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Credit: Osaka University Osaka - In recent decades monoclonal antibody-based treatment of cancer has been established as one of the ...

ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress in Europe to answer to open questions in cancer immunotherapy

LUGANO, 24 November 2017 - You are still on time to register as Press representative for the ESMO Immuno Oncology ...

Biologists studied cellular cannibalism in cancerous growths

Credit: Anastasiia Garanina Researchers from Lomonosov MSU Faculty of Biology have studied the stages of entosis, a process of cell ...

Promising new treatment for rare pregnancy cancer leads to remission in patients

Three out of four patients with the cancerous forms of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) went into remission after receiving the ...

Researchers show stress suppresses response to cancer treatments

Credit: The University of Queensland New research shows that chronic stress suppresses the immune system's response to cancer, reducing the ...

High levels of natural immune suppressor correlate with poor survival in the most common leukemia

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 27, 2017) - Patients diagnosed with the most common form ...

Tumor-associated bacteria hitches a ride to metastatic sites

The same bacteria present in primary tumors of patients with colorectal cancer are also present in liver metastases, a new ...

Antimalarial drugs could support existing cancer treatments in two-pronged attack

Antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could find another use as cancer treatments, according to a new clinical study published in ...

Ludwig researchers unravel novel mechanism by which tumors grow resistant to radiotherapy

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research NOVEMBER 23, 2017, New York -- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a key mechanism ...

Scientists find key to regenerating blood vessels

Credit: SBP Lake Nona, Fla., November 23, 2017 - A new study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical ...

One-size treatment for blood cancer probably doesn’t fit all, USC researchers say

Though African-American men are three times more likely to be diagnosed with a blood cancer called multiple myeloma, most scientific ...

Tiny robots step closer to treating hard-to-reach parts of the body

Credit: Yan et al Science Robotics 2017 Tiny remotely operated robots could be designed to diagnose and treat illness in ...

Encouraging oxygen’s assault on iron may offer new way to kill lung cancer cells

Blocking the action of a key protein frees oxygen to damage iron-dependent proteins in lung and breast cancer cells, slowing ...

UVA aims to help patients with cancer make complex care decisions

Credit: UVA Health System Researchers at the University of Virginia Cancer Center are developing a tool to help patients with ...

How common are new cancers in cancer survivors?

Bottom Line: One quarter of adults 65 or older and 11 percent of younger patients diagnosed with cancer from 2009 ...

Chemistry.AI to analyze the brain activity of medicinal chemists for AI-powered drug discovery

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, 22nd of November, 2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specializing in ...

Lung cancer triggers pulmonary hypertension

Credit: MPI f. Heart and Lung Research Shortness of breath and respiratory distress often increase the suffering of advanced-stage lung ...

Droplet explosion by shock waves, relevant to nuclear medicine

An arrow shooting through an apple, makes for a spectacular explosive sight in slow motion. Similarly, energetic ions passing through ...

Adult survivors of childhood cancer are more likely to develop high blood pressure

Bottom Line: People who survived childhood cancer were more than twice as likely as the general population to have high ...

Risk for aging-related diseases elevated among thyroid cancer survivors