Novel AI tools tackle soft tissue sarcomas, identify new treatment strategies

byStanford University Medical CenterA machine-learning framework for large-scale identification and validation of sarcoma cell states and ecosystems. Credit:Nature Cancer(2024). DOI:

Updated on: March 30,2024

Novel AI tools tackle soft tissue sarcomas, identify new treatment strategies

byStanford University Medical CenterA machine-learning framework for large-scale identification and validation of sarcoma cell states and ecosystems. Credit:Nature Cancer(2024). DOI:

Updated on:March 30,2024

Study finds association between being breastfed as an infant and risk of colorectal cancer as an adult

by Victoria Warren,Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAccording to the study "Being Breastfed in Infancy and Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Precursor Lesions"&

Updated on: February 01,2024

Study finds association between being breastfed as an infant and risk of colorectal cancer as an adult

by Victoria Warren,Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAccording to the study "Being Breastfed in Infancy and Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Precursor Lesions"&

Updated on:February 01,2024

Research team reveals mechanisms at work in progression of pancreatic cysts to pancreatic cancer

by University of California, San FranciscoPancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer InstitutePancreatic cysts have gained substantial

Updated on: January 30,2024

Research team reveals mechanisms at work in progression of pancreatic cysts to pancreatic cancer

by University of California, San FranciscoPancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer InstitutePancreatic cysts have gained substantial

Updated on:January 30,2024

Study shows checkpoint inhibitor prolongs survival in patients with certain head and neck cancers

by Anne Doerr,Yale UniversityCredit: stock.adobe.comThe checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) increases the survival time of patients with advanced head and neck cancers, according to a

Updated on: May 31,2024

Study shows checkpoint inhibitor prolongs survival in patients with certain head and neck cancers

by Anne Doerr,Yale UniversityCredit: stock.adobe.comThe checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) increases the survival time of patients with advanced head and neck cancers, according to a

Updated on:May 31,2024

Studies give new insights on immunotherapy in elderly patients with advanced NSCLC

by European Society for Medical OncologyTwo studies to be reported at ELCC 2019 provide new insights on the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell l

Updated on: May 31,2024

Studies give new insights on immunotherapy in elderly patients with advanced NSCLC

by European Society for Medical OncologyTwo studies to be reported at ELCC 2019 provide new insights on the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell l

Updated on:May 31,2024

Study calls for major changes in the way people with comorbidities are selected by physicians for lung cancer screening

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA Medicare policy requiring primary care providers (PCPs) to share in the decision-making with patients on whether to proceed with lung

Updated on: March 30,2024

Study calls for major changes in the way people with comorbidities are selected by physicians for lung cancer screening

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA Medicare policy requiring primary care providers (PCPs) to share in the decision-making with patients on whether to proceed with lung

Updated on:March 30,2024

Exercise can reduce severity of breast cancer treatment side effects

by Edith Cowan UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBreast cancer is the most common form of the disease among women; in Australia, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer b

Updated on: February 03,2024

Exercise can reduce severity of breast cancer treatment side effects

by Edith Cowan UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBreast cancer is the most common form of the disease among women; in Australia, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer b

Updated on:February 03,2024

Severe herpesvirus infection beats adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

by Impact Journals LLCCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn a recently published editorial in the journalGenes & Cancer, researcher Tatsuro Jo from the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hosp

Updated on: January 16,2024

Severe herpesvirus infection beats adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

by Impact Journals LLCCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn a recently published editorial in the journalGenes & Cancer, researcher Tatsuro Jo from the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hosp

Updated on:January 16,2024

Fatty liver is increasingly the cause of liver cell cancer

by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. In Germany, there are currently around 9,00

Updated on: January 29,2024

Fatty liver is increasingly the cause of liver cell cancer

by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule HannoverCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. In Germany, there are currently around 9,00

Updated on:January 29,2024

Scrapping England's cancer plan is 'a catastrophic decision that will cost lives' warn experts

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe UK government's proposal to roll England's long term plan for cancer into one strategy covering all major conditions, such a

Updated on: January 22,2024

Scrapping England's cancer plan is 'a catastrophic decision that will cost lives' warn experts

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe UK government's proposal to roll England's long term plan for cancer into one strategy covering all major conditions, such a

Updated on:January 22,2024

Paper filter helps make new cancer drug 1000 times cheaper

by Eindhoven University of TechnologyLech-Gustav Milroy demonstrates the simple separation technique that took the place of the very expensive HPLC. In the background you can see HPLC equipment.

Updated on: April 10,2024

Paper filter helps make new cancer drug 1000 times cheaper

by Eindhoven University of TechnologyLech-Gustav Milroy demonstrates the simple separation technique that took the place of the very expensive HPLC. In the background you can see HPLC equipment.

Updated on:April 10,2024

The sugar-attaching enzyme that defines colon cancer

by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyThe enzyme GalNAc-T6 is selectively up-regulated in colon adenocarcinomas, and its expression is associated with a cancer-like growth pat

Updated on: April 14,2024

The sugar-attaching enzyme that defines colon cancer

by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyThe enzyme GalNAc-T6 is selectively up-regulated in colon adenocarcinomas, and its expression is associated with a cancer-like growth pat

Updated on:April 14,2024