Blocking a protein to prevent injuries caused by radiation therapy

by Umea UniversityMahsa Fallah in lab. Credit: Johan GunséusIt is possible to prevent certain injuries that can occur in radiation therapy against cancer. By blocking the activity of a plasma pro

Updated on: April 01,2024

Blocking a protein to prevent injuries caused by radiation therapy

by Umea UniversityMahsa Fallah in lab. Credit: Johan GunséusIt is possible to prevent certain injuries that can occur in radiation therapy against cancer. By blocking the activity of a plasma pro

Updated on:April 01,2024

No increased cancer risk found in rheumatology patients with history of malignancy taking DMARDS and TNF inhibitors

byAmerican College of RheumatologyFlowchart of patients included in the study. Credit: Cancer Risk with Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARDs in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases and Previous Ma

Updated on: January 29,2024

No increased cancer risk found in rheumatology patients with history of malignancy taking DMARDS and TNF inhibitors

byAmerican College of RheumatologyFlowchart of patients included in the study. Credit: Cancer Risk with Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARDs in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases and Previous Ma

Updated on:January 29,2024

Investigators map genomic landscape of very rare cancer

by Tom Wilemon,Vanderbilt UniversityKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHA team of Vanderbilt researchers mapped out the genomic landscape of a metastatic malignant proliferating tr

Updated on: June 15,2024

Investigators map genomic landscape of very rare cancer

by Tom Wilemon,Vanderbilt UniversityKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHA team of Vanderbilt researchers mapped out the genomic landscape of a metastatic malignant proliferating tr

Updated on:June 15,2024

Conundrum solved over HPV link with head and neck cancer

byUniversity of BirminghamElectron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HPV) which occurs in human warts. Credit: public domainA major international trial published in

Updated on: January 02,2024

Conundrum solved over HPV link with head and neck cancer

byUniversity of BirminghamElectron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HPV) which occurs in human warts. Credit: public domainA major international trial published in

Updated on:January 02,2024

Potential way to treat and prevent cancer in children with neuroblastoma

by Aminex Therapeutics, Inc.Photos of Professor Michelle Haber AM Executive Director of Children's Cancer Institute Australia Credit: Children’s Cancer Institute AustraliaThe MYCN oncogene has lon

Updated on: April 10,2024

Potential way to treat and prevent cancer in children with neuroblastoma

by Aminex Therapeutics, Inc.Photos of Professor Michelle Haber AM Executive Director of Children's Cancer Institute Australia Credit: Children’s Cancer Institute AustraliaThe MYCN oncogene has lon

Updated on:April 10,2024

New anti-cancer 'degrader' targets protein essential to infant leukemia

byVan Andel Research InstituteDiscovery of a first-in-class, highly potent VHL-recruiting ENL PROTAC degrader, MS41. Credit:Science Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado1432Scienti

Updated on: September 10,2024

New anti-cancer 'degrader' targets protein essential to infant leukemia

byVan Andel Research InstituteDiscovery of a first-in-class, highly potent VHL-recruiting ENL PROTAC degrader, MS41. Credit:Science Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado1432Scienti

Updated on:September 10,2024

Scientists take early step to personalized breast cancer care

by UT Southwestern Medical CenterMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainUTSouthwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a

Updated on: March 01,2024

Scientists take early step to personalized breast cancer care

by UT Southwestern Medical CenterMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainUTSouthwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a

Updated on:March 01,2024

Research finds genes associated with most aggressive kidney cancer

by Ekaterina Korchagina, National Research University Higher School of EconomicsIdentification of marker genes for Cluster 1 and Cluster 2 (a) using the rank sum test. Scheme of PPI taking into accoun

Updated on: February 03,2024

Research finds genes associated with most aggressive kidney cancer

by Ekaterina Korchagina, National Research University Higher School of EconomicsIdentification of marker genes for Cluster 1 and Cluster 2 (a) using the rank sum test. Scheme of PPI taking into accoun

Updated on:February 03,2024

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

Updated on: May 31,2024

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

Updated on:May 31,2024

132-pound tumor removed from woman's abdomen

In this February 2018 photograph provided by the Danbury Hospital, a large tumor is prepared to be removed from a patient at the hospital in Danbury, Conn. Doctors removed the 132-pound tumor from a w

Updated on: March 08,2024

132-pound tumor removed from woman's abdomen

In this February 2018 photograph provided by the Danbury Hospital, a large tumor is prepared to be removed from a patient at the hospital in Danbury, Conn. Doctors removed the 132-pound tumor from a w

Updated on:March 08,2024

Experimental ovarian cancer diagnostic could lead to new precision oncology approach

byFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterIntermediate magnification micrograph of a low malignant potential (LMP) mucinous ovarian tumour. H&E stain. The micrograph shows: Simple mucinous epithelium (

Updated on: January 04,2024

Experimental ovarian cancer diagnostic could lead to new precision oncology approach

byFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterIntermediate magnification micrograph of a low malignant potential (LMP) mucinous ovarian tumour. H&E stain. The micrograph shows: Simple mucinous epithelium (

Updated on:January 04,2024

Proteins in milk and blood could one day let doctors detect breast cancer earlier, and save lives

by Danielle Whitham,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDoctors may someday be able to use bodily fluids to noninvasively detect breast cancer in patients earlier than is possible

Updated on: March 30,2024

Proteins in milk and blood could one day let doctors detect breast cancer earlier, and save lives

by Danielle Whitham,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDoctors may someday be able to use bodily fluids to noninvasively detect breast cancer in patients earlier than is possible

Updated on:March 30,2024