UC researchers pinpoint hierarchy of breast cancer cells as potential cause for treatment resistance
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Tag: Breast Cancer
New database could help lead to personalized treatments for breast cancer patients
Database of 40 breast cancer cell lines will help speed the development of new gene-targeted therapies.Credit: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center ...
Combating ‘chemobrain’ with music
University of Cincinnati colleges collaborate to develop app that studies whether music therapy can improve the brain from effects of ...
Delay in breast cancer operations appears non-life-threatening for early-stage disease
Results of Journal of the American College of Surgeons study should reassure breast cancer patients who experienced surgical postponements due ...
A one-step diagnostic may bring faster, cheaper cancer testing to remote settings
Credit: Scientists have created a rapid and affordable test for breast cancer that is designed for use in developing regions, ...
A normal DNA repair process can become a major source of mutations in cancer
Scientists at IRB Barcelona describe the "mutation fog"Credit: Dave Hoefler on Unsplash. Hypermutation is an unusual occurence that can lead ...
Study pinpoints women who benefit less from 3D mammograms
Digital breast tomosynthesis improves cancer detection and reduces recalls, but women with extremely dense breasts don't fully realize that advantage.Credit: ...
A new way to target cancers using ‘synthetic lethality’
Approach exploits tumor weaknesses when 2 genetic defects are combinedCredit: NCI Center for Cancer Research With advances in genome sequencing, ...
UCalgary study finds global trends in women’s breast cancer show cause for concern
Findings show significant increase in premenopausal breast cancer rates in countries around the world, including CanadaCredit: O'Brien Institute for Public ...
Oncotarget: Therapeutic efficacy of liposomal Grb2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (L-Grb2)
The cover for issue 29 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, "In vivo effects of treatment with L-Grb2 in combination with ...
New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapyCredit: University ...
How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses
Credit: Xue-Yan He, Egeblad lab, CSHL. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad and her colleagues describe a ...
Expansion stress enhances growth and migration of breast cancer cells
This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic systemCredit: UAB Expansion stress can ...
Breast cancer cells can reprogram immune cells to assist in metastasis
Credit: Isaac Chan, M.D. Natural killer (NK) cells, a type of immune cell, are known to limit metastasis by inducing ...
Protein linked to cancer acts as a viscous glue in cell division
Research reveals role unusual quantities of protein PRC1 plays in genetic errorsCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An over-abundance ...
American Cancer Society awards Research Scholar Grant to Brooke Emerling
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that the American ...
Identified genes that predispose to cancer by impairing the immune system
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) The idea that the immune system "monitors and prevents" the development of cancer, which ...
Immune cells infiltrating tumors may play bigger cancer role than previously thought
UC San Diego researchers unravel how immune cells operate in the tissues surrounding mouse tumors, suggesting new approach for cancer ...
Focused ultrasound shows promise against deadliest brain tumor
Credit: UVA Health An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is ...
A novel radioisotope therapy for children with neuroblastoma
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine treatment could provide a favorable prognosis in children with neuroblastomaCredit: Kanazawa University ...
