HPV testing is better than the Pap test at detecting cervical cancer
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing ...
Dresden scientists develop a sensor for the most important human cancer gene
Credit: TU Dresden, Frank Buchholz If it burns in a house smoke detectors alert us hence protecting life. A molecular ...
CHLA is awarded more than $1M from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fund cancer research
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Three physician-researchers with the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los ...
Insurance linked to black-white survival disparities in colorectal cancer
Health insurance coverage differences account for nearly one-half of the black-white survival disparity in colorectal cancer patients, according to a ...
Monoclonal antibody prevents graft-vs-host disease in bone marrow transplantation model
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON (November 14, 2017) - Newly published research provides preclinical proof-of-concept for the ability of PRO 140, a humanized ...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease increases risk of liver, colorectal, and breast cancers
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, November 14, 2017 - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the more common ...
Nano-targeting treatment for prostate cancer
Metastatic or castrate-resistant prostate cancer can spread to the bone in certain patients. While several new treatments are available, they ...
Mining for cancer clues
Credit: University of Delaware/ Wenbo Fan Doctors have many weapons in the fight against cancer, but choosing the right one ...
Medicaid expansion under ACA linked to higher rate of smoking cessation
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 13, 2017 - When low-income adults were newly covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they ...
The first effective therapy against glioblastoma by attacking telomeres
The Telomere and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has shown that it is possible to ...
UC Davis, Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies partner in biophotoni
The University of California, Davis, and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies in Jena, Germany, have entered an agreement of ...
Genes that hold the clues to bladder cancer and its treatment
Scientists have discovered the 'genetic signatures' of the most common form of bladder cancer - and it could open up ...
Cellular network identified that ‘short circuits’ the antitumor effect of immunotherapies
PHILADELPHIA -- (Nov. 13, 2017) -- Researchers from The Wistar Institute discovered a novel form of crosstalk among tumor cells ...
Harder for T cells to fight cancer in absence of VEGF-A
Contrary to what was previously believed, the immune system's cancer-killing T cells are more effective in a tumour's anoxic environment ...
Engineering non-immune cells to kill cancer cells
Credit: ETH Zurich T-cells are one of the immune system's major weapons. They detect the body's cells infected with a ...
‘Mini liver tumors’ created in a dish for the first time
Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first ...
Ludwig scientists share findings at 2017 Society for Neuro-oncology Annual Meeting
NOVEMBER 13, 2017, NEW YORK - Ludwig Cancer Research has released the scope of its participation at this year's Annual ...
ESMO Precision Medicine Glossary published today
LUGANO, Switzerland, 13 November, 2017 - ESMO, the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the publication ...
PharmaMar presents positive results from a Phase II study of PM1183 in Ewing’s sarcoma
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has presented positive results from a Phase II study of lurbinectedin in Ewing´s sarcoma at the Connective ...
Epigenetic editing reveals surprising insights into early breast cancer development
Changing the epigenetic code of a single gene is enough to cause a healthy breast cell to begin a chain ...
