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Credit: Atsushi Matsuzawa New understandings of how molecules affect the activity of an enzyme could lead to potential targets for ...

Radiation therapy algorithm could reduce side effects, maintain effect against tumors

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a mathematical model for computing radiation therapy treatments that could substantially reduce ...

Landmark genetic study better predicts stomach cancer

Singapore, - A research team led by National University Health System (NUHS) and Duke-NUS Medical School has used genomic technologies ...

Cells rank genes by importance to protect them, according to new research

Credit: Eric Belfield Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a cellular mechanism preferentially protects plant genes from ...

Family Medicine and Community Health Journal Volume 5, Issue Number 4 publishes

Beijing, December 23, 2017: The December 2017 issue includes an editorial, five original research articles, one case study, one systematic ...

New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive breast cancer types

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer ...

Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer ‘double whammy’ for leukemia patients

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Newly identified germline variations in a key tumor suppressor gene predispose ...

Researchers detect a loophole in chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment

Credit: Tissino et al., 2018 A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to ...

Small-cell lung cancer patients face barriers to receiving standard-of-care treatment

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Despite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the ...

Specific microbes in digestive tract can boost success for cancer immunotherapy

In the Jan. 5, 2018 issue of Science, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine show that specific strains of ...

Dirt-dwelling microbe produces potential anti-melanoma weapon

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State ...

Lymphedema after cancer treatment — special issue of Rehabilitation Oncology presents research update

Jan. 4, 2018 - Individuals who have been treated for cancer are at risk for a complication called lymphedema: swelling ...

Mechanism for resistance to immunotherapy treatment discovered

BOSTON - An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn't help ...

A new therapeutic target to fight metastasis in ovarian cancer

Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Molecular Signaling in Cancer group of the Oncobell program (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL) ...

SNMMI publishes appropriate use criteria for somatostatin receptor PET imaging

RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for somatostatin ...

Breast size dissatisfaction affects self-examination

New research shows that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are less likely to carry out ...

Cancer mortality in the US continues decades-long drop

ATLANTA -January 4, 2018-The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991 ...

Don’t give up now — keeping your New Year’s resolutions could reduce cancer risk

The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of ...

Gene fusion shifts cell activity into high gear, causing some cancer

Credit: Iavarone Lab, Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY (January 3, 2017)--The fusion of two adjacent genes can cause ...

Scientists design bacteria to reflect ‘sonar’ signals for ultrasound imaging