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Mental health screenings urged for men with prostate cancer

Mental health screenings urged for men with prostate cancer

byUniversity of South AustraliaCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMental health screenings must be incorporated into routine prostate cancer diagnoses say University of South Australia researcher

Mental health screenings urged for men with prostate cancer

byUniversity of South AustraliaCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMental health screenings must be incorporated into routine prostate cancer diagnoses say University of South Australia researcher
Q&A: Researchers discuss identifying potential new protein targets for melanoma therapeutics

Q&A: Researchers discuss identifying potential new protein targets for melanoma therapeutics

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalGlobal characterization of the melanoma samples and their expression of CEACAM1. Credit:Communications Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00525-8Yu

Q&A: Researchers discuss identifying potential new protein targets for melanoma therapeutics

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalGlobal characterization of the melanoma samples and their expression of CEACAM1. Credit:Communications Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00525-8Yu
Study finds patient messages help predict medication adherence

Study finds patient messages help predict medication adherence

by Paul Govern,Vanderbilt UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAround two-thirds of patients treated for breast cancer will have had hormone-sensitive tumors and, after their initial treatment, wi

Study finds patient messages help predict medication adherence

by Paul Govern,Vanderbilt UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAround two-thirds of patients treated for breast cancer will have had hormone-sensitive tumors and, after their initial treatment, wi
Oncoprotein activity increases prostate cancer progression, finds study

Oncoprotein activity increases prostate cancer progression, finds study

by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityMYC activation in neoplastic cells reprograms the prostate TME. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51450-2Investigat

Oncoprotein activity increases prostate cancer progression, finds study

by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityMYC activation in neoplastic cells reprograms the prostate TME. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51450-2Investigat
Genetic ancestry and social environment may influence how aggressive breast cancer is in Black women

Genetic ancestry and social environment may influence how aggressive breast cancer is in Black women

by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyKaplan-Meier Survival Curves for All-Cause Mortality by Quartiles (Q) of African Ancestry and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status (nSES) in 1,575 Black Women wit

Genetic ancestry and social environment may influence how aggressive breast cancer is in Black women

by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyKaplan-Meier Survival Curves for All-Cause Mortality by Quartiles (Q) of African Ancestry and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status (nSES) in 1,575 Black Women wit
Genes activated in metastasis also drive the first stages of tumour growth

Genes activated in metastasis also drive the first stages of tumour growth

by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)The overexpression of the gene Serpent in the Drosophila wing causes permanent overgrowth and it is sufficient to promote tumour developmen

Genes activated in metastasis also drive the first stages of tumour growth

by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)The overexpression of the gene Serpent in the Drosophila wing causes permanent overgrowth and it is sufficient to promote tumour developmen
Study provides new guidelines for assessing severity of head and neck cancers

Study provides new guidelines for assessing severity of head and neck cancers

by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center'The greater the number of malignant lymph nodes, the less favorable the patients' chances of survival,' said Allen S. Ho, MD. Ho is director of the Head

Study provides new guidelines for assessing severity of head and neck cancers

by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center'The greater the number of malignant lymph nodes, the less favorable the patients' chances of survival,' said Allen S. Ho, MD. Ho is director of the Head
Researchers identify protein that may protect the heart during certain cancer treatment regimens

Researchers identify protein that may protect the heart during certain cancer treatment regimens

by Jacqueline Mitchell,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCirculating Hpx is elevated in mice treated with Dox. (A) Dox-induced chronic cardiomyopathy model in mice. i.p., intraperitoneally. (B

Researchers identify protein that may protect the heart during certain cancer treatment regimens

by Jacqueline Mitchell,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCirculating Hpx is elevated in mice treated with Dox. (A) Dox-induced chronic cardiomyopathy model in mice. i.p., intraperitoneally. (B
Research reveals potential targets for therapeutic development for glioblastoma

Research reveals potential targets for therapeutic development for glioblastoma

by Amy Richardson,University of Alabama at BirminghamGraphical abstract. Credit:JCI Insight(2022). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.148717The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. He

Research reveals potential targets for therapeutic development for glioblastoma

by Amy Richardson,University of Alabama at BirminghamGraphical abstract. Credit:JCI Insight(2022). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.148717The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. He
Bioengineered antibodies target mutant HER2 proteins

Bioengineered antibodies target mutant HER2 proteins

byNYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor some proteins, a single mutation, or change in its DNA instructions, is all it takes to tip the balance between functioning normally and

Bioengineered antibodies target mutant HER2 proteins

byNYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor some proteins, a single mutation, or change in its DNA instructions, is all it takes to tip the balance between functioning normally and
Research reveals Orkney cancer gene link—now testing will take place

Research reveals Orkney cancer gene link—now testing will take place

byUniversity of AberdeenOutline pedigree of two kindreds (A and B) from the ORCADES study. Filled circles are breast or ovarian cancers, red outlines are sequenced V1736A carriers, dotted red ou

Research reveals Orkney cancer gene link—now testing will take place

byUniversity of AberdeenOutline pedigree of two kindreds (A and B) from the ORCADES study. Filled circles are breast or ovarian cancers, red outlines are sequenced V1736A carriers, dotted red ou
Atoh1, a potential Achilles' heel of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

Atoh1, a potential Achilles' heel of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

by Baylor College of MedicineThis is a cross-section of the cerebellum of a mouse. Found at the base of the brain, the cerebellum is a single layer of tissue with deep folds like an accordion. Th

Atoh1, a potential Achilles' heel of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

by Baylor College of MedicineThis is a cross-section of the cerebellum of a mouse. Found at the base of the brain, the cerebellum is a single layer of tissue with deep folds like an accordion. Th