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Credit: Matt Miller Rapidly dividing, yet aberrant stem cells are a major source of cancer. But a new study suggests that mature cells also play...

Penn Medicine/Virtua strategic alliance brings first proton therapy to South Jersey

PHILADELPHIA | MARLTON - Cancer care in South Jersey is about to enter a new era. Penn Medicine, in partnership with Virtua, announced plans to...

What does hair loss have to teach us about cancer metastasis?

Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Besim Ogretmen, Medical University of South Carolina. Results published in Oct. 24, 2017 issue of Science Signaling. Understanding how cancer...

Many women report not feeling completely informed about breast cancer treatment options

CHICAGO (Dec. 15, 2017): Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States, with more than 230,000 women diagnosed annually.*...

Journalists can register now to attend the European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-11)

Journalists are invited to Europe's largest forum for breast cancer research. The 11th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-11) will be taking place in Barcelona, Spain,...

Constance A. Howes Women’s Health Innovation Research Fund awards grants

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, has awarded three approximately $25,000 grants from the Constance A. Howes Women's Health...

Cancer immunotherapy may work better in patients with specific genes

Credit: National Institutes of Health Cancer cells arise when DNA is mutated, and these cells should be recognized as "foreign" by the immune system. However,...

Scientists pinpoint gene to blame for poorer survival rate in early-onset breast cancer patients

A new study led by scientists at the University of Southampton has found that inherited variation in a particular gene may be to blame for...

ESMO publishes new position paper on supportive and palliative care

Update to match evolving needs of cancer patients Patient centred care contributes to best use of available resources Call for increased awareness, research, education, resources...

Penn medicine | virtua strategic alliance brings first proton therapy to south Jersey

PHILADELPHIA | MARLTON - Cancer care in South Jersey is about to enter a new era. Penn Medicine, in partnership with Virtua, announced plans to...

Mechanism identified of impaired dendritic cell function that weakens response to cancer

PHILADELPHIA -- (Dec. 14, 2017) -- A new study from The Wistar Institute revealed the mechanism implicated in the defective function of tumor-associated dendritic cells...

Active surveillance of low-risk PMC of the thyroid proposed as first-line management

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 14, 2017--A 10-year study of more than 1,200 patients with low-risk papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) of...

WPI team taking optical device from the lab to the clinic to detect cancer much earlier

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - In a paper published in Nature Scientific Reports, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)...

How defeating THOR could bring a hammer down on cancer

Credit: Ella Maru Studio, Inc. and Yashar Niknafs ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- It turns out Thor, the Norse god of thunder and the Marvel superhero,...

‘Bet hedging’ explains the efficacy of many combination cancer therapies