Tag: cancer

Post-neoadjuvant therapy changes in metabolic metrics from PET/MRI and morphologic metrics from CT were associated with pathologic response and overall ...

Henry Ford Hospital performs first procedure in U.S. using CG-100 for colorectal cancer

Device could reduce the need for colorectal patients to undergo an ostomy procedureCredit: Colospan Ltd. DETROIT - Henry Ford Health ...

Obesity impairs immune cell function, accelerates tumor growth

High-fat diet allows cancer cells to outcompete immune cells for fuelCredit: Ringel et al, 2020. At a glance: High-fat diet ...

Freiburg researcher Barbara Di Ventura receives two million-euro ERC Consolidator Grant

Credit: Photo: Jürgen Gocke Di Ventura will use the 2 Million Euros to develop a novel cancer treatment based on ...

Some postmenopausal women with common breast cancer may forgo chemotherapy

Credit: Emory University Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer that has ...

Physicians don’t always recognize patients’ radiation therapy side effects

A new study finds that significant symptoms in young and Black patients are more likely to be under-recognizedCredit: University of ...

Protein may protect healthy cells during cancer treatment

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University A key way radiation therapy and chemotherapy work is by making highly lethal ...

Researchers discover treatment that suppresses liver cancer

Radiofrequency ablation and chemotherapy drug combine to extend survival in mouse modelCredit: Justin Kelley Researchers from the University of Missouri ...

Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs

Credit: Please credit: Graphic: Dr Sunjie Ye, University of Leeds/Theranostics New research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs ...

Tiny nanospindles enhance use of ultrasound to fight cancer

Small vanadium-doped titanium dioxide spindles sensitize cancerous tumors to ultrasound waves, markedly suppressing tumor growthCredit: Liang Cheng WASHINGTON, December 8, ...

Magnetic bacteria as micropumps

Credit: Photograph: Science Photo Library Cancer drugs have side effects, so for many years, scientists have been exploring ways to ...

Venetoclax added to standard treatments shows promise in high-risk myeloid blood cancers

December 7, 2020

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute The novel oral drug venetoclax can be safely added to standard therapies for some high-risk myeloid ...

Henry Ford and United Outstanding Physicians partner to enhance care for cancer patients

December 7, 2020

Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Henry Ford Cancer Institute and United Outstanding Physicians (UOP), a physician organization comprising ...

Chemotherapy and blinatumomab improves survival for patients with B-cell acute lympho