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Breast-conserving therapy may be a treatment option for some patients with multiple breast lesions

Breast-conserving therapy may be a treatment option for some patients with multiple breast lesions

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPatients with multiple tumors in the same breast who underwent a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy had local re

Breast-conserving therapy may be a treatment option for some patients with multiple breast lesions

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPatients with multiple tumors in the same breast who underwent a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy had local re
New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma

New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma

byCornell UniversityGlioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Researchers in the lab of Charles Danko at the Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a new tool to st

New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma

byCornell UniversityGlioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Researchers in the lab of Charles Danko at the Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a new tool to st
Chinese medicine ingredients found to generate autophagic flux to suppress tumor progression in gastric cancer

Chinese medicine ingredients found to generate autophagic flux to suppress tumor progression in gastric cancer

byScience China PressActivation of Beclin-1 by piceatannol promotes autophagic flux in GC cells, and combined with everolimus, triggers autophagic death, ultimately inhibiting tumor progression,

Chinese medicine ingredients found to generate autophagic flux to suppress tumor progression in gastric cancer

byScience China PressActivation of Beclin-1 by piceatannol promotes autophagic flux in GC cells, and combined with everolimus, triggers autophagic death, ultimately inhibiting tumor progression,
Scientists map genetic evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to Richter's syndrome

Scientists map genetic evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to Richter's syndrome

byDana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEvery year, up to 1% of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slow-growing blood cancer, have their disease transform

Scientists map genetic evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to Richter's syndrome

byDana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEvery year, up to 1% of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slow-growing blood cancer, have their disease transform
Daratumumab Plus Induction Therapy Reduces Stem Cell Yield in Multiple Myeloma

Daratumumab Plus Induction Therapy Reduces Stem Cell Yield in Multiple Myeloma

June 9, 2023Tony Berberabe, MPHThe addition of daratumumab to frontline induction therapy prior to peripheral blood stem cell collection reduced the number of patients with newly diagnosed multiple my

Daratumumab Plus Induction Therapy Reduces Stem Cell Yield in Multiple Myeloma

June 9, 2023Tony Berberabe, MPHThe addition of daratumumab to frontline induction therapy prior to peripheral blood stem cell collection reduced the number of patients with newly diagnosed multiple my
Ultrasound-guided surgery could be quicker, less painful and more effective for treating early form of breast cancer

Ultrasound-guided surgery could be quicker, less painful and more effective for treating early form of breast cancer

by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of CancerAntonio Esgueva using IOUS to guide breast surgery. Credit: Antonio Esguega / EORTCUsing ultrasound to guide surgery for patients with duct

Ultrasound-guided surgery could be quicker, less painful and more effective for treating early form of breast cancer

by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of CancerAntonio Esgueva using IOUS to guide breast surgery. Credit: Antonio Esguega / EORTCUsing ultrasound to guide surgery for patients with duct
Exploring key regulators of programmed cell death in melanoma and the immune system's response

Exploring key regulators of programmed cell death in melanoma and the immune system's response

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalExpression of type I interferon receptors by melanoma cells. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51496-2A new paperpublish

Exploring key regulators of programmed cell death in melanoma and the immune system's response

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalExpression of type I interferon receptors by melanoma cells. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51496-2A new paperpublish
Cardiopulmonary fitness is key for helping breast cancer patients manage post-diagnosis symptoms, say researchers

Cardiopulmonary fitness is key for helping breast cancer patients manage post-diagnosis symptoms, say researchers

by Adrianna MacPherson,University of AlbertaIndependent associations between health-related fitness variables and breast cancer-related symptoms in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. (A) Mo

Cardiopulmonary fitness is key for helping breast cancer patients manage post-diagnosis symptoms, say researchers

by Adrianna MacPherson,University of AlbertaIndependent associations between health-related fitness variables and breast cancer-related symptoms in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. (A) Mo
Patient's own immune cells effective as living medicine for melanoma

Patient's own immune cells effective as living medicine for melanoma

byNetherlands Cancer InstitutePreparing tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for melanoma patients in the lab. Credit: NKIA patient's own immune cells, multiplied into an army of billions o

Patient's own immune cells effective as living medicine for melanoma

byNetherlands Cancer InstitutePreparing tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for melanoma patients in the lab. Credit: NKIA patient's own immune cells, multiplied into an army of billions o
Vemurafenib Induces Deep, Durable Remissions in Heavily Pretreated Hairy Cell Leukemia

Vemurafenib Induces Deep, Durable Remissions in Heavily Pretreated Hairy Cell Leukemia

October 25, 2019Kristi RosaAgnieszka Janus, MD, PhD, shares perspective on three cases of patients with HCL who were given vemurafenib after having progressed on multiple lines of treatment.Agnieszka

Vemurafenib Induces Deep, Durable Remissions in Heavily Pretreated Hairy Cell Leukemia

October 25, 2019Kristi RosaAgnieszka Janus, MD, PhD, shares perspective on three cases of patients with HCL who were given vemurafenib after having progressed on multiple lines of treatment.Agnieszka
Plugging immune cell leakage from tumors could improve skin cancer treatment

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

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
Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer

Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer

byMcGill UniversityComparison of UV exposure and skin cancer history, sun protection and level of worry between high-incidence (PEI/NS) and low-incidence (NL) provinces for cutaneous melanoma.&n

Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer

byMcGill UniversityComparison of UV exposure and skin cancer history, sun protection and level of worry between high-incidence (PEI/NS) and low-incidence (NL) provinces for cutaneous melanoma.&n