Tag: cancer

ATLANTA -- Surgery was associated with higher survival rates for patients with HER2-positive (HER2+) stage 4 breast cancer compared with ...

PARP inhibitors can shrink tumors in pancreatic cancer patients with specific mutations

Data presented in a news conference at AACR Annual Meeting ATLANTA - Switching pancreatic cancer patients to the PARP inhibitor ...

Gut microbiome directs the immune system to fight cancer

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 2, 2019 - The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors--which "release the ...

Jonas Bergh receives first ESMO Breast Cancer Award

ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 2 April 2019 ...

Laser technology helps researchers scrutinize cancer cells

Credit: Caltech Devising the best treatment for a patient with cancer requires doctors to know something about the traits of ...

LOXO-195 promising against tumors with acquired resistance to first-generation therapeutics

ATLANTA -- The investigational anticancer therapeutic LOXO-195 (now known as BAY 2731954), which targets a family of proteins called TRKs, ...

UC San Diego Health treats 1st cancer patient with stem-cell derived natural killer cells

Fate Therapeutics, in collaboration with UC San Diego researcher, developed first off-the-shelf immunotherapy from human induced pluripotent stem cells that ...

Pitt research reveals how immune cells help tumors escape body’s defenses

PITTSBURGH, April 1, 2019 - New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Hillman Cancer ...

Intestinal bacteria can be used to predict occurrence of colorectal cancer

By identifying signature of 16 disease-related microbial species, this international study with Brazilian participation may contribute to develop predictive tests ...

AACR 2019: Tarloxotinib promising against NRG1-fusion cancers

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and Rain Therapeutics, Inc. presented at ...

Tobacco use makes precancerous cells that fertilize cancer growth

Tobacco use causes a field of precancerous cells, increasing the risk of developing head & neck cancer. But exactly how ...

AACR: Adavosertib speeds cancer cells into the wall of mitotic catastrophe

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A cancer cell is like a racecar, speeding through the process of cellular replication. ...

Global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer established

Colorectal cancer is characterised by consistent changes in our gut bacteria across continents, cultures, and dietsCredit: EMBL in collaboration with ...

Blocking platelets: A possible option to prevent fatty liver disease and liver cancer

Blood platelets which interact with liver cells and immune cells play a major role in the development of fatty liver ...

Is conception by IVF associated with childhood cancer risk?

Bottom Line: This study compared the risk of childhood cancer diagnosed in the first decade of life among children conceived ...

Colorado drug takes aim at cancer metastasis

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Many cancers are relatively harmless at their site of origin, and it is only ...

Estrogen byproducts linked to survival in breast cancer patients

Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found preliminary evidence that measuring byproducts of the hormone ...

HDAC inhibition may combat resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in patients with melanoma

ATLANTA -- A combination of the experimental histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor entinostat with the anti-PD-1 therapeutic pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed clinical ...

Researchers discover how tumor-killing immune cells attack lymphomas in living mice

Credit: Cazaux et al., 2019 In a study that will be published April 1 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, ...

Studies explore mechanisms behind obesity-cancer link