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Unemployment due to brain or spine cancer is linked to more pain and depression

Unemployment due to brain or spine cancer is linked to more pain and depression

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople who are unemployed due to brain or spine cancer may experience more severe symptoms of pain, discomfort, anxiety and depres

Unemployment due to brain or spine cancer is linked to more pain and depression

byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople who are unemployed due to brain or spine cancer may experience more severe symptoms of pain, discomfort, anxiety and depres
Study discusses liquid biopsy as a game changer for early lung cancer detection

Study discusses liquid biopsy as a game changer for early lung cancer detection

by Cactus CommunicationsCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn 2020, 1.8 million people succumbed to lung cancer. The late-stage discovery of lung cancer is one of the glaring challenges faced by the medical com

Study discusses liquid biopsy as a game changer for early lung cancer detection

by Cactus CommunicationsCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn 2020, 1.8 million people succumbed to lung cancer. The late-stage discovery of lung cancer is one of the glaring challenges faced by the medical com
South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer

South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer

Credit: CC0 Public DomainA worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl battling cancer.Zainab Mughal has neuroblastoma and ne

South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer

Credit: CC0 Public DomainA worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl battling cancer.Zainab Mughal has neuroblastoma and ne
Meta-analysis links high-risk Epstein-Barr virus lineage to nasopharyngeal cancer in southern China

Meta-analysis links high-risk Epstein-Barr virus lineage to nasopharyngeal cancer in southern China

byThe University of Hong KongPhylogenetic and population structure analysis. Credit:PLOS Pathogens(2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012263Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine

Meta-analysis links high-risk Epstein-Barr virus lineage to nasopharyngeal cancer in southern China

byThe University of Hong KongPhylogenetic and population structure analysis. Credit:PLOS Pathogens(2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012263Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine
What breast cancer risk assessments can tell you

What breast cancer risk assessments can tell you

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainActress Olivia Munn recently shared on social media that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with&nbs

What breast cancer risk assessments can tell you

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainActress Olivia Munn recently shared on social media that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with&nbs
Study: Women more likely to postpone cancer screening than men during COVID-19 pandemic

Study: Women more likely to postpone cancer screening than men during COVID-19 pandemic

by eLifeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers have revealed differences in cancer screening uptake during the pandemic according to people's sex, age, education, race and ethnicity.Th

Study: Women more likely to postpone cancer screening than men during COVID-19 pandemic

by eLifeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers have revealed differences in cancer screening uptake during the pandemic according to people's sex, age, education, race and ethnicity.Th
Researchers develop novel photo-oxidation therapy for anticancer treatment

Researchers develop novel photo-oxidation therapy for anticancer treatment

by City University of Hong KongThe CityU team developed a new class of near-infrared-activated platinum(IV) photo-oxidants that can effectively eliminate cancer cells in an oxygen-independent man

Researchers develop novel photo-oxidation therapy for anticancer treatment

by City University of Hong KongThe CityU team developed a new class of near-infrared-activated platinum(IV) photo-oxidants that can effectively eliminate cancer cells in an oxygen-independent man
Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice

Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice

by Stanford University Medical CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new approach to programing cancer-fighting immune cells called CAR-T cells can prolong their activity and increase their effectiven

Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice

by Stanford University Medical CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new approach to programing cancer-fighting immune cells called CAR-T cells can prolong their activity and increase their effectiven
Medicaid expansion in Southern states associated with earlier and more comprehensive breast cancer treatment

Medicaid expansion in Southern states associated with earlier and more comprehensive breast cancer treatment

byAmerican College of SurgeonsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPatients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in a Southern state that expanded access to Medicaid were more likely to receive tr

Medicaid expansion in Southern states associated with earlier and more comprehensive breast cancer treatment

byAmerican College of SurgeonsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPatients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in a Southern state that expanded access to Medicaid were more likely to receive tr
Factors predict low BMD in pediatric blood cancer survivors

Factors predict low BMD in pediatric blood cancer survivors

Low bone mineral density (BMD) is common in childhood leukemia and lymphoma survivors, according to a study published online Sept. 19 inCancer.Hadley M. Bloomhardt, M.D., from the Yale School of

Factors predict low BMD in pediatric blood cancer survivors

Low bone mineral density (BMD) is common in childhood leukemia and lymphoma survivors, according to a study published online Sept. 19 inCancer.Hadley M. Bloomhardt, M.D., from the Yale School of
Researchers uncover new targets for breast cancers resistant to standard therapies

Researchers uncover new targets for breast cancers resistant to standard therapies

by Leslie Cantu,Medical University of South CarolinaSOC therapy commonly induces DNA damage, BRCAness and toxic PARP1 trapping, leading to transcriptional blockage and growth inhibition in ER+ b

Researchers uncover new targets for breast cancers resistant to standard therapies

by Leslie Cantu,Medical University of South CarolinaSOC therapy commonly induces DNA damage, BRCAness and toxic PARP1 trapping, leading to transcriptional blockage and growth inhibition in ER+ b
Zika virus could help combat brain cancer

Zika virus could help combat brain cancer

by FAPESPStudy by Brazilian researchers shows infection by Zika caused death of cells from glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults . Credit: cytopathi

Zika virus could help combat brain cancer

by FAPESPStudy by Brazilian researchers shows infection by Zika caused death of cells from glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults . Credit: cytopathi