ASCO: guidelines released for early detection, treatment of CRC

(HealthDay)—Expert guidance has been provided on the early detection of colorectal cancer and on treatment and posttreatment follow-up; the two guidelines were recently published online in theJo

Updated on: March 30,2024

ASCO: guidelines released for early detection, treatment of CRC

(HealthDay)—Expert guidance has been provided on the early detection of colorectal cancer and on treatment and posttreatment follow-up; the two guidelines were recently published online in theJo

Updated on:March 30,2024

Promising new treatment for deadly pediatric tumors

by Konstanze Adam, Wilhelm Sander-StiftungA simplified schematic of the DNA damage repair pathways. Below there is the curves showing cell viability in response to the ATR inhibitors (AZD6738 and BAY

Updated on: February 23,2024

Promising new treatment for deadly pediatric tumors

by Konstanze Adam, Wilhelm Sander-StiftungA simplified schematic of the DNA damage repair pathways. Below there is the curves showing cell viability in response to the ATR inhibitors (AZD6738 and BAY

Updated on:February 23,2024

A select group: Study may bring improved therapy to preselected lung cancer patients

byWeizmann Institute of ScienceGraphical Abstract. Credit:Cell Reports Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101142Nonsmokers who develop lung cancer can be treated effectively wi

Updated on: January 15,2024

A select group: Study may bring improved therapy to preselected lung cancer patients

byWeizmann Institute of ScienceGraphical Abstract. Credit:Cell Reports Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101142Nonsmokers who develop lung cancer can be treated effectively wi

Updated on:January 15,2024

How deadly brain cancer evades treatments

by McMaster UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111420McMaster University researcher Sheila Singh and her team have discovered how glio

Updated on: February 03,2024

How deadly brain cancer evades treatments

by McMaster UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111420McMaster University researcher Sheila Singh and her team have discovered how glio

Updated on:February 03,2024

Report explores the role alcohol plays in new cancer cases

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA little bit of alcohol was once thought to be good for you. However, as scientific research advances, we're gaining a cl

Updated on: November 09,2024

Report explores the role alcohol plays in new cancer cases

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA little bit of alcohol was once thought to be good for you. However, as scientific research advances, we're gaining a cl

Updated on:November 09,2024

Researchers study effectiveness of communication strategies with seriously ill patients

by Leiden UniversityCredit: Leiden UniversityLeiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h

Updated on: January 28,2024

Researchers study effectiveness of communication strategies with seriously ill patients

by Leiden UniversityCredit: Leiden UniversityLeiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h

Updated on:January 28,2024

'Bad fat' suppresses killer T cells from attacking cancer

by Salk InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn order for cancer to grow and spread, it has to evade detection by our immune cells, particularly specialized "killer" T cells. Salk research

Updated on: March 13,2024

'Bad fat' suppresses killer T cells from attacking cancer

by Salk InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn order for cancer to grow and spread, it has to evade detection by our immune cells, particularly specialized "killer" T cells. Salk research

Updated on:March 13,2024

Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why cancer treatment works

by Caitlin Mcdermott-Murphy,Harvard UniversityCancerous cells (dark purple) start to spread in a patient's bone marrow. Mutated genes often spark rampant AML cancer growth. Credit: The Armed

Updated on: June 15,2024

Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why cancer treatment works

by Caitlin Mcdermott-Murphy,Harvard UniversityCancerous cells (dark purple) start to spread in a patient's bone marrow. Mutated genes often spark rampant AML cancer growth. Credit: The Armed

Updated on:June 15,2024

Cervical cancer discovery offers major new clue to better understand the disease

byUniversity College LondonDifferences in the tumor microenvironment between cervical cancer subgroups. Plot showing median abundances (x-axis) and median differences (%, y-axis) for different c

Updated on: January 22,2024

Cervical cancer discovery offers major new clue to better understand the disease

byUniversity College LondonDifferences in the tumor microenvironment between cervical cancer subgroups. Plot showing median abundances (x-axis) and median differences (%, y-axis) for different c

Updated on:January 22,2024

Study reveals how patients' smoking history changes evolution of lung cancer

by Walter and Eliza Hall InstituteThis immunofluorescence image shows the presence of a specific subset of T cells (tissue-resident memory T cells, TRM) in the lung of smoker patients. The TRM ce

Updated on: February 20,2024

Study reveals how patients' smoking history changes evolution of lung cancer

by Walter and Eliza Hall InstituteThis immunofluorescence image shows the presence of a specific subset of T cells (tissue-resident memory T cells, TRM) in the lung of smoker patients. The TRM ce

Updated on:February 20,2024

Study reveals aggressive prostate cancer linked to ancestral heritage

byUniversity of SydneyCredit:Nature(2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05154-6Two pioneering studies published simultaneously today inNatureandGenome Medicine, have ide

Updated on: January 22,2024

Study reveals aggressive prostate cancer linked to ancestral heritage

byUniversity of SydneyCredit:Nature(2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05154-6Two pioneering studies published simultaneously today inNatureandGenome Medicine, have ide

Updated on:January 22,2024

First screening test for detecting lymph node metastasis in pancreatic cancer patients

by City of HopeAxial CT image with i.v. contrast. Macrocystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Credit: public domainFor years, surgeons have operated on pancreatic cancer patients to remove what

Updated on: April 01,2024

First screening test for detecting lymph node metastasis in pancreatic cancer patients

by City of HopeAxial CT image with i.v. contrast. Macrocystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Credit: public domainFor years, surgeons have operated on pancreatic cancer patients to remove what

Updated on:April 01,2024