Cancer
The Lancet: Alcohol is associated with 2.8 million deaths each year worldwide
Globally, one in three people drink alcohol (equivalent to 2.4 billion people), and 2.2% of women and 6.8% of men...
3D cell environment key for divvying up chromosomes — find could explain cancer hallmark
Credit: K. Knouse et al./Cell 2018 For some cells, context is everything. Cells plucked out of their native environs have...
Keeping cancer out of breath blocks drug resistance
Credit: University of Texas at Austin A new combination of existing drugs shows promise that it could reduce the size...
How not saying ‘cancer’ for low-risk thyroid cancer may affect treatment preferences, patient anxiety
Bottom Line: Could removing "cancer" from the terminology for low-risk small papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) reduce patients' anxiety so they...
Integrated analysis finds vulnerabilities to target in a high-risk pediatric tumor
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (MEMPHIS, Tenn. - AUG. 23, 2018) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have completed...
Friends who are former smokers are key to helping people with serious mental illness quit
Credit: Dartmouth Institute People with serious mental illness (SMI) have a reduced life expectancy of up to 25 years compared...
Polymer antibodies efficiently target and eliminate cancer cells
Credit: F. Canfarotto et al./Nano Letters A joint research team from Russia and the U.K. has demonstrated the possibility of...
Combination immunotherapy shrinks melanoma brain metastases
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Combination immunotherapy shrank melanoma that has spread to the brain in more than half of...
Mixed trends in teenage ‘new smoker’ rates in Europe
Credit: Marcon et al., 2018 In most of Europe, the rates of smoking initiation among older teens have declined since...
Experimental drug takes aim at cancers associated with Epstein-Barr virus
Washington, DC - August 22, 2018 - Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) doesn't directly cause cancer, but infection with this common herpes...
The long-term financial toll of breast cancer
The financial fallout from breast cancer can last years after diagnosis, particularly for those with lymphedema, a common side effect...
Penn radiation oncology invests in virtual reality
Credit: Penn Medicine As your eyes scan the horizon, the starry nightscape gives way to the first hints of light...
Carers of terminally ill up to 7 times more likely to have mental health problems
Carers for people with cancer are between 5 and 7 times more likely to have mental health problems than the...
Sequencing genomes of Nigerian women could help prevent many lethal breast cancers
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine For the first time, DNA contributed by Sub-Saharan African women has been thoroughly evaluated...
First in-depth profile of CAR T-cell signals suggests how to improve immunotherapy
SEATTLE -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- CAR T-cell therapy, which reprograms immune cells to fight cancer, has shown great promise...
Annual pap test a ‘thing of the past?’
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released new recommendations on screening for cervical...
Research informs new national cervical cancer screening recommendation
Credit: UC Davis Health A comprehensive analysis of eight clinical trials and four cohort studies on cervical cancer screening by...
USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for cervical cancer
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendations regarding screening for cervical cancer, with the...
Simple test could identify bladder cancer patients who won’t respond to immunotherapy
Credit: Pic courtesy of Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Patients who are unlikely to benefit from a commonly used immunotherapy...
New ESMO tumor DNA scale helps match patients with cancer to optimal targeted medicines
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland- 21 August 2018 - A new scale for tumour DNA mutations which...
