Cancer
Ovarian cancer patients undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients diagnosed between 2013 and 2014...
Cancer-killing combination therapies unveiled with new drug-screening tool
Method IDs which targeted therapies, inadequate on their own, can be paired up to kill non-responsive cancers UC San Francisco...
Proton therapy shows efficacy, low toxicity in large cohort of children with high-risk neuroblastoma
CHOP/Penn researchers: Study supports expanded use of proton therapy to minimize radiation exposure to healthy, developing organs Researchers from Children's...
Single-cell sequencing reveals landscape of immune cell subtypes in lung cancer tumors
Map of myeloid immune cell subpopulations points to new targets for immunotherapy The recent emergence of immunotherapy has marked a...
High-dose vitamin D shows benefit in patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - Results of a small clinical trial suggest that supplementing chemotherapy with high doses of...
Famous cancer-fighting gene also protects against birth defects
p53 influences an important molecular process specific to females that is necessary for the brain and spinal cord to formCredit:...
Nutrients from food, not supplements, linked to lower risks of death, cancer
Study also identifies association between excess calcium supplement intake and increased risk of death from cancerCredit: Pixabay BOSTON (April 8,...
ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening of average-risk women
Great majority of average-risk women with no symptoms will benefit from mammography every other year beginning at age 50 Philadelphia,...
ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening
1. ACP issues guidance statement for breast cancer screening of average-risk women with no symptoms Great majority of average-risk women...
Blood-based colon cancer screen shows promise in UW-Madison study
MADISON - If caught early, nearly all cases of colon cancer are curable. Though this should make screening tests straightforward,...
New study exonerates refined grains
Shines new light on conflicting dietary recommendations April 8, 2019 - Washington, DC - A new study published this week...
Breakthrough in knowledge of how some sarcomas arise
Credit: Photo by Lisa Andersson The origin of certain cancers in the sarcoma group is associated with a hitherto unknown...
Specific criteria needed for different types of myeloma
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 8, 2019) - When our plasma cells start producing a...
Mount Sinai researchers develop treatment that turns tumors into cancer vaccine factories
(New York, NY - April 8, 2019) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed a novel approach to cancer immunotherapy,...
Quashing the resistance: MicroRNA regulates drug tolerance in subset of lung cancers
Newly identified pathway offers promising targets for preventing tumor relapse BOSTON - Relapse of disease following conventional treatments remains one...
Scientists compared ways of drug delivery to malignant tumors
A team of biologists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Lobachevsky University (Nizhny Novgorod) analyzed available methods of...
Immune cells fighting blood cancer visualized for the first time
When cancer escapes the immune system, our defenses are rendered powerless and are unable to fight against the disease. Chimeric...
Study shows dogs can accurately sniff out cancer in blood
Canine cancer detection could lead to new noninvasive, inexpensive ways to detect cancerCredit: BioScentDx Orlando, Fla. (April 8, 2019) -...
Patients resistant to breast cancer therapy show epigenetic differences
Findings could one day help predict response to targeted breast cancer drugsCredit: Daniela Furrer, Laval University Orlando, Fla. (April 6,...
New insights into how fatty liver disease progresses to cancer
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease likely take different paths to liver cancer; findings could lead to new cancer prevention...
