Tag: cancer

Boppart's custom optical imaging system provides molecular features of breast cancer tissue in real-timeCredit: Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for ...

Study finds elevated risk of rare blood cancers after chemotherapy for most solid tumors

Findings from a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) show that patients treated with chemotherapy for ...

Yale Cancer Center scientists advise caution in immunotherapy research

New Haven, Conn. -- In a new study, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists suggest that as the number of clinical ...

Researchers from the CNIO and the Hospital 12 de Octubre make sense out of the chaos of melanoma

Credit: CNIO Unlike other skin cancers - and without knowing really why - melanoma is one of the most aggressive ...

Genome offers clues to esophageal cancer disparity

A genomic duplication may help explain why esophageal adenocarcinoma is much more common in Caucasians and presents a potential target ...

Scientists find nanoparticles with peculiar chemical composition

Credit: MIPT Press Office Scientists from Russia and China discovered a host of new and unexpected nanoparticles and found a ...

Current concepts and perspectives on connexin43: A mini review

This article by Dr. Baozhong Shen et al. is published in Current Protein & Peptide Science, Volume 19, Issue 11, ...

Time to biochemical failure could be used as surrogate endpoint in treatment: LA prostate cancer

An analysis of the NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-RTOG 9202 showed that the interval of time to biochemical failure (IBF), ...

A new way to cut the power of tumors

An international group of researchers managed to control the vascularization of tumors by acting on a gene that is overexpressed ...

Higher radiation dose needed to X-ray obese patients increases cancer risk

Extremely obese people are needing a far higher dose of radiation during x-ray examinations than people of normal weight, increasing ...

Targeted treatment slows progression of rare connective tissue tumor

In a phase three clinical trial, sorafenib stopped progression of desmoid tumors for two years in 80 percent of patients ...

Can Facebook advertising prevent cancer?

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Is there ever a truly good time for a colonoscopy? Even with the recommendation ...

IASLC successfully pilots early lung imaging confederation project

Global lung cancer leader explores capabilities of deep learning and AI to improve screening and save lives DENVER - Evidence ...

Helping make brain surgery safer

Credit: Professor Robert McLaughlin, University of Adelaide. A biopsy needle that can help surgeons identify and avoid blood vessels in ...

Scientists synthesize molecule capable of eliminating hepatitis C virus

The compound called GA-Hecate also acts on bacteria, fungi and cancer cells and will be tested against Zika and yellow ...

Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques

ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease ...

DNA 'webs' aid ovarian cancer metastasis, study reveals

Credit: Lee et al., 2018 Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that ovarian cancer ...

From eye drops to potential leukaemia treatment

A compound being developed to treat a form of eye disease also kills leukaemia cells An active ingredient in eye ...

New study demonstrates effectiveness and safety of vaginal estrogen

Women who were followed for 18 years in the Nurses' Health Study showed no increased risk of cardiovascular disease or ...

Flu is serious for pregnant women and others at high risk