Scientists find powerhouses that fight tumours from within

In recent years doctors have turned to a new treatment for cancer, immunotherapy, which works by leveraging the body's own immune system to fight tumoursLurking deep inside some tumours are "

Updated on: December 20,2023 15

Scientists find powerhouses that fight tumours from within

In recent years doctors have turned to a new treatment for cancer, immunotherapy, which works by leveraging the body's own immune system to fight tumoursLurking deep inside some tumours are "

Updated on:December 20,2023 15

Colorectal cancer risk remains despite modern treatment for ulcerative colitis

byKarolinska InstitutetJonas Ludvigsson, professor in the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Credit: Gustav MårtenssonPatients with the infl

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Colorectal cancer risk remains despite modern treatment for ulcerative colitis

byKarolinska InstitutetJonas Ludvigsson, professor in the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Credit: Gustav MårtenssonPatients with the infl

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Plugging immune cell leakage from tumors could improve skin cancer treatment

byNYU Langone HealthMelanoma. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/National Cancer InstituteThe number of specialized immune cells available for fighting skin cancer doubled when a new treatment blocked th

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Plugging immune cell leakage from tumors could improve skin cancer treatment

byNYU Langone HealthMelanoma. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/National Cancer InstituteThe number of specialized immune cells available for fighting skin cancer doubled when a new treatment blocked th

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Unique gene signature could help predict response to chemotherapy

byThe Francis Crick InstituteIn vitro anticancer drug screen. a Volcano plots showing differences in IC50 values between RAS high and low CCLE cell lines. Drugs with enriched target annotations

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Unique gene signature could help predict response to chemotherapy

byThe Francis Crick InstituteIn vitro anticancer drug screen. a Volcano plots showing differences in IC50 values between RAS high and low CCLE cell lines. Drugs with enriched target annotations

Updated on:December 20,2023 10

Noninvasive technique to assess brain tumors in children and make treatment less toxic

by Chris Speight,University of BirminghamCredit: CC0 Public DomainGround-breaking research by the University of Birmingham has discovered a new technique to assess the aggressiveness of childhoo

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Noninvasive technique to assess brain tumors in children and make treatment less toxic

by Chris Speight,University of BirminghamCredit: CC0 Public DomainGround-breaking research by the University of Birmingham has discovered a new technique to assess the aggressiveness of childhoo

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Toxicity data reveal no safety concerns with S/N1806 bladder cancer trial

by SWOG Cancer Research NetworkCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUpdated toxicity data from the ongoing SWOG/NRG 1806 clinical trial, which tests combining chemoradiation therapy with immunotherapy in

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Toxicity data reveal no safety concerns with S/N1806 bladder cancer trial

by SWOG Cancer Research NetworkCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUpdated toxicity data from the ongoing SWOG/NRG 1806 clinical trial, which tests combining chemoradiation therapy with immunotherapy in

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Differences in animal biology can affect cancer drug development

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeDifferential co-occurrence and effects of KRAS, TP53 and LKB1 mutations on human and mouse LUADs (A) MSK Impact oncoprint of co-occurrence of KRAS, TP53 and LKB1 m

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Differences in animal biology can affect cancer drug development

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeDifferential co-occurrence and effects of KRAS, TP53 and LKB1 mutations on human and mouse LUADs (A) MSK Impact oncoprint of co-occurrence of KRAS, TP53 and LKB1 m

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Better surgical outcomes for colorectal cancer patients in hospitals with high case loads

byUniversity of WürzburgCredit: AI-generated imagePatients with colorectal cancer have a greater chance of survival if they are operated in hospitals with a high case load. This is because compl

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Better surgical outcomes for colorectal cancer patients in hospitals with high case loads

byUniversity of WürzburgCredit: AI-generated imagePatients with colorectal cancer have a greater chance of survival if they are operated in hospitals with a high case load. This is because compl

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Routine HPV testing may be warranted for sinonasal cancers

(HealthDay)—Only one in four patients with sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC) is tested for human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study published online Dec. 30 inCancer.Jamie R. Oli

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Routine HPV testing may be warranted for sinonasal cancers

(HealthDay)—Only one in four patients with sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC) is tested for human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study published online Dec. 30 inCancer.Jamie R. Oli

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Localizing BRCA gene mutations to better treat ovarian cancer

byUniversity of GenevaDistribution of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. A. Graphical summary of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Mutation plot was generated using cBioPortal MutationMapper tool. Black = n

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Localizing BRCA gene mutations to better treat ovarian cancer

byUniversity of GenevaDistribution of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. A. Graphical summary of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Mutation plot was generated using cBioPortal MutationMapper tool. Black = n

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Endoscopic approaches feasible in surgery for sinonasal cancer

(HealthDay)—Endoscopic approaches are feasible for the surgical resection of sinonasal cancer, according to a study published online Dec. 24 inHead & Neck.Ahmed S. Abdelmeguid, M.D., Ph.D.,

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Endoscopic approaches feasible in surgery for sinonasal cancer

(HealthDay)—Endoscopic approaches are feasible for the surgical resection of sinonasal cancer, according to a study published online Dec. 24 inHead & Neck.Ahmed S. Abdelmeguid, M.D., Ph.D.,

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Timing androgen-deprivation therapy with radiation therapy improves outcomes in localized prostate cancer

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesUnadjusted Kaplan-Meier and cumulative incidence curves evaluating the associations between concurrent/adjuvant versus neoadjuvant/concurrent ADT sequencin

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Timing androgen-deprivation therapy with radiation therapy improves outcomes in localized prostate cancer

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesUnadjusted Kaplan-Meier and cumulative incidence curves evaluating the associations between concurrent/adjuvant versus neoadjuvant/concurrent ADT sequencin

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