New precision therapy for bile duct cancer extends patients' lives

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new personalized cancer treatment can radically improve the outlook for some patients with bile duct cancer, finds an international

Updated on: January 12,2024

New precision therapy for bile duct cancer extends patients' lives

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new personalized cancer treatment can radically improve the outlook for some patients with bile duct cancer, finds an international

Updated on:January 12,2024

Research reveals why cancers stop responding to kinase-blocking drugs and come back stronger

by New York UniversityStructure of the FGFR kinase showing the locations of the gatekeeper residue in blue, hydrophobic spine in yellow, and ATP in cyan. Most drugs bind to the kinase in the same

Updated on: January 30,2024

Research reveals why cancers stop responding to kinase-blocking drugs and come back stronger

by New York UniversityStructure of the FGFR kinase showing the locations of the gatekeeper residue in blue, hydrophobic spine in yellow, and ATP in cyan. Most drugs bind to the kinase in the same

Updated on:January 30,2024

Researchers show aspirin added to cancer drug improves effectiveness

by University of QueenslandCredit: University of QueenslandAdding aspirin to some existing cancer drugs could increase their effectiveness against a group of tumours resistant to treatment, new r

Updated on: March 01,2024

Researchers show aspirin added to cancer drug improves effectiveness

by University of QueenslandCredit: University of QueenslandAdding aspirin to some existing cancer drugs could increase their effectiveness against a group of tumours resistant to treatment, new r

Updated on:March 01,2024

3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread

by Kayla Wiles,Purdue UniversityThis diagram conceptualizes the 3-D jet writer a Purdue researcher is using to engineer a cancer microenvironment. Credit: Purdue University image/Luis SolorioPur

Updated on: March 14,2024

3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread

by Kayla Wiles,Purdue UniversityThis diagram conceptualizes the 3-D jet writer a Purdue researcher is using to engineer a cancer microenvironment. Credit: Purdue University image/Luis SolorioPur

Updated on:March 14,2024

Researchers develop tool to measure patient health and well-being after radionuclide therapy

by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Nuclear Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.264946Cancer is a devasting disease that

Updated on: February 03,2024

Researchers develop tool to measure patient health and well-being after radionuclide therapy

by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Nuclear Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.264946Cancer is a devasting disease that

Updated on:February 03,2024

Common diabetes drug slows growth of normal cells carrying cancer mutation, finds study

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstitutePIK3CA mutant clones in human esophageal epithelium. Credit:Nature Genetics(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01891-8A common diabetes medication, metfo

Updated on: September 28,2024

Common diabetes drug slows growth of normal cells carrying cancer mutation, finds study

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstitutePIK3CA mutant clones in human esophageal epithelium. Credit:Nature Genetics(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01891-8A common diabetes medication, metfo

Updated on:September 28,2024

Novel, non-invasive method to predict and reduce the relapse of childhood cancers

by National University of SingaporeNeuroblastoma CTCs expressing characteristic markers are isolated using cell size-based separation. (A) Schema of experimental design and 3 serial timepoints wh

Updated on: February 03,2024

Novel, non-invasive method to predict and reduce the relapse of childhood cancers

by National University of SingaporeNeuroblastoma CTCs expressing characteristic markers are isolated using cell size-based separation. (A) Schema of experimental design and 3 serial timepoints wh

Updated on:February 03,2024

Cardiorespiratory fitness levels associated with lower cancer death in men

by Justin Jackson , Medical XpressCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearch led by The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Sweden, has compared cardiorespiratory fitness levels and the risk

Updated on: January 11,2024

Cardiorespiratory fitness levels associated with lower cancer death in men

by Justin Jackson , Medical XpressCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearch led by The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Sweden, has compared cardiorespiratory fitness levels and the risk

Updated on:January 11,2024

Pancreatic tumors may require a one-two-three punch

by University of Rochester Medical CenterThe colors in this cell culture show action taken by pancreas cancer when it recruits harmful cells to the tumor that suppress the body’s natural immune s

Updated on: March 09,2024

Pancreatic tumors may require a one-two-three punch

by University of Rochester Medical CenterThe colors in this cell culture show action taken by pancreas cancer when it recruits harmful cells to the tumor that suppress the body’s natural immune s

Updated on:March 09,2024

Newly developed gene classifier identifies risk of pre-breast cancer progression

byDuke University Medical CenterCohorts and methods outline. Two retrospective study cohorts were generated, consisting of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients with either a subsequent ipsil

Updated on: January 13,2024

Newly developed gene classifier identifies risk of pre-breast cancer progression

byDuke University Medical CenterCohorts and methods outline. Two retrospective study cohorts were generated, consisting of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients with either a subsequent ipsil

Updated on:January 13,2024

How a specific metabolite tells cells whether to repair DNA

by Anna Megdell,University of MichiganCredit: CC0 Public DomainMetabolites called nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can impact cancer's sensitivity or resistance to chemotherapy

Updated on: May 20,2024

How a specific metabolite tells cells whether to repair DNA

by Anna Megdell,University of MichiganCredit: CC0 Public DomainMetabolites called nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can impact cancer's sensitivity or resistance to chemotherapy

Updated on:May 20,2024

Redefining colorectal cancer subtypes

by The City University of New YorkCredit: The City University of New YorkThere is a long-standing belief that colorectal cancer (CRC), which causes some 50,000 deaths in the United States each ye

Updated on: April 07,2024

Redefining colorectal cancer subtypes

by The City University of New YorkCredit: The City University of New YorkThere is a long-standing belief that colorectal cancer (CRC), which causes some 50,000 deaths in the United States each ye

Updated on:April 07,2024