Oncology & Cancer

New drug target discovered for aggressive form of prostate cancer

Scientists have discovered that a protein linked to prostate cancer is associated with more aggressive disease—it could be a new target for treatment and be used to help predict who will become resistant to hormone therapy.

Medications

Weight loss drugs could help fight fatty liver disease

In the fight against fatty liver disease, researchers are looking for any and all possible solutions. But to combat the disease, which is also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, scientists ...

Oncology & Cancer

Lowering cancer drug dose could open tumors to immunotherapy

Research undertaken at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth has shown that administering anti-cancer drugs at a hundred-fold lower dose than standard protocols could improve the tumor's response to immunotherapy.

Oncology & Cancer

How AI can help researchers make esophageal cancer less deadly

Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It's usually a one-way route, but sometimes acid escapes the stomach and travels back up. That can damage the cells lining ...

Radiology & Imaging

Radiologist explains what a diagnosis of dense breasts means

The Food and Drug Administration issued a rule in March of 2023 that requires health care professionals to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to ...

Medications

FDA expands use of breast cancer drug Kisqali

Women with early stage breast cancer may now take Kisqali, a medication already approved for advanced disease, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expanded approval of the treatment, drug maker Novartis announced ...

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