Tag: cancer

Credit: R. Miyaoka et al., University of Washington, Seattle, WA Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, are ...

Women face more cognitive issues after brain tumor radiation women face more cognitive issues after

Credit: Georgia State Young women who undergo radiation therapy to treat a pediatric brain tumor are more likely to suffer ...

Interim scan during prostate cancer therapy helps guide treatment

Credit: Andrei Gafita, Matthias Eiber, TUM School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany. New prostate cancer research shows ...

Pathogen engineered to self-destruct underlies cancer vaccine platform

Washington, DC - June 24, 2019 - A team of investigators has developed a cancer vaccine technology using live, attenuated ...

More women in US receive 3D mammography but disparities remain

New Haven, Conn. -- Use of 3-D mammography, an advanced form of breast cancer screening, has risen rapidly in recent ...

Immunotherapy and HDAC inhibition are anti-cancer besties

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Immunotherapies have revolutionized the care of many cancers, teaching the body's own immune cells ...

Novel noninvasive molecular imaging for monitoring rheumatoid arthritis

First reliable way to monitor rheumatoid arthritisCredit: Credit: A Kardan et al., University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH ANAHEIM, ...

Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens

Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive ...

Americans still eat too much processed meat and too little fish

June 21, 2019

A new analysis published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates that US adults eat as ...

Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma benefit from targeted therapies

Penn study investigated real-world treatment outcomes among Medicare patients PHILADELPHIA--Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)--who are often ...

Sugars that coat proteins are a possible drug target for pancreatitis

Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that accounts for 275,000 ...

Long thought harmless, a glycan biomarker may cause pancreatic disease and cancer

A widely recognized biomarker for pancreatic disease, CA19-9, thought to be benign for decades, may in fact be a promoter ...

University of Virginia leads fibrosis initiative

Charlottesville, VA (June 20, 2019) Fibrosis is often associated with many of the fatal diseases that pervade our globe, riddling ...

More than 5 million cancer survivors experience chronic pain, twice the rate of the general population

More than 5 million cancer survivors in the United States experience chronic pain, almost twice the rate in the general ...

Signature of an ineffective immune response to cancer revealed

CRCHUM researchers identify the 28 genes responsible Montreal, June 20, 2019 - Our immune system is programmed to destroy cancer ...

Canadian researchers discover new genetic link to premenopausal breast cancer

First-ever study to focus on premenopausal women finds up to 40% higher risk of breast cancer in women carrying a ...

Researchers develop a new, non-optical way to visualize DNA, cells, and tissues

Credit: Weinstein et al / Cell Researchers have come up with a new way to image cell populations and their ...

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to host Annual Meeting in Chicago, September 15-18

10,000+ health professionals expected to attend world's largest radiation oncology meeting ARLINGTON, Va., June 20, 2019 -- The American Society ...

Special Focus Issue highlights genetic and genomic education for personalized medicine

Special Focus Issue of Personalized Medicine highlights the importance and latest strategies of genetic and genomic education The Future Science ...

Nearly 5.4 million cancer survivors suffer chronic pain