Tag: cancer

May 27, 2019

Despite potential for prolonging survival with treatment, one-third of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer do not see a medical oncologist, ...

Cancer cells are quick-change artists adapting to their environment

Inherent cancer stem cell plasticity uncoveredCredit: LIH Until now, researchers have assumed that the growth of solid tumors originates from ...

UVA partnering to improve HPV vaccination rates in western Virginia

Team includes Virginia Center for Health Innovation, Carilion Clinic, Ballad HealthCredit: UVA Health System University of Virginia Health System is ...

CNIO participates in a study identifying a novel oncogene for most common types of blood cancer

Miguel Gallardo, researcher and coordinator of the H12O-CNIO Haematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit headed by Joaquín Martínez at the Spanish ...

PSA, a prostate cancer marker, activates vascular and lymphangiogenic growth factors

Growth factors VEGF-C and VEGF-D are contributors to the spread of cancer Together with its partners, a research group led ...

Children’s Tumor Foundation launches NF2 accelerator to combat rare genetic disorder

Foundation to invest $2.3 million to expand NF2 drug pipeline and accelerate treatments for neurofibromatosis type 2 patients On the ...

Do physicians properly advise women with dense breasts on cancer risk?

Studying the function of liver cancer genes in mini-organs

Credit: Benedetta Artegiani, © Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute and Radboud University have developed a human model in ...

$12.5 million grant funds ambitious collaboration shedding light on major diseases

Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A groundbreaking research collaboration at the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...

New exercise guidelines for people with cancer

A decade-old treatment recommendation for people with cancer to take a "slowly slowly" approach to exercise has been replaced with ...

SWOG spotlights high-impact research at ASCO

Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will give ...

Study shows incidence rates of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer rising

Credit: National Cancer Institute New findings from a study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the ...

Scientists discover novel genes responsible for regulating muscle cells

York University research could lead to new muscle cancer therapy TORONTO, May 22, 2019 - York University scientists have uncovered ...

Using fruit flies to identify new treatment for a colorectal cancer patient

A personalized platform identifies trametinib plus zoledronate for a patient with KRAS-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer Erdem Bangi and colleagues demonstrate ...

New study estimates preventable cancer burden linked to poor diet in the US

Credit: Nako Kobayashi/Tufts University BOSTON (May 22, 2019, noon EDT)--A new modeling study estimates the number, proportion, and type of ...

Pain management protocol sends 92 percent of cancer surgery patients home without opioids

Penn study of robotic urologic surgery patients points to key step in overcoming opioid crisisCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A ...

Proton therapy lowers risk of side-effects compared to conventional radiation

In largest study of its kind, Penn researchers compare overall adverse events of proton and photon therapiesCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA ...

TGen-Ethos underscore need for setting high standards in veterinary cancer diagnostics

Rapid, accurate cancer test is critical for dogs' treatment and survival PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 22, 2019 -- Ethos Veterinary ...

Proton therapy for cancer lowers risk of side effects

Cure rates just as high for proton therapy as standard radiation therapyCredit: Brian Baumann/Mike Worful Proton therapy results in fewer ...

Newly discovered hybrid molecules could serve as a novel category of anti-cancer agent