Examining how gender inequalities worsen women's access to cancer prevention, detection and care

by LancetWomen, power, and cancer: a Lancet Commission highlights how, at all these intersections with cancer, women across the globe are subject to overlapping forms of discrimination and inequi

Updated on: February 20,2024

Examining how gender inequalities worsen women's access to cancer prevention, detection and care

by LancetWomen, power, and cancer: a Lancet Commission highlights how, at all these intersections with cancer, women across the globe are subject to overlapping forms of discrimination and inequi

Updated on:February 20,2024

Researchers develop gel to deliver cancer drugs for solid tumors

byMass General BrighamCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIntratumoral therapy—in which cancer drugs are injected directly into tumors—is a promising treatment option for solid cancers but has show

Updated on: January 03,2024

Researchers develop gel to deliver cancer drugs for solid tumors

byMass General BrighamCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIntratumoral therapy—in which cancer drugs are injected directly into tumors—is a promising treatment option for solid cancers but has show

Updated on:January 03,2024

Milestone rating system improved residency knowledge ratings bias

by Elana GotkineAdoption of the Milestone ratings system in 2014 was associated with improvement in internal medicine (IM) residency knowledge ratings bias in Black or Latino residents, who are underr

Updated on: May 26,2024

Milestone rating system improved residency knowledge ratings bias

by Elana GotkineAdoption of the Milestone ratings system in 2014 was associated with improvement in internal medicine (IM) residency knowledge ratings bias in Black or Latino residents, who are underr

Updated on:May 26,2024

Proposed cancer treatment may boost lung cancer stem cells, study warns

by Children's Hospital BostonKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHEpigenetic therapies—targeting enzymes that alter what genes are turned on or off in a cell—are of growing inter

Updated on: June 28,2024

Proposed cancer treatment may boost lung cancer stem cells, study warns

by Children's Hospital BostonKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHEpigenetic therapies—targeting enzymes that alter what genes are turned on or off in a cell—are of growing inter

Updated on:June 28,2024

Dangerous skin tumor now has treatment guidelines

by Northwestern UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainIt starts as a yellow or shiny bump on the eyelids, face or body that grows and doesn't go away, unlike a pimple.The bump is sebaceous carci

Updated on: March 09,2024

Dangerous skin tumor now has treatment guidelines

by Northwestern UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainIt starts as a yellow or shiny bump on the eyelids, face or body that grows and doesn't go away, unlike a pimple.The bump is sebaceous carci

Updated on:March 09,2024

Trial results support 'new gold standard' for head and neck cancer radiotherapy

byInstitute of Cancer ResearchRadiotherapy IMRT. Credit: Jan Chlebik/the ICRPhase III trial results on a precision radiotherapy technique support a "new gold standard" for treating hea

Updated on: January 04,2024

Trial results support 'new gold standard' for head and neck cancer radiotherapy

byInstitute of Cancer ResearchRadiotherapy IMRT. Credit: Jan Chlebik/the ICRPhase III trial results on a precision radiotherapy technique support a "new gold standard" for treating hea

Updated on:January 04,2024

Immunotherapy for HPV+ head and neck cancer: Awakening the force within

by Emory UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study from scientists at Emory Vaccine Center and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University reports that the immune cells that are the

Updated on: April 16,2024

Immunotherapy for HPV+ head and neck cancer: Awakening the force within

by Emory UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study from scientists at Emory Vaccine Center and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University reports that the immune cells that are the

Updated on:April 16,2024

New Co-STAR T cells show promise for treating cancers in laboratory study

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineNew cell type, called Co-STAR, fights cancer cells. Credit: Elizabeth CookUsing genetic engineering techniques, investigators at the Johns Hopkins Ki

Updated on: July 11,2024

New Co-STAR T cells show promise for treating cancers in laboratory study

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineNew cell type, called Co-STAR, fights cancer cells. Credit: Elizabeth CookUsing genetic engineering techniques, investigators at the Johns Hopkins Ki

Updated on:July 11,2024

New research shows benefits of exercise for first time in advanced lung cancer

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyDr. Quan Tran, Medical Oncologist at the Cancer Care Centre, St Stephen's Hospital, Urraween, Australia, study author Credit: European Society for Medi

Updated on: December 18,2023

New research shows benefits of exercise for first time in advanced lung cancer

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyDr. Quan Tran, Medical Oncologist at the Cancer Care Centre, St Stephen's Hospital, Urraween, Australia, study author Credit: European Society for Medi

Updated on:December 18,2023

New hybrid treatment forces cancer cells to starve

by Greg Williams,NYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe combination of a drug and a protein fragment prevents the growth of blood cancer cells, a new study in mice shows.The wor

Updated on: January 26,2024

New hybrid treatment forces cancer cells to starve

by Greg Williams,NYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe combination of a drug and a protein fragment prevents the growth of blood cancer cells, a new study in mice shows.The wor

Updated on:January 26,2024

Musashi 1 in breast cancer: Implications for dormancy and survival in bone marrow

by Impact Journals LLCKey summary of findings. Shown is increased expression of PD-L1 and Msi 1 in CSCs. Credit:Aging(2023). DOI: 10.18632/aging.204620A new research paper titled "Inc

Updated on: January 10,2024

Musashi 1 in breast cancer: Implications for dormancy and survival in bone marrow

by Impact Journals LLCKey summary of findings. Shown is increased expression of PD-L1 and Msi 1 in CSCs. Credit:Aging(2023). DOI: 10.18632/aging.204620A new research paper titled "Inc

Updated on:January 10,2024

Breast density notification laws not effective for all women

byYale UniversityA new study suggests that state-mandated notifications on mammogram reports intended to inform women of the health risks related to breast density are not worded effectively.The

Updated on: December 20,2023

Breast density notification laws not effective for all women

byYale UniversityA new study suggests that state-mandated notifications on mammogram reports intended to inform women of the health risks related to breast density are not worded effectively.The

Updated on:December 20,2023