Tag: cancer

New study led by a USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher could lead to more effective, individualized treatment for patients ...

Groundbreaking DNA study launched to discover new connections between genetics & diseases

Study represents largest DNA mapping effort undertaken in US from a single populationCredit: Intermountain Healthcare REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, and SALT LAKE ...

Antibodies against HPV16 can develop up to 40 years before throat cancer is diagnosed

HPV16 antibodies mark a 100-fold increase in risk in white people An international group of researchers has found that antibodies ...

Cancer survival rates in the young show inconsistent progress

A new study in JNCI Cancer Spectrum finds that dramatic increases in cancer survival in adolescents and young adults are ...

Women caught in a pickle by their own immune systems

ASU scientists develop new hypothesis explaining sex differences in human diseasesCredit: Jacob Sahertian/ASU VisLab Women get autoimmune diseases, such as ...

The surprising role fibrinogen plays in regulating the body’s response to disease

UAlberta study reveals how fibrinogen can heal, but also hurt if left uncheckedCredit: Jordan Carson A finding from University of ...

Indoor tanning may be an addiction abetted by both genetic and psychiatric factors

WASHINGTON -- A combination of elevated symptoms of depression along with modifications in a gene responsible for dopamine activity, important ...

SU2C hails FDA approval of alpelisib and fulvestrant new breast cancer treatment

Stand Up To Cancer PI3K Women's Cancers Dream Team Research contributed to approval, ruling is the 6th FDA approval supported ...

Boehringer Ingelheim and University of Dundee extend PROTAC Drug Discovery Program

Boehringer Ingelheim and Dundee extend ongoing anti-cancer alliance Boehringer Ingelheim and University of Dundee achieve milestone in collaboration aimed at ...

Cancer survivors predicted to number over 22 million by 2030

Growing and aging population will increase cancer survivor count despite trends in incidence There were more than 16.9 million Americans ...

EMD Serono Awards grant to American Cancer Society to deliver global evaluation data for SOURCE

Grant to fund expansion of cancer NGO capacity building efforts globally The American Cancer Society (ACS) has received a grant ...

Immunotherapy and diabetes: A game of hide and seek?

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are an emerging type of cancer immunotherapy that uses the ...

A ‘one-two punch’ to wipe out cancerous ovarian cells

Montreal, June 11, 2019 - Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have developed a two-step combination ...

Novel agent reactivates an immune call by LIF blockade

Promising new therapy with a dual mechanism of action to eliminate cancer stem cells and activate the immune system now ...

ACP releases paper on methods for developing evidence-based clinical policy papers

ACP continues to refine and enhance methodology for guidelines and guidance statements Philadelphia, June 11, 2019 - Recommendations for the ...

EWG: Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year

Groundbreaking peer-reviewed study analyzes health and economic impacts of widespread chemical contamination from agriculture WASHINGTON - Nitrate pollution of U.S. ...

SIRT1 plays key role in chronic myeloid leukemia to aid persistence of leukemic stem cells

Development of effective approaches to target these persistent leukemic stem cells is a challenge for better cancer careCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, ...

Molecular chatter makes for a ‘hot tumor’

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research JUNE 10, 2019, NEW YORK - A Ludwig Cancer Research study has deciphered a complex molecular ...

Radiation treatment increases cardiac risk for lung cancer patients

Study finds high risk of a major cardiovascular event within two years of exposure to thoracic radiotherapy and cardiac radiation ...

Study finds macrophages’ pathway to nurture PTEN-deficient glioblastoma