Liquid biopsy predicts immunotherapy response and toxicity in patients with advanced lung cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineLiquid biopsy to study genetic material shed into bloodstream helps predict response to immunotherapy. Credit: Valsamo "Elsa" Anagnostou us

Updated on: January 25,2024 14

Liquid biopsy predicts immunotherapy response and toxicity in patients with advanced lung cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineLiquid biopsy to study genetic material shed into bloodstream helps predict response to immunotherapy. Credit: Valsamo "Elsa" Anagnostou us

Updated on:January 25,2024 14

SABCS: Long-term outcomes good for PBI in early breast cancer

(HealthDay)—For patients with early-stage breast cancer, 10-year outcomes are similar for treatment with partial breast irradiation (PBI) and whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to a study prese

Updated on: December 22,2023 12

SABCS: Long-term outcomes good for PBI in early breast cancer

(HealthDay)—For patients with early-stage breast cancer, 10-year outcomes are similar for treatment with partial breast irradiation (PBI) and whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to a study prese

Updated on:December 22,2023 12

Faster liquid biopsies could replace invasive tissue cancer detections

by Zeina Kayyali,Purdue UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainTests to determine if you have cancer can be frightening, uncomfortable and time-consuming. Now, Purdue University researchers have dev

Updated on: December 18,2023 23

Faster liquid biopsies could replace invasive tissue cancer detections

by Zeina Kayyali,Purdue UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainTests to determine if you have cancer can be frightening, uncomfortable and time-consuming. Now, Purdue University researchers have dev

Updated on:December 18,2023 23

Shortened antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients just as effective as standard course

by National University of SingaporeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLess is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses

Updated on: May 16,2024 4

Shortened antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients just as effective as standard course

by National University of SingaporeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLess is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses

Updated on:May 16,2024 4

Model illuminates environmental cues that may contribute to breast cancer recurrence

by Karen B. Roberts,University of DelawareUniversity of Delaware post-doctoral researcher Lina Pradham loads a protocol and plate into a bioprinter made by Inventia. Called the RASTRUM, the Inve

Updated on: December 22,2023 9

Model illuminates environmental cues that may contribute to breast cancer recurrence

by Karen B. Roberts,University of DelawareUniversity of Delaware post-doctoral researcher Lina Pradham loads a protocol and plate into a bioprinter made by Inventia. Called the RASTRUM, the Inve

Updated on:December 22,2023 9

'Universal' blood test for earlier diagnosis of cancer moves closer to market

byUniversity of BradfordUK researchers behind a potential 'universal' liquid biopsy blood test for cancer detection have licensed the technology to an industrial partner to take it to ma

Updated on: December 18,2023 19

'Universal' blood test for earlier diagnosis of cancer moves closer to market

byUniversity of BradfordUK researchers behind a potential 'universal' liquid biopsy blood test for cancer detection have licensed the technology to an industrial partner to take it to ma

Updated on:December 18,2023 19

Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyWhile popular beliefs and population data suggest that African-American men are at higher risk of dying from prostate cancer than Caucasian men, a new an

Updated on: December 18,2023 15

Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyWhile popular beliefs and population data suggest that African-American men are at higher risk of dying from prostate cancer than Caucasian men, a new an

Updated on:December 18,2023 15

Is this a faster, better treatment for blood and solid tumor cancers?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert,Northeastern UniversityCredit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityA Northeastern researcher in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the New England Inflamm

Updated on: January 26,2024 13

Is this a faster, better treatment for blood and solid tumor cancers?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert,Northeastern UniversityCredit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityA Northeastern researcher in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the New England Inflamm

Updated on:January 26,2024 13

'Cure or nothing' doesn't capture the realities of modern cancer research and treatment

by Paul Workman,Institute of Cancer ResearchAbiraterone was the first treatment shown to be effective in men with advanced prostate cancer. Credit: Institute of Cancer ResearchCancer was in the

Updated on: December 22,2023 11

'Cure or nothing' doesn't capture the realities of modern cancer research and treatment

by Paul Workman,Institute of Cancer ResearchAbiraterone was the first treatment shown to be effective in men with advanced prostate cancer. Credit: Institute of Cancer ResearchCancer was in the

Updated on:December 22,2023 11

Breast cancer patients with government insurance at higher risk of death

by ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research GroupSamilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD (The Ohio State University) is the lead author on an analysis of the insurance status of 9800 breast cancer patients and their clinical outco

Updated on: December 22,2023 25

Breast cancer patients with government insurance at higher risk of death

by ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research GroupSamilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD (The Ohio State University) is the lead author on an analysis of the insurance status of 9800 breast cancer patients and their clinical outco

Updated on:December 22,2023 25

The use of DNA biomarkers for detecting early-stage HPV-positive oropharynx cancers has limitations

byBrigham and Women's HospitalA double stranded DNA fragment. Credit: Vcpmartin/Wikimedia/ CC BY-SA 4.0Oropharynx cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) have risen dramatically over th

Updated on: January 04,2024 8

The use of DNA biomarkers for detecting early-stage HPV-positive oropharynx cancers has limitations

byBrigham and Women's HospitalA double stranded DNA fragment. Credit: Vcpmartin/Wikimedia/ CC BY-SA 4.0Oropharynx cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) have risen dramatically over th

Updated on:January 04,2024 8

Protein identified as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for aggressive neuroendocrine carcinomas

JANUARY 29, 2024 Editors' notesby Denise Heady,University of California, Los AngelesCredit:Cell Reports Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101381Investigators from the UCLA

Updated on: March 14,2024 12

Protein identified as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for aggressive neuroendocrine carcinomas

JANUARY 29, 2024 Editors' notesby Denise Heady,University of California, Los AngelesCredit:Cell Reports Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101381Investigators from the UCLA

Updated on:March 14,2024 12