Immune cells play key role in early breast cancer metastasis even before a tumor develops
(New York, NY - January 2, 2018) --Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that normal immune cells called macrophages, which reside ...
Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines
1. Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-2067 URLs go live when the ...
New guidelines on clinical trial design for patients with brain metastases
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials of new anti-cancer therapies have often excluded patients whose disease has spread ...
Berry gives boost to cervical cancer therapy
Credit: University of Missouri School of Medicine According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 women in ...
Can e-cigarettes help smokers quit?
Credit: Sarah Pack/Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC As e-cigarettes become more popular, fewer people are taking up smoking traditional cigarettes. ...
A cluster of mutations in neurofibromatosis is important risk factor for severe symptoms
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., professor of genetics at the University of Alabama at ...
Carfilzomib can lead to cardiovascular toxicity in multiple myeloma patients
PHILADELPHIA - The proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib has taken on an increasing role in the treatment of multiple myeloma, but new ...
Cancer overrides the circadian clock to survive
Credit: Hollings Cancer Center Tumor cells use the unfolded protein response to alter circadian rhythm, which contributes to more tumor ...
Uncovering molecular targets for childhood cancer therapeutics
Credit: Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal and Maternal Medicine (Ibaraki),TMDU Study led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) elucidates genomic ...
New understanding of why cancer cells move
Credit: University of Hawaii Cancer Center A University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researcher has identified how some cancer cells are ...
Study explores impact of obesity on bone marrow cells
Credit: Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -New research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine highlights the pernicious effect of obesity ...
First stereotactic radiotherapy system designed for breast cancer receives FDA clearance
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 22, 2017 - The GammaPod ™ - a first-of-its kind stereotactic radiotherapy system to treat early stage ...
Hormone therapy combination may benefit health without increasing cancer risk
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Treating ovariectomized mice with a combination of conjugated estrogens and the ...
A kiss of death for prostate cancer
Hokkaido University researchers have uncovered a cellular protein that stabilizes a tumor promoting signaling pathway, suggesting a new target to ...
Breaking up (protein complexes) is hard to do, but new UW study shows how
MADISON, Wisconsin -- A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers identified the structural basis for how tightly bound protein ...
New marker could detect fatal breast cancer up to one year earlier than current methods
A new marker that could be used to diagnose fatal breast cancer up to one year ahead of current methods ...
Medicaid expansion leads to increase in early-stage cancer diagnoses
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Affordable Care Act led to an increase in the number of cancer diagnoses -- particularly those ...
Exposure study to assess people and water near Colorado Springs
Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Colorado School ...
G-quadruplex regulates breast cancer-associated gene
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine For breast cancer, carrying protein CD44s, instead of CD44v, has a survival advantage. Researchers have ...
Multifunctional protein contributes to blood cell development
LA JOLLA--(December 21, 2017) Like an actor who excels at both comedy and drama, proteins also can play multiple roles. ...
