Tag: cancer

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Ending needless chemotherapy for breast cancer

A diagnostic test developed at The University of Queensland might soon determine if a breast cancer patient requires chemotherapy or ...

Two-in-one drug combining Herceptin with chemotherapy keeps women’s breast cancers at bay

Guiding chemotherapy to a tumour by attaching it to the antibody-based target drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) is effective at treating women ...

Using artificial intelligence to deliver personalized radiation therapy

Newly published Cleveland Clinic-led research first to use medical scans to inform dose deliveryCredit: Cleveland Clinic Thursday, June 27, 2019, ...

Scientists find thirdhand smoke affects cells in humans

UC Riverside-led study is the first to find an association between thirdhand smoke and gene expression in humansCredit: Stan Lim, ...

Researchers criticize study calling for expansion of genetic testing for breast cancer

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have criticised a recent study calling into question guidelines on genetic testing for hereditary ...

Mutational ‘hotspots’ in cancer genomes may not necessarily drive cancer growth

Massachusetts General study finds 'passenger' mutations can be induced by DNA structures in genes unrelated to cancer development A study ...

Nutritional cues regulate pancreatic tumor’s ‘cell drinking’

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - June 27, 2019 - Desperate for nutrients, rapidly growing pancreatic tumors resort ...

Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t

Credit: UCI School of Medicine Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations ...

Too many antioxidants may cause lung cancer spread

A new study explains why lung cancer spreads faster in patients with certain genetic changes, and suggests that taking vitamin ...

Researchers unlock mysteries of complex microRNA oncogenes

New research led by McGill's Goodman Cancer Research Centre improves our understanding of microRNAsCredit: McGill University MicroRNAs are tiny molecules ...

New basic understanding of how lung cancer spreads

Lung cancer cells use antioxidants, endogenous or dietary, to spread in the body by activating a protein called BACH1 and ...

Pathway discovered that prevents buildup of Alzheimer’s protein

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists studying the immune response to brain tumors have identified a pathway that clears a ...

Evaluation of USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines for African-American smokers

Bottom Line: An observational study suggests the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening guidelines may be too conservative ...

Health disparity for blacks exists within lung screening guidelines

Guidelines that determine which smokers qualify for CT scans are excluding a significant number of African Americans who develop lung ...

One simple change cut unnecessary imaging for cancer patients in half

Simply introducing a default physician order -- a "nudge" -- into electronic health records (EHRs) cut the use of unnecessary ...

Curtain raiser: ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer

Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6, 2019 Please find below the most important news that will be announced in connection with the ...

Jerry A. Shields, M.D. receives Howe Medal from American Ophthalmological Society

Distinguished award honors achievement in ophthalmologyCredit: Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., M.D. -- Photographer for the American Ophthalmological Society and Wills ...

Risk prediction model may help determine if a lung nodule will progress to cancer

Bottom Line: A risk prediction model developed using clinical and radiological features could stratify individuals presenting with a lung nodule ...

One in five haematological cancer patients suffer blood clots or bleeding