Blood test could help predict skin cancer’s return
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that testing skin cancer patients' blood for tumour DNA could help predict the chances of an aggressive cancer returning....
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National experts map out AYA cancer Rresearch agenda
Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA)...
First DNA sequence from a single mitochondria
Credit: Jacqueline Morris and Jaehee Lee, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -- DNA sequences between mitochondria within a single cell are vastly...
11 leading medical societies urge congress to preserve patient access to Part B therapies
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Eleven leading medical societies - including the American College of Rheumatology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American...
Oncotarget awards grants to four biomedical researchers at Frontiers in Cancer Science
(Rapamycin Press) Oncotarget, the world's largest oncology peer-reviewed research publication, awarded travel grants enabling four biomedical researchers to attend November's Frontiers in Ca..
New weakness found in most common childhood malignant brain tumor
A new weakness found in medulloblastoma, the most common form of childhood brain tumour, could lead to more personalised medicine and improved treatment for some...
In multiple myeloma, high levels of enzyme ADAR1 are associated with reduced survival
Credit: UC San Diego Health Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in the United States. Thirty to 50 percent of multiple myeloma...
Scientists shed light on a tumor-suppressive protein in metastases
?A new study conducted at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium has labeled the protein Caveolin-1 as a high-potential pursuit in the...
Surgeons remove cancerous lymph nodes through hidden scar procedure
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System A team of surgeons at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, led by Hyunsuk Suh, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of...
Nat’l experts map out AYA cancer Rresearch agenda
Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA)...
Shut-off switch for lymphoma
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Safety switches that automatically stop the device for example before it overheats are built into many electrical appliances. Cells are...
Researchers create unique bioengineered organoids for modeling colorectal cancer
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 5,2017--A new study describes a unique bioengineered tissue construct, or organoid, into which colorectal cancer...
Combination strategy could hold promise for ovarian cancer
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that mice with ovarian cancer that received drugs to reactivate dormant genes along with other drugs that activate...
Shorter course of treatment may provide better outcome for intermediate-risk prostate cancer
Boston, MA-- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males in the United States. Approximately, 180,000 men are diagnosed each year, and approximately 95...
Racial disparities persist in the survival of patients with ovarian, colon, and breast cancer
Three new articles present trends in survival for patients with ovarian, colon, and breast cancer in the United States by race and stage. Published early...
