Long-term pancreatic cancer survivors report excellent post-surgery quality of life

by Chloe Corey,Mayo ClinicCredit: Mayo Clinic News NetworkPancreatic cancer is considered the most lethal cancer in the human body. But new treatment advances are improving outcomes for patients

Updated on: February 18,2024 14

Long-term pancreatic cancer survivors report excellent post-surgery quality of life

by Chloe Corey,Mayo ClinicCredit: Mayo Clinic News NetworkPancreatic cancer is considered the most lethal cancer in the human body. But new treatment advances are improving outcomes for patients

Updated on:February 18,2024 14

What happens when a kneecap dislocates

by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainKnee dislocation can be caused by a sudden blow, such as taking a hard hit playing a contact sport like football o

Updated on: March 09,2024 15

What happens when a kneecap dislocates

by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainKnee dislocation can be caused by a sudden blow, such as taking a hard hit playing a contact sport like football o

Updated on:March 09,2024 15

Study reveals why testicular cancer is so responsive to chemo

by Cornell UniversityA low magnification image of a germ cell tumor, called a teratocarcinoma, from a new mouse model developed to study testicular cancer. A cluster of cancer stem cells, termed

Updated on: July 02,2024 3

Study reveals why testicular cancer is so responsive to chemo

by Cornell UniversityA low magnification image of a germ cell tumor, called a teratocarcinoma, from a new mouse model developed to study testicular cancer. A cluster of cancer stem cells, termed

Updated on:July 02,2024 3

Cryoablation found highly effective for breast cancer patients with large tumors

by The Reis GroupMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainA minimally invasive technique that uses ice to freeze and destroy small, cancerous tu

Updated on: March 30,2024 0

Cryoablation found highly effective for breast cancer patients with large tumors

by The Reis GroupMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainA minimally invasive technique that uses ice to freeze and destroy small, cancerous tu

Updated on:March 30,2024 0

Viagra could help treat oxygen-deprived newborns, clinical trial finds

by McGill University Health CentreEvolution over time of brain MRI of 2 neonates with NE with severe near-total brain injury despite TH, when treated with TH and placebo (top) and when treated wi

Updated on: May 26,2024 8

Viagra could help treat oxygen-deprived newborns, clinical trial finds

by McGill University Health CentreEvolution over time of brain MRI of 2 neonates with NE with severe near-total brain injury despite TH, when treated with TH and placebo (top) and when treated wi

Updated on:May 26,2024 8

Researchers create new cancer fighting compound

by Elizabeth Chapin,University of KentuckyGraphical abstract. Credit:Chemical Communications(2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2CC03081KA University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher&#3

Updated on: January 28,2024 12

Researchers create new cancer fighting compound

by Elizabeth Chapin,University of KentuckyGraphical abstract. Credit:Chemical Communications(2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2CC03081KA University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher&#3

Updated on:January 28,2024 12

New lease on life for two lung cancer patients after pioneering double-lung transplant

by Cara MurezRetired nurse Tannaz Ameli was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last winter. When chemotherapy failed, her doctors recommended hospice care.But Ameli, of Minneapolis, had other ideas. S

Updated on: December 28,2023 10

New lease on life for two lung cancer patients after pioneering double-lung transplant

by Cara MurezRetired nurse Tannaz Ameli was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last winter. When chemotherapy failed, her doctors recommended hospice care.But Ameli, of Minneapolis, had other ideas. S

Updated on:December 28,2023 10

Trial finds that adagrasib demonstrates durable clinical activity in patients with KRAS-G12C mutations

by International Association for the Study of Lung CancerCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe oral, selective KRAS G12C inhibitor KRAS-G12C inhibitor adagrasib demonstrated durable clinical activity,

Updated on: January 04,2024 8

Trial finds that adagrasib demonstrates durable clinical activity in patients with KRAS-G12C mutations

by International Association for the Study of Lung CancerCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe oral, selective KRAS G12C inhibitor KRAS-G12C inhibitor adagrasib demonstrated durable clinical activity,

Updated on:January 04,2024 8

Computational method used to directly measure tumors shows hypertranscription is ubiquitous across cancers

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressOverview of RNA output analysis with RNAmp. (A) Hypertranscription occurs when cancer cells elevate their RNA output above normal cell levels (left). Upon RNA extraction f

Updated on: February 20,2024 19

Computational method used to directly measure tumors shows hypertranscription is ubiquitous across cancers

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressOverview of RNA output analysis with RNAmp. (A) Hypertranscription occurs when cancer cells elevate their RNA output above normal cell levels (left). Upon RNA extraction f

Updated on:February 20,2024 19

Drug that targets scar-like tissue in tumors shows promise for aggressive pancreatic cancer

by Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchThe new drug, PXS-5505, breaking down the fibrotic tissue around pancreatic cancer cells. Credit: Ella MaruFindings from the Garvan Institute of Medical Res

Updated on: February 20,2024 10

Drug that targets scar-like tissue in tumors shows promise for aggressive pancreatic cancer

by Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchThe new drug, PXS-5505, breaking down the fibrotic tissue around pancreatic cancer cells. Credit: Ella MaruFindings from the Garvan Institute of Medical Res

Updated on:February 20,2024 10

Experimental blood test improves early detection of pancreatic cancer

byVan Andel Research InstitutePancreatic tissue with the biomarker CA199.STRA in yellow. Credit: Haab Lab, Van Andel InstituteAn experimental blood test detects early-stage pancreatic cancer mor

Updated on: November 11,2024 0

Experimental blood test improves early detection of pancreatic cancer

byVan Andel Research InstitutePancreatic tissue with the biomarker CA199.STRA in yellow. Credit: Haab Lab, Van Andel InstituteAn experimental blood test detects early-stage pancreatic cancer mor

Updated on:November 11,2024 0

Curbing blood cancers by teaching immune cells to kill mutant stem cells

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonROS and TLR3 signaling mediates the "eat-me" and "don't eat me" signals that determine stem cell clonal selection by macro

Updated on: October 24,2024 0

Curbing blood cancers by teaching immune cells to kill mutant stem cells

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonROS and TLR3 signaling mediates the "eat-me" and "don't eat me" signals that determine stem cell clonal selection by macro

Updated on:October 24,2024 0