This ‘sweet spot’ could improve Melanoma diagnosis
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from "Goldilocks and the ...
Abbreviated breast MRI may be additional screening option for dense breasts
CHICAGO -- Among women with dense breast tissue, for whom traditional mammograms are less effective at detecting cancer, who request ...
Experts urge Europe to start planning for lung cancer screening
Leading lung cancer specialists are urging EU countries to take action to initiate life-saving lung cancer screening programmes as soon ...
Naloxone administered in the field by EMS personnel safe for reversing opioid overdose
1. Naloxone administered in the field by EMS personnel is safe and effective for reversing opioid overdose More research needed ...
Promising target for treating brain tumors in children
Findings published in Oncotarget offer new hope for children with highly aggressive brain tumors like atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) and ...
SLU researchers discover BRCA cancer cells’ last defense
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a new paper published in Nature Communications, a team led by Saint ...
Ryk needs a chaperone
Credit: Image by Wen-Hsuan Chang/Wange Lu Lab/USC Ryk has made the headlines by requiring a chaperone. But don't assume that ...
SWOG and Hope give veterans better access to cancer trials
Credit: SWOG For the third year, SWOG, the global cancer clinical trials network, and its charity, The Hope Foundation, are ...
Unforeseen new drug target discovered for acute myeloid leukemia
A study has found an unexpected new drug target for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) that could open new avenues to ...
Immunotherapy research for head and neck cancers gets boost from V Foundation grant
Credit: UC San Diego Health A team of University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center ...
Stem cells in intestinal lining may shed light on behavior of cancer cells
URBANA, Ill. - The lining of the intestines - the epithelium - does more than absorb nutrients from your lunch. ...
Drug-delivering nanoparticles seek and destroy elusive cancer stem cells
Credit: Image courtesy of Dipanjan Pan CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois researchers are sending tiny drug-laden nanoparticles on a ...
Mount Sinai scientists identify novel therapeutic targets for metastatic melanoma
(New York, NY - November 27, 2017) - Mount Sinai researchers have identified novel therapeutic targets for metastatic melanoma, according ...
Increased oral pathogens, decreased bacterial diversity predict precancerous stomach cancer lesions
Elevated pathogen colonization and a lack of bacterial diversity in the mouth were identified in people with precancerous lesions that ...
Cancer drug starts clinical trials in human brain-cancer patients
Credit: Photo courtesy Tim Fan CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct has been cleared for ...
Cells bulge to squeeze through barriers
Credit: Video by Kaleb Naegeli, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- Invasive cells deploy a trick to break through tissues and ...
New strategy for multiple myeloma immunotherapy
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - In recent decades monoclonal antibody-based treatment of cancer has been established as one of the ...
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress in Europe to answer to open questions in cancer immunotherapy
LUGANO, 24 November 2017 - You are still on time to register as Press representative for the ESMO Immuno Oncology ...
Biologists studied cellular cannibalism in cancerous growths
Credit: Anastasiia Garanina Researchers from Lomonosov MSU Faculty of Biology have studied the stages of entosis, a process of cell ...
Promising new treatment for rare pregnancy cancer leads to remission in patients
Three out of four patients with the cancerous forms of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) went into remission after receiving the ...
