Cancer
Stem cells show promise as drug delivery tool for childhood brain cancer
CHAPEL HILL -- The latest in a series of laboratory breakthroughs could lead to a more effective way to treat...
Success of colorectal cancer intervention program recognized by National Cancer Institute
Credit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso initiative that is increasing...
Breast cancer surgery in frail elderly women linked to poor results
An analysis of more than a decade of U.S. nursing home data has shown that breast cancer surgery is associated...
Study of rare cancer yields therapeutic clues to combat drug resistance
Stephen Elledge, PhD, and his team did not set out to find therapies that could render tumors less resistant to...
Researchers find elusive source of most abundant immune cell
Credit: Dr. Yanfang Peipei Zhu, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--Neutrophils--short-lived, highly mobile and versatile--outnumber all...
Mapping out cancer’s movements
Credit: Dan Graham and Blake Bluestein WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2018 -- Cancer researchers struggle to identify tumor cells that...
A non-canonical strategy may improve cancer radiotherapy
Credit: Ralph Weichselbaum and Yang Xin Fu Although the success or failure of radiation therapy for cancer has long been...
Study finds how NF-2 gene mutations make cells hyper-responsive to growth factor signaling
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center researchers has determined one way that mutations in a gene involved...
Men and women are different: Why medical oncology needs to restate the obvious
LUGANO, 28 August 2018 - Gender-based approaches to studying and treating disease have remained largely unexplored in medical oncology, despite...
Study defines mechanisms behind focused-ultrasound-assisted treatment of brain tumors
A study led by a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has analyzed, for the first time, the mechanisms...
Researchers to test novel drug combination against toughest breast cancers
Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have launched a phase Ib clinical...
UTSA enters Guinness World Records with smallest medical robot
Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, Aug. 27, 2018) -- It can't be seen with a...
Epigenetic analysis of aggressive brain tumors
Credit: Karl-Heinz Nenning (Vienna, August 27, 2018) Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive brain cancer that predominantly affects people in their...
Breast cancer breakthrough: Some tumors can stop their own spread
The findings, uncovered in mice and patient tumours, are published in Nature Cell Biology today. They reveal a previously unseen...
Predicting the response to immunotherapy using artificial intelligence
A study published in The Lancet Oncology establishes for the first time that artificial intelligence can process medical images to...
How do fruit flies grow legs? Solving a molecular mystery
Credit: Roumen Voutev/Mann Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- What do cancer and the growing legs of a fruit fly...
Cellular pumps protect the gut from toxins
The master regulators of gut stem cells, called intestinal myofibroblasts, have pumps that protect them, and thus the gut, from...
The youngest smoke more
Credit: Eivind Senneset "Since 1970, campaigns against smoking seem to have been largely successful, but the message has not been...
New online tool for clinicians could predict long-term risk of breast cancer returning
A new, simple web-based calculator that could better predict the long term risk of breast cancer returning in other areas...
New scientific study: no safe level of alcohol
SEATTLE - A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. The study, published today in...
