Erdafitinib shows promise in urothelial cancer patients with specific mutations
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center CHICAGO - In an international Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,...
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Is exercise associated with lower risk of death for adult survivors of childhood cancer?
Bottom Line: Vigorous exercise is associated with reductions in the risk of death among adult survivors of childhood cancer. Why The Research Is Interesting: In...
Landmark study finds more breast cancer patients can safely forgo chemotherapy
MAYWOOD, IL - A 21-gene test performed on tumors could enable most patients with the most common type of early breast cancer to safely forgo...
ASCO18: Positive results for phase 1 trial of ivosidenib against AML
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Early phase clinical trial results presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2018 of...
Earth’s first giant predators produced killer babies
Credit: ©Science China Press Some of the earliest predators that patrolled the oceans over 500 million years ago are also some of the largest animals...
Study of acute myeloid leukemia patients shows protein inhibitor drug safe and effective with durable remissions
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Ivosidenib, an experimental drug that inhibits a protein often mutated in several cancers has been shown to be...
Study updates global burden of cancer
Bottom Line: Population aging and growth largely fueled an increase in cancer cases between 2006 and 2016, and large disparities continue to exist between countries...
Increase in lifestyle-related cancers over past decade spotlights need for prevention
SEATTLE - Lifestyle-related cancers, such as lung, colorectal, and skin cancers, have increased globally over the past decade, according to the most comprehensive analysis of...
Blood test shows potential for early detection of lung cancer
CHICAGO - A test that analyzes free-floating DNA in the blood may be able to detect early-stage lung cancer, a preliminary report from the ongoing...
Long-term IMPACT data find improved survival when targeted therapies matched to tumor-specific gene mutations
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center CHICAGO - Matching targeted therapies to tumor-specific gene mutations across tumor types improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS)...
100 bold ideas to improve women and children’s health and rights in the developing world
Credit: Grand Challenges Canada Toronto, Canada - Grand Challenges Canada is proud to announce an investment of over CAD$10 million to test 100 new ideas...
Three studies win top research prizes from PLOS Computational Biology
Credit: Ghaffarizadeh et al., The second annual PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize program has awarded top prizes to three exemplary studies published in 2017. The...
Novel insulators with conducting edges
Credit: UZH Topology examines the properties of objects and solids that are protected against perturbations and deformations. Materials known so far include topological insulators, which...
How might baking soda boost cancer therapy?
MAY 31, 2018, NEW YORK -- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered an entirely novel mechanism by which cells enter a state of dormancy...
Research brief: New approach boosts effort to scale up biodiversity monitoring
The value of ecological biodiversity for maintaining ecosystem stability and function is well established, but a recent study points to a novel way to fine-tune...
