Cancer
ACA expansion did not improve access to complex surgeries for low-income/minority patients
WASHINGTON -- A first look at the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s Medicaid expansion finds that despite expectations, there was no...
Genetic testing helps predict disease recurrence in myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Matt Miller A DNA-based analysis of blood cells soon after a stem cell transplant can predict likelihood of disease...
Discovery of a cancer promoter offers pathway to overcome drug resistance
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Geneticists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a previously unknown cell growth...
St. Jude researchers solve a central mystery of a baffling high-risk leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have unraveled the origins and identified mutations associated...
Thousands of breast cancer gene variants engineered and analyzed
Credit: UW Medicine A new scientific analysis of nearly 4,000 mutations deliberately engineered into the BRCA1 gene will immediately benefit...
Findings could improve treatment for challenging acute leukemia in children
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center...
Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality
Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in...
Research Brief: Immediately limiting nicotine in all cigarettes could reduce smoking
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advanced notice of a proposed rule in March that would reduce nicotine...
Mitochondria come together to kill cancer cells
Credit: Onodera Y., et al., Nature Communications, July 11, 2018 Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could...
Scientists identified enzyme in milk production as target for novel breast cancer drugs
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein involved in milk production that stimulates...
Fighting the cold virus and other threats, body makes trade-off, says study
New Haven, Conn.-- A Yale research team has revealed how cells in different parts of the human airway vary in...
Variation in cancer-causing KRAS mutations greater than thought
Credit: Tatu Pantsar The effects of KRAS mutations underlying many different types of cancer are more diverse than previously thought,...
DNA test for predicing risk of leukemia relapse
Credit: The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) via Wikimedia Commons A group of Canadian and Korean scientists and physicians...
New diagnostic tool for complex cancer cases
Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Claessen A new diagnostic tool is expected to result in better treatment of cancer that...
Scientists test new cancer vaccine against melanoma
LA JOLLA, CA - Sept. 6, 2018 - An experimental cancer vaccine that boosts the immune system's ability to fight...
Immunotherapy may be efficacious in patients with HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma
Bottom Line: Among a small cohort of patients with HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, more than 65...
New discovery on T cell behavior has major implications for cancer immunotherapy
AURORA, Colo. (September 7, 2018) - Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that disease-fighting T...
Bioadhesive, wirelessly powered implant emitting light to kill cancer cells
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Toshinori Fujie, Waseda University Scientists from Waseda University, the National Defense Medical College, and the Japan...
Hsp90: More than just a chaperone
Researchers from the Verstreken lab (VIB-KU Leuven) have identified a completely novel function for Hsp90, one of the most common...
Researchers identify pitfall in popular prostate cancer PET imaging method
Credit: Christoph Rischpler RESTON, VA - Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has become a popular method...
