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Study finds providers use prostate cancer screening tests, even when they provide little value to patients

Study finds providers use prostate cancer screening tests, even when they provide little value to patients

byWake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterChris Gillette, Ph.D., associate professor of PA Studies for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, collaborates with colleagues. Credit: Wake

Study finds providers use prostate cancer screening tests, even when they provide little value to patients

byWake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterChris Gillette, Ph.D., associate professor of PA Studies for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, collaborates with colleagues. Credit: Wake
Previous cancer linked to long term heightened risk of cardiovascular disease

Previous cancer linked to long term heightened risk of cardiovascular disease

by British Medical JournalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCancer survivors may be at long term heightened risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, irrespective of traditional underlying risk f

Previous cancer linked to long term heightened risk of cardiovascular disease

by British Medical JournalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCancer survivors may be at long term heightened risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, irrespective of traditional underlying risk f
How the scars of demolished brain tumors seed relapse

How the scars of demolished brain tumors seed relapse

byLudwig Cancer ResearchGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.08.012A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that recurrent tumors of the aggre

How the scars of demolished brain tumors seed relapse

byLudwig Cancer ResearchGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.08.012A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that recurrent tumors of the aggre
Protein linked to aggressive skin cancer

Protein linked to aggressive skin cancer

by Lund UniversityMelanoma in skin biopsy with H&E stain—this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignan

Protein linked to aggressive skin cancer

by Lund UniversityMelanoma in skin biopsy with H&E stain—this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignan
Researchers edge closer to delivering personalized medicine to cancer patients

Researchers edge closer to delivering personalized medicine to cancer patients

FEBRUARY 14, 2024byPurdue UniversityDr. Michael Childress (right), Professor of Comparative Oncology at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, is pictured with Kody (middle) and h

Researchers edge closer to delivering personalized medicine to cancer patients

FEBRUARY 14, 2024byPurdue UniversityDr. Michael Childress (right), Professor of Comparative Oncology at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, is pictured with Kody (middle) and h
New single-cell study provides novel insights into gastric cancer

New single-cell study provides novel insights into gastric cancer

byUniversity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.06.005A new study led by researchers at The University of Te

New single-cell study provides novel insights into gastric cancer

byUniversity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.06.005A new study led by researchers at The University of Te
Researchers develop a study model for Ewing sarcoma in the Drosophila fly

Researchers develop a study model for Ewing sarcoma in the Drosophila fly

by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)EWS-FLI1FSinduces epithelial malignant tumors in the developing wing discs. Wing imaginal disc from a wild-type third instar larvae (

Researchers develop a study model for Ewing sarcoma in the Drosophila fly

by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)EWS-FLI1FSinduces epithelial malignant tumors in the developing wing discs. Wing imaginal disc from a wild-type third instar larvae (
Improving transplant success and single cell analysis revealing cell state changes in prostate cancer

Improving transplant success and single cell analysis revealing cell state changes in prostate cancer

byMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAn MSK scientist works in the lab. Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) showed giv

Improving transplant success and single cell analysis revealing cell state changes in prostate cancer

byMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAn MSK scientist works in the lab. Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) showed giv
Study identifies novel epigenetic changes in pediatric brain cancer

Study identifies novel epigenetic changes in pediatric brain cancer

by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityDNA methylation and transcriptomic landscape of recurrent ependymoma tumors. A Time-course summary of surgery, radio- and chemotherapy treatment and tumo

Study identifies novel epigenetic changes in pediatric brain cancer

by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityDNA methylation and transcriptomic landscape of recurrent ependymoma tumors. A Time-course summary of surgery, radio- and chemotherapy treatment and tumo
ASCO: undertreatment seen for women with head and neck cancer

ASCO: undertreatment seen for women with head and neck cancer

(HealthDay)—Females with head and neck cancer (HNC) are less likely to receive intensive chemotherapy and radiation, and have an increased relative risk for death from HNC versus other causes, accordi

ASCO: undertreatment seen for women with head and neck cancer

(HealthDay)—Females with head and neck cancer (HNC) are less likely to receive intensive chemotherapy and radiation, and have an increased relative risk for death from HNC versus other causes, accordi
Editorial: Functional information offers individualized adaptive cancer therapies

Editorial: Functional information offers individualized adaptive cancer therapies

by Impact Journals LLCCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn editorial waspublishedin the journalOncoscienceon July 19, 2024, titled "Functional information offers individual

Editorial: Functional information offers individualized adaptive cancer therapies

by Impact Journals LLCCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn editorial waspublishedin the journalOncoscienceon July 19, 2024, titled "Functional information offers individual
Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past

Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past

by University of KansasA new University of Kansas research effort featured in the current edition of Integrative Biology has resulted in a low-cost, reliable blood test that uses a small plastic

Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past

by University of KansasA new University of Kansas research effort featured in the current edition of Integrative Biology has resulted in a low-cost, reliable blood test that uses a small plastic