Cancer
Yale Cancer Center scientists advise caution in immunotherapy research
New Haven, Conn. -- In a new study, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists suggest that as the number of clinical...
Researchers from the CNIO and the Hospital 12 de Octubre make sense out of the chaos of melanoma
Credit: CNIO Unlike other skin cancers - and without knowing really why - melanoma is one of the most aggressive...
Genome offers clues to esophageal cancer disparity
A genomic duplication may help explain why esophageal adenocarcinoma is much more common in Caucasians and presents a potential target...
Scientists find nanoparticles with peculiar chemical composition
Credit: MIPT Press Office Scientists from Russia and China discovered a host of new and unexpected nanoparticles and found a...
Current concepts and perspectives on connexin43: A mini review
This article by Dr. Baozhong Shen et al. is published in Current Protein & Peptide Science, Volume 19, Issue 11,...
Time to biochemical failure could be used as surrogate endpoint in treatment: LA prostate cancer
An analysis of the NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-RTOG 9202 showed that the interval of time to biochemical failure (IBF),...
A new way to cut the power of tumors
An international group of researchers managed to control the vascularization of tumors by acting on a gene that is overexpressed...
Higher radiation dose needed to X-ray obese patients increases cancer risk
Extremely obese people are needing a far higher dose of radiation during x-ray examinations than people of normal weight, increasing...
Targeted treatment slows progression of rare connective tissue tumor
In a phase three clinical trial, sorafenib stopped progression of desmoid tumors for two years in 80 percent of patients...
IASLC successfully pilots early lung imaging confederation project
Global lung cancer leader explores capabilities of deep learning and AI to improve screening and save lives DENVER - Evidence...
Helping make brain surgery safer
Credit: Professor Robert McLaughlin, University of Adelaide. A biopsy needle that can help surgeons identify and avoid blood vessels in...
Scientists synthesize molecule capable of eliminating hepatitis C virus
The compound called GA-Hecate also acts on bacteria, fungi and cancer cells and will be tested against Zika and yellow...
Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease...
DNA 'webs' aid ovarian cancer metastasis, study reveals
Credit: Lee et al., 2018 Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that ovarian cancer...
New study demonstrates effectiveness and safety of vaginal estrogen
Women who were followed for 18 years in the Nurses' Health Study showed no increased risk of cardiovascular disease or...
High cost of re-operation after breast-conserving surgery
A small number of women require re-operation after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) for breast cancer, if the surgical margins are not...
Thinking outside the box and outside the tumor to detect lung cancer
Ohio researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions...
Prostate cancer scoring method may underestimate mortality risk in black men
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Black men diagnosed with prostate cancer classified as low risk may actually have a more-aggressive form...
Scientists gain insights into traffic cop function of gene expression protein
UNC scientists led by Brian Strahl, PhD, and Raghuvar Dronamraju, Ph.D., uncovered a key regulatory step in gene expression that...
The CNIO and Hospital 12 de Octubre find a potential new combination therapy against a rare disease
Credit: CNIO Myelofibrosis is a severe and very rare haematological disease for which treatment has only been partially effective to...
