Liquid biopsy spots aggressive pediatric brainstem cancer earlier without surgery
Credit: Children's National Health System SAN FRANCISCO -- A particularly aggressive form of pediatric cancer can be spotted reliably by ...
New techniques give blood biopsies greater promise
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Koch Institute at MIT, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital ...
Study reveals large disparities in survival for patients with HPV-associated cancers
A new study found large disparities by sex, race, and age in survival for patients diagnosed with different cancers caused ...
Biologics do not increase the risk of second malignancy in rheumatoid arthritis patients
SAN DIEGO - Treatment with biologics does not increase the risk of a second malignancy in rheumatoid arthritis patients who ...
Colon cancer breakthrough could lead to prevention — and the foods that can help
Credit: University of Warwick Colon cancer, Crohn's, and other gut diseases could be better treated or prevented, thanks to a ...
Can environmental toxins disrupt the biological ‘clock’?
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - Can environmental toxins disrupt circadian rhythms - the biological "clock" whose disturbance is linked to ...
Mini cancer tumors grown in first-of-kind pioneering research
Credit: University of Birmingham Charity Cancer Research UK has awarded the University of Birmingham £1.5 million to fund a five-year ...
Russia starts production of orthophosphoric acid based on phosphorus-32
Credit: Yandex images Tomsk Polytechnic University began commercial supply of orthophosphoric acid based on phosphorus-32 isotope, which is used for ...
Nano-sized gold particles have been shaped to behave as clones in biomedicine
Credit: Guillermo González Rubio. Shaping nanometric gold particles - of the size of millionths of a millimeter - to improve ...
Combined therapies increase side effects for patients with advanced breast cancer
Lisbon, Portugal: Patients with advanced breast cancer who are treated with a combination of drugs that target specific molecules important ...
Queen’s University Belfast research could see exercise as a prescribed medicine
Queen's University Belfast are taking part in a global trial to test whether exercise should be prescribed to treat patients ...
Scientists link pancreatic cancer survival to four genes
Alterations in four main genes are responsible for how long patients survive with pancreatic cancer, according to a new study ...
ESMO media alert: Cancer research to be presented at ESMO Asia Congress in Singapore
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2017 - ESMO, the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the ESMO Asia ...
Shifting bacterial communities in the stomach may influence cancer risk
Credit: Ed Uthman via Flickr Different changes to the microbial community of the stomach may explain why related conditions are ...
Bacteria in the gut modulates response to immunotherapy in melanoma
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Bacteria that live in the human digestive tract can influence how cancer responds ...
Exercise can counteract side-effects and improve fitness in advanced breast cancer patients
Lisbon, Portugal: Taking part in regular exercise can reduce fatigue and pain, and improve cardiovascular health and quality of life ...
Preventing a genetic uprising in early life
Credit: Rebecca Berrens Molecules called endosiRNAs help us avoid genetic chaos, according to a new study from a team at ...
Cancer cells destroyed with dinosaur extinction metal
Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick *Cancer cells can be killed with metal from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, thanks ...
Mini cancer tumours grown in first-of-kind pioneering research
Credit: University of Birmingham Charity Cancer Research UK has awarded the University of Birmingham £1.5 million to fund a five-year ...
On Target Laboratories secures $40 million financing led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Credit: On Target Laboratories image On Target Laboratories Inc., a privately held biotechnology company that is developing tumor-targeted fluorescent dyes ...
