Cancer
Researchers discover why men are more likely to develop liver cancer
Credit: Manieri et al., 2019 Researchers in Spain have discovered that a hormone secreted by fat cells that is present...
Adiponectin, the hormone that protects women against liver cancer
A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has found an explanation for the lower rate of liver...
Bryce Seifert, Ph.D., earns 2019 Richard King Award for best publication by a trainee
Bryce Seifert, Ph.D., Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow at Duke University School of Medicine is the recipient of the 2019...
Artificial intelligence helps to better assess treatment response of brain tumors
A team from Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Centre has developed a new method for the automated...
Is your melanoma hot enough for immunotherapy?
Melanomas tend to be "hot" or "cold" - if they're hot, immunotherapy lights melanoma tumors like beacons for elimination by...
Breast cancer study by UCR medical student could help patients live longer
Surgery is associated with increased survival for patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancerCredit: AACR A student at the University...
Tumor microenvironment analyzed to increase effectiveness of preclinical trials
Senior Lecturer Valeriya Solovyova's project received Russian president's supportCredit: Kazan Federal University It was shown that co-culturing HeLa adenocarcinoma cells,...
Older women benefit significantly when screened with 3D mammography
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Mammography remains an effective method for breast cancer screening in...
Researchers establish global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer
Patients with colorectal cancer have the same consistent changes in the gut bacteria across continents, cultures, and diets -- a...
Combo of virotherapy and radiotherapy shows early promise in patients with esophageal cancer
ATLANTA -- The experimental oncolytic adenovirus telomelysin (OBP-301) in combination with radiotherapy was safe and showed early clinical efficacy in...
NFCR Fellow Susan Band Horwitz receives Canada Gairdner Award
Canada's most prominent scientific prize honors world's biomedical research eliteCredit: Canada Gairdner Foundation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Della...
Adults at high risk for HIV infection have low rates of vaccination against HPV
ATLANTA -- Adults who are at high risk of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS,...
Genetic variant linked to increased stroke risk in childhood cancer survivors treated with CRT
ATLANTA -- A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was associated with increased risk for developing stroke in childhood survivors who...
Maintenance therapy with rucaparib shows clinical responses in a subgroup of patient with pancreatic cancer
ATLANTA -- Maintenance treatment with the PARP inhibitor rucaparib (Rubraca) was well tolerated and provided clinical responses among patients with...
Prostate cancer incidence and mortality have declined in most countries
ATLANTA -- Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates are decreasing or stabilizing in most parts of the world, with the...
Surgery associated with increased survival for patients with HER2+ stage 4 breast cancer
ATLANTA -- Surgery was associated with higher survival rates for patients with HER2-positive (HER2+) stage 4 breast cancer compared with...
PARP inhibitors can shrink tumors in pancreatic cancer patients with specific mutations
Data presented in a news conference at AACR Annual Meeting ATLANTA - Switching pancreatic cancer patients to the PARP inhibitor...
Laser technology helps researchers scrutinize cancer cells
Credit: Caltech Devising the best treatment for a patient with cancer requires doctors to know something about the traits of...
LOXO-195 promising against tumors with acquired resistance to first-generation therapeutics
ATLANTA -- The investigational anticancer therapeutic LOXO-195 (now known as BAY 2731954), which targets a family of proteins called TRKs,...
Pitt research reveals how immune cells help tumors escape body’s defenses
PITTSBURGH, April 1, 2019 - New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Hillman Cancer...