Cancer
Greater awareness needed of stomach cancer risk in under-40s, especially in Latin America
ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2019, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6Credit: @European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 2 July...
Response to gene-targeted drugs depends on cancer type
Cancers with the same genetic weaknesses respond differently to targeted drugs depending on the tumour type of the patient, new...
NETRF-funded research may help predict pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) recurrence
Alpha-like islet cells associated with metastasisCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Center A group of researchers funded by Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF)...
Wake Forest Baptist awarded $1.6 million to test iPad colon cancer screening app
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 1, 2019 - Doctors know that screening for colorectal cancer reduces mortality. However, more than one-third...
Shorter courses of proton therapy can be just as effective as full courses prostate cancer
Penn study finds protons are effective, safe when given in higher dosesCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Treating prostate cancer with...
Researchers identify new way to make cancer self-destruct
Penn study finds blocking the ATF4 gene causes tumors to die from too much stressCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - For...
NLST follow up reaffirms that low dose CT reduces lung cancer mortality
Denver--July 1, 2019--Early detection and treatment through screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been investigated as a potential means...
NCI study finds increased risk of cancer death following treatment for hyperthyroidism
Findings from a study of patients who received radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment for hyperthyroidism show an association between the dose...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $5 million to 10 top young clinical investigators
New York, NY (June 30, 2019) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named five new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators...
Health checks from age 40 avoid ‘black hole’
Study finds five health problems per person Seeing a health professional for a full health screening - even when you...
High doses of 60 plus-year-old chemo drug found to spur immune system attack on lymphoma
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute More than 60 years ago, British physician Denis Parsons Burkitt and his associates achieved one of...
Two-in-one drug combining Herceptin with chemotherapy keeps women’s breast cancers at bay
Guiding chemotherapy to a tumour by attaching it to the antibody-based target drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) is effective at treating women...
Using artificial intelligence to deliver personalized radiation therapy
Newly published Cleveland Clinic-led research first to use medical scans to inform dose deliveryCredit: Cleveland Clinic Thursday, June 27, 2019,...
Scientists find thirdhand smoke affects cells in humans
UC Riverside-led study is the first to find an association between thirdhand smoke and gene expression in humansCredit: Stan Lim,...
Researchers criticize study calling for expansion of genetic testing for breast cancer
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have criticised a recent study calling into question guidelines on genetic testing for hereditary...
Mutational ‘hotspots’ in cancer genomes may not necessarily drive cancer growth
Massachusetts General study finds 'passenger' mutations can be induced by DNA structures in genes unrelated to cancer development A study...
Nutritional cues regulate pancreatic tumor’s ‘cell drinking’
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - June 27, 2019 - Desperate for nutrients, rapidly growing pancreatic tumors resort...
Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations...
Too many antioxidants may cause lung cancer spread
A new study explains why lung cancer spreads faster in patients with certain genetic changes, and suggests that taking vitamin...
Risk prediction model may help determine if a lung nodule will progress to cancer
Bottom Line: A risk prediction model developed using clinical and radiological features could stratify individuals presenting with a lung nodule...
