Cancer
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...
Vaccination programs substantially reduce HPV infections and precancerous cervical lesions
Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programs have substantially reduced the number of infections and precancerous cervical lesions caused by the...
Childhood leukemia cannot hide from the immune system
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists found that despite having few mutations, pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia does not escape immune...
Reversing t cells’ misunderstood rep in responding to a pediatric leukemia
Credit: Anthony Zamora A study of pediatric patients with leukemia demonstrates that they were able to generate T cells against...
Confining cell-killing treatments to tumors
Attaching a Velcro-like molecule may prevent immune proteins called cytokines from leaking out of cancerous tissue after injection Cytokines, small...
Immune damage may explain ineffectiveness of high-dose radiation against lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When it comes to using radiation against lung cancer, preliminary clinical studies were pretty...
Newly defined cancer driver is fast, furious and loud
Researchers characterize 3 ways in which the gene FOXA1 mutates to trigger prostate cancerCredit: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center...
Mechanism of tumor metastasis and tumor-suppressive role of UDP-glucose revealed
Credit: DICP and SIBCB Scientists from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) and Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology...
Uridine diphosphate glucose found to dampen lung cancer metastasis
Credit: Image by the research groups In a study published online in Nature on June 26, research teams led by...
SNMMI Image of the Year: Novel radiotracer detects 28 cancer types
Credit: Image created with contributions from Clemens Kratochwil, Paul Flechsig, Thomas Lindner, Labidi Abderrahim, Annette Altmann, Walter Mier, Sebastian Adeberg,...
Prostate cancer urine test shows who needs treatment and when
Researchers at the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have developed a urine test to...
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries run higher risk of readmission compared with traditional Medicare
1. Medicare Advantage beneficiaries run higher risk of readmission compared with traditional Medicare Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-1795 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M19-1599 URLs go live...
Radionuclide therapy effective in high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms
New study provides basis for expansion of clinical indications for patients with progressive neuroendocrine tumorsCredit: J Zhang et al., THERANOSTICS...
Study reveals elevated cancer risk in children with birth defects
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Childhood cancer is a rare occurrence in the overall population but may be somewhat more...
