Cancer
Epigenetic protein could be new therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Basheer et al., 2019 British researchers have discovered that an epigenetic protein called EZH2 delays the development of acute...
Researchers predict 1.4 million deaths from all cancers in 2019 in the EU
Overall death rates from breast cancer fall in the EU, but rise in Poland Death rates from breast cancer are...
The story of GARP: a potential target for cancer immunotherapy
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina report findings suggesting that GARP could be a potential new target for...
Prophylactic cranial irradiation: Improvements for advanced NSCLC
Prophylactic cranial irradiation improves disease-free survival and brain metastasis rates for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer Prophylactic cranial irradiation...
Outcomes of intervention to improve communication between clinicians, patient with advanced cancer
Bottom Line: These studies report on the outcomes of a clinical trial that evaluated a quality-improvement intervention for communication between...
New study underscores significant benefit of conversations between clinicians and patients
Across the United States, millions of individuals face serious, life-limiting illness like cancer, heart disease and stroke, respiratory disease and...
Novel app uses AI to guide, support cancer patients
Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Artificial Intelligence is helping to guide and support some 50 breast cancer patients in rural...
E-cig users develop some of the same cancer-related molecular changes as cigarette smokers
USC study in vapers, smokers suggests the devices aren't as benign as many believeCredit: pixabay If you think vaping is...
Why some brain tumors respond to immunotherapy
Study could help identify patients with glioblastoma who are most likely to respond to immunotherapy. NEW YORK, NY (February 15,...
How gaming technologies can help cancer patients communicate better
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University is sharing in a €4m project to use gaming technology to improve the care of...
Immune stimulant molecule shown to prevent cancer
Immune checkpoint stimulator, SA-4-1BBL, as a single agent prevents against multiple types of cancerCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. -...
Immunotherapy combination generates responses against castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer
Two checkpoint inhibitors provide early encouraging results for immunologically cold disease HOUSTON- Some patients with metastatic prostate cancer respond to...
Improved RNA data visualization method gets to the bigger picture faster
Like going from a pinhole camera to a Polaroid, a significant mathematical update to the formula for a popular bioinformatics...
Researchers discover a weakness in a rare cancer that could be exploited with drugs
Credit: Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics/The Rockefeller University Cancer cells are, in some respects, impressive: They can grow relentlessly,...
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