Researchers detect a loophole in chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment
Credit: Tissino et al., 2018 A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)...
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Small-cell lung cancer patients face barriers to receiving standard-of-care treatment
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Despite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the initial management of non-metastatic small-ce..
Specific microbes in digestive tract can boost success for cancer immunotherapy
In the Jan. 5, 2018 issue of Science, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine show that specific strains of commensal bacteria - the swarms...
Dirt-dwelling microbe produces potential anti-melanoma weapon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State University shows. The molecule is...
Lymphedema after cancer treatment — special issue of Rehabilitation Oncology presents research update
Jan. 4, 2018 - Individuals who have been treated for cancer are at risk for a complication called lymphedema: swelling in the body region where...
Mechanism for resistance to immunotherapy treatment discovered
BOSTON - An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn't help most patients. Now, two research...
A new therapeutic target to fight metastasis in ovarian cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Molecular Signaling in Cancer group of the Oncobell program (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL) - proCURE Program (Catalan Institute...
SNMMI publishes appropriate use criteria for somatostatin receptor PET imaging
RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for somatostatin receptor PET imaging in neuroendocrine...
Breast size dissatisfaction affects self-examination
New research shows that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are less likely to carry out regular self-examinations to screen for...
Cancer mortality in the US continues decades-long drop
ATLANTA -January 4, 2018-The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991 and has reached 26%, resulting...
Don’t give up now — keeping your New Year’s resolutions could reduce cancer risk
The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of the first week of January,...
Gene fusion shifts cell activity into high gear, causing some cancer
Credit: Iavarone Lab, Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY (January 3, 2017)--The fusion of two adjacent genes can cause cancer by kicking mitochondria into...
Scientists design bacteria to reflect ‘sonar’ signals for ultrasound imaging
Credit: Anupama Lakshmanan/Caltech In the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine is shrunken down and injected into a scientist's body to repair a...
Virus could treat brain tumours by boosting immune system
A virus injected directly into the bloodstream could be used to treat people with aggressive brain tumours, a major new study reports. Scientists have found...
New research shows how alcohol damages DNA and increases cancer risk
Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research part-funded by...
