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Cigarette smoke causes epigenetic changes in lung cells that prime them to develop cancer, and researchers can now observe how...

Credit: Jennifer Fairman Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory-grown, human airway...

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Oncology researchers studying high-risk children's cancers have identified a protein that offers a likely target...

Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2017 -- Researchers are starting to discover the curing powers of plasma -- bringing...

Liver cancer occurs predominantly in patients whose liver has been damaged as a result of chronic disease. Until now it...

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 11, 2017) -- T lymphocytes found in tumors and implicated in killing tumor cells cope with the...

Credit: Photo courtesy of: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The discovery of a mechanism by which normal brain cells regulate the expression of the...

Milan, 11 September 2017 - The names of the 2017 Balzan Prizewinners were disclosed today in a public announcement: Aleida...

CHAPEL HILL -- A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Lineberger Comprehensive...

Credit: Karl Harrison A team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has demonstrated a groundbreaking new method of...

LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - Combination targeted adjuvant therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib doubles relapse-free survival in patients with stage...

LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - Adjuvant nivolumab is superior to standard of care ipilimumab in patients with surgically resected stage...

LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - Immunotherapy with the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab may be a better option than standard treatments for...

LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - The debate on whether to shorten adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer from six to three...

LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Ramucirumab plus docetaxel improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who...

LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Mature results from the KEYNOTE-045 trial to be presented today at the ESMO 2017 Congress...

A new study examines whether insurance status may affect survival in children diagnosed with cancer. Published early online in CANCER,...

Researchers have developed a technique to accurately isolate fetal heart sounds from background noise in acoustic recordings, allowing them to...

STAMFORD, Conn. & NEW YORK, NY -- September 11, 2017 -- Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...