Tag: cancer

March 31, 2019

ATLANTA -- A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that targets the protein mesothelin showed no evidence of major toxicity ...

Contrast-enhanced MRI provides useful findings in discordant core biopsy management

An essential part of breast intervention is the process of assessing concordance between imaging findings and core biopsy results. When ...

Patient factors contribute to imaging follow-up rates

A new study published in the April 2019 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) considers several potential factors ...

Focus on immunotherapy and patient perspective at IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting

Denver -- (March 27, 2019) -- While non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the more common form of lung cancer ...

Genomic analysis offers roadmap for diagnosis and treatment of a high-risk leukemia

An international collaboration led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital reveals the genomic basis of acute erythroid leukemia, an aggressive ...

Clinical trial finds therapy to be well-tolerated in patients with aggressive brain tumour

A phase I clinical trial that set out to assess the safety of a new combination therapy for a type ...

Researchers discovered a new targetable vulnerability in breast cancer cells

Credit: M Varjosalo & Lehti Group Uncontrolled growth of cancer arises from the imbalanced regulation of cell division and programmed ...

Major step towards individual cancer immunotherapy

Cells belonging to the body's own immune system can help fight tumours. For several years now, this has allowed oncologists ...

Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells

For injecting CRISPR-Cas9 into cells, new technique is more efficient, simpler and cheaperCredit: Yuhong Cao, UC Berkeley When scientists attempt ...

Cancer researchers highlight clinical potential of liquid biopsy using droplet digital PCR technology at the 2019 AACR Annual Meeting

Atlanta-March 29, 2019-New research demonstrating the clinical utility of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) powered liquid biopsy will be presented ...

Screening for colorectal cancer at 45 would avert deaths, but testing older adults would do more

Starting routine colorectal cancer screening at age 45 rather than 50 would decrease U.S. cancer deaths by as much as ...

Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium

Credit: Joe Howell A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than ...

Copycat fungus deceives immune system and deactivates body’s response to infection

Fungal infection is life-threatening to people with weakened immune systems, such as those with blood cancers, HIV infection or following ...

Harnessing T-cell ‘stemness’ could enhance cancer immunotherapy