Cancer

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