Discovery explains cancer chemotherapy resistance, offers solution

byCornell UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Molecular Cell(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.08.028Researchers have uncovered a novel pathway that explains how cancer cells become

Updated on: December 21,2023

Discovery explains cancer chemotherapy resistance, offers solution

byCornell UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Molecular Cell(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.08.028Researchers have uncovered a novel pathway that explains how cancer cells become

Updated on:December 21,2023

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

Updated on: December 19,2023

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

Updated on:December 19,2023

Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests

byLancetCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCreating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from

Updated on: October 24,2024

Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests

byLancetCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCreating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from

Updated on:October 24,2024

Study shows giving entire course of radiation treatment in less than a second is feasible

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCancer patients may one day be able to get their entire course of radiation therapy in less than a second rather than coming in for

Updated on: December 20,2023

Study shows giving entire course of radiation treatment in less than a second is feasible

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCancer patients may one day be able to get their entire course of radiation therapy in less than a second rather than coming in for

Updated on:December 20,2023

Cancer prevention experts provide top tips for reducing cancer risk

by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany forms of cancer are preventable. Although risk factors such as age or genetics cannot be changed, other risk factors for

Updated on: December 18,2023

Cancer prevention experts provide top tips for reducing cancer risk

by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany forms of cancer are preventable. Although risk factors such as age or genetics cannot be changed, other risk factors for

Updated on:December 18,2023

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

Updated on: December 20,2023

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

Updated on:December 20,2023

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

Updated on: October 12,2023

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

Updated on:October 12,2023

Researchers identify molecular characteristics of leptomeningeal melanoma metastases

byH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteMelanoma in skin biopsy with H&E stain—this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Patients w

Updated on: December 20,2023

Researchers identify molecular characteristics of leptomeningeal melanoma metastases

byH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteMelanoma in skin biopsy with H&E stain—this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Patients w

Updated on:December 20,2023

Why lung cancer doesn't respond well to immunotherapy

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA new MIT study explains why dendritic cells (green) in lymph nodes that drain from the lungs fail to stimulate killer T cells (white) to att

Updated on: January 08,2024

Why lung cancer doesn't respond well to immunotherapy

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA new MIT study explains why dendritic cells (green) in lymph nodes that drain from the lungs fail to stimulate killer T cells (white) to att

Updated on:January 08,2024

Healthy diets linked to better outcomes in colorectal cancer

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: CC0 Public DomainColorectal cancer patients who followed healthy diets had a lower risk of death from colorectal cancer and all causes, even those who improved t

Updated on: December 18,2023

Healthy diets linked to better outcomes in colorectal cancer

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: CC0 Public DomainColorectal cancer patients who followed healthy diets had a lower risk of death from colorectal cancer and all causes, even those who improved t

Updated on:December 18,2023

High-dose IV vitamin C plus chemotherapy found to double survival time in advanced pancreatic cancer

by Jennifer Brown,University of IowaGraphical abstract. Credit:Redox Biology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103375Results from a randomized, phase 2 clinical trial show that adding

Updated on: December 01,2024

High-dose IV vitamin C plus chemotherapy found to double survival time in advanced pancreatic cancer

by Jennifer Brown,University of IowaGraphical abstract. Credit:Redox Biology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103375Results from a randomized, phase 2 clinical trial show that adding

Updated on:December 01,2024

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

Updated on: December 27,2023

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

Updated on:December 27,2023