News study shows cryoblation 'freeze' treatment works for large breast tumors
Killing off large tumors by freezing them could become an effective means of fighting difficult-to-treat breast cancer, a new study says.
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Killing off large tumors by freezing them could become an effective means of fighting difficult-to-treat breast cancer, a new study says.
Mar 20, 2024
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Traditionally, therapies combining DNA-damaging agents and STING agonists have shown potential in treating cancer by enhancing immune response and reshaping the tumor microenvironment. However, until now, creating a single ...
Mar 20, 2024
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When Herve found out he had glioblastoma—the most aggressive form of brain cancer—at the age of 40, he made a deal with himself.
Mar 20, 2024
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Removal of cancerous tumors, or resection, in delicate areas like the head and neck is a challenge for even the most experienced surgeons. When removing cancerous tissue, the aim is to preserve as much healthy tissue as possible ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Jonathan Chen, MD, Ph.D., an investigator in the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Nir Hacohen, Ph.D., director of the Center of Cancer Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are co-authors ...
Mar 19, 2024
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The MYCN oncoprotein (proteins related to the growth of cancer cells) plays a key role in starting, advancing and making it difficult to treat various human cancers. When MYCN is overactive, especially in high-risk neuroblastoma ...
Mar 15, 2024
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T cells are often called "assassins" or "killers" because they can orchestrate and carry out missions to hunt down bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells throughout the body. Mighty as they may be, recent research has shown ...
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A new strategy to fight an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor showed promise in a pair of experiments with a handful of patients.
Mar 14, 2024
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A collaborative project to bring the promise of cell therapy to patients with a deadly form of brain cancer has shown dramatic results among the first patients to receive the novel treatment. In a paper published in the New ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Repeats of DNA sequences, often referred to as "junk DNA" or "dark matter," that are found in chromosomes and could contribute to cancer or other diseases have been challenging to identify and characterize.
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