NFCR at the 2019 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting
ROCKVILLE, MD - The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) will be well represented at the 110th annual meeting of ...
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European Lung Cancer Congress 2019: A collaborative effort to fight lung cancer
European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC 2019), 10-13 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 28 March 2019 - Participants from across ...
Breast cancer: The promises of old recipes
Researchers from UNIGE and UNIL demonstrate the efficacy of a well-known antibiotic in treating a particularly fatal form of breast ...
New study calculates alcohol cancer risk in cigarette equivalents to help communicate risk
The well-established link between cancer and tobacco may provide a way to help communicate the links between moderate levels of ...
Poor oral health may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer among African American women
(Boston)-- African American women with poor oral health may be more likely to get pancreatic cancer (PC). In the U.S., ...
Fulvestrant plus anastrozole extends lives of women with advanced HR+ breast cancer
Credit: UC Irvine Women with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer live longer when they receive a combination of two anti-estrogen ...
Artificial intelligence can predict premature death, study finds
Computers which are capable of teaching themselves to predict premature death could greatly improve preventative healthcare in the future, suggests ...
Southern Europeans, non-Europeans less likely to have matched stem cell donors
Alternative donor transplants are needed for these patients (WASHINGTON, March 27, 2019) -- Although the pool of registered bone marrow ...
New potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer discovered
MD Anderson study demonstrates role of protein syndecan-1 in regulation of KRAS geneCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Cancer cells demand ...
Low-dose radiation therapy improves delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles to brain tumors
A new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that radiation therapy may increase the uptake of therapeutic ...
GW Cancer receives $4 million award for technical assistance to comprehensive cancer control
Principal Investigator Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA has been awarded a $4.125 million cooperative agreement to continue work with the Centers for ...
Heating up tumors could make CAR T therapy more effective, study finds
FINDINGS A preclinical study led by scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer suggests that heating solid tumors during CAR ...
Hubrecht Organoid Technology and CrownBio announce a strategic partnership
Utrecht, March 26, 2019 - Hubrecht Organoid Technology (HUB) and JSR Corporation the parent company, of Crown Bioscience, entered into ...
Stand up to Cancer funded research to be presented March 30-April 3 at AACR Annual Meeting
Research focused on immunotherapy; tumor organoids, precision therapies and cancer interception; pancreatic, breast, ovarian, lung, brain, colorectal, and pediatric cancers--Credit: ...
Tumor-promoting enzymes USP25 and USP28: Substantial differences identified
Credit: Picture: Rudolf Virchow Center of experimental biomedicine / University of Wuerzburg The permanent interplay of protein production and degradation ...
Helping infants survive brain cancer
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - March 27, 2019 - Choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) is a particularly challenging ...
A more accurate method to diagnose cancer subtypes
Credit: Garvan Institute Developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, this potential diagnostic method screens a cancer ...
Eating small amounts of red and processed meats may increase risk of death
consuming even small amounts of red meat versus none may impact mortality from all causes, especially cardiovascular diseaseCredit: Loma Linda ...
TGen physician-in-chief receives Distinguished Public Service Award from AACR
Dr. Daniel Von Hoff recognized for 'extraordinary clinical research career' PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 26, 2019 -- Dr. Daniel D. ...
Tumor-associated immune cells hinder frontline chemotherapy drug in pancreatic cancer
Researchers have shown how tumor-associated macrophages release compounds that block gemcitabine in the most common type of pancreatic cancerCredit: Leisa ...
