Cancer

Credit: CNIO Radiotherapy, a common treatment for cancer, is one of the most effective ways to destroy cancer cells and...

IU cancer researcher, collaborators earn $4.1 million grant from Cancer Moonshot

Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering INDIANAPOLIS -- A team of researchers from Indiana University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have...

Novel protocol significantly improves outcomes in locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Combination of intensive chemotherapy, radiation therapy and blood-pressure drug losartan allows surgical removal of previously unresectable tumors, extends patient survival...

Interaction with stromal cells influences tumor growth, metastasis in pancreatic cancer

A study from researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has demonstrated how the response to pancreatic cancer...

Scientists discover ‘switch’ that helps breast cancer spread around the body

Researchers have unveiled clues into how breast cancer cells spread around the bodyCredit: Imperial College London/Institute of Cancer Research The...

Early onset colorectal cancer rising fastest in the west

Surprising finding suggests obesity epidemic may not fully explain increasing rates Early-onset colorectal cancer -cancer occurring before age 50--is rising...

Study reports ibrutinib and venetoclax combo effective as front-line therapy for select chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Ibrutinib and venetoclax, two FDA-approved drugs for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), have been shown...

Renegade fat cells induce bone-damaging lesions in multiple myeloma

Credit: A study of samples from patients with multiple myeloma (MM) has demonstrated how "reprogrammed" fat cells contribute to long-lasting...

Towards a safer treatment for leukemia

An international team of researchers at VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium, the UK Dementia Institute and the Children's Cancer Institute, Australia, have...

Lifting the lid on bladder cancer support

Flinders University develops new urology care modelCredit: Flinders University Bladder cancer is a painful and sometimes life-threatening condition that patients...

Recovery twice as hard for survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Nearly 90 per cent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survive, yet the same treatments that save their life...

Researchers identify new roles for common oncogene MYC

Credit: Kamini Singh/Hans-Guido Wendel Cancer researchers have discovered surprising new functions for a protein called MYC, a powerful oncogene that...

Female patients more likely to survive but experience worse side effects from cancer treatment

An analysis of over 3,000 patients with early cancer of the oesophagus and stomach suggests female patients are more likely...

Computer-assisted diagnostic procedure enables earlier detection of brain tumor growth

Credit: geralt, Pixabay A computer-assisted diagnostic procedure helps physicians detect the growth of low-grade brain tumors earlier and at smaller...

Researchers identified novel oncogenic function for receptor linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Image: Guillaume Jacquemet. Common and rare SORLA single nucleotide polymorphisms have been associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease....

Immune discovery set to boost cancer therapies, study suggests

Cancer therapies that use immune cells to trigger the body to attack tumours could be improved by a molecule that...

Epigenetic study provides new approaches to combination therapies for aggressive cancers

(Vienna, 27 May 2019) Epigenetic processes enable cells to respond to changes in their environment by regulating the activity of...

Children’s Tumor Foundation launches NF2 accelerator to combat rare genetic disorder

May 23, 2019

Foundation to invest $2.3 million to expand NF2 drug pipeline and accelerate treatments for neurofibromatosis type 2 patients On the...

Studying the function of liver cancer genes in mini-organs