cancer in preliminary studies at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center was reported in the cover-story published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.

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Aggressive surgery coupled with strong immunotherapy resulted in significantly increased survival times for a group of advanced kidney cancer patients for whom few other treatment options existed, according to researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center.

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HIV-infected women often fail to receive diagnosis or medical care because they do not fit clinicians' cultural stereotypes regarding who is at risk.

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A team of UCLA scientists has discovered two human proteins that inhibit the formation of new blood vessels and have potential for treating cancer through suppression of tumor growth.