Oncology & Cancer
Implanted pump safely delivers chemo straight to brain in patients with brain cancer
A significant obstacle to treating brain cancer is not the cancer, but the brain itself.
Nov 11, 2022
0
62
Cancerous Tumors
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify cellular signaling pathway as key player in metastasis
A team of scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute have identified the STING cellular signaling pathway as a key player in keeping dormant cancer cells from progressing into aggressive tumors months, or even years, after ...
Mar 29, 2023
0
850
Oncology & Cancer
'Junk DNA' no more: Investigators develop method of identifying cancers from repeat elements of genetic code
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.
Mar 13, 2024
0
95
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover on/off switch for breast cancer metastasis
Despite their promise, immunotherapies fail to treat many cancers, including over 80% of some of the most advanced breast cancers. And many of those patients who do respond still experience metastases eventually. New research ...
Dec 20, 2023
0
175
Oncology & Cancer
Killing cancer by unleashing the body's own immune system
The body's immune system is the first line of defense against infections like bacteria, viruses or cancers. Some cancers, however, have developed the art of molecular deception to avoid destruction by the body's immune system. ...
Jan 12, 2021
0
185
Oncology & Cancer
Study shows how certain cancers neutralize T cells to subvert the immune system and help tumors grow
When cancer arises in the body, it starts with tumor cells that rapidly grow and divide and eventually spread. But what enables these nascent tumor cells to dodge the body's immune system, which is built to identify and fend ...
Sep 29, 2022
0
179
Oncology & Cancer
Targeted drug combination shows unprecedented activity in some highly aggressive brain tumors
A combination of two targeted cancer drugs showed unprecedented, "clinically meaningful" activity in patients with highly malignant brain tumors that carried a rare genetic mutation, according to a clinical trial report by ...
Nov 25, 2021
0
151
Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy to shrink treatment-resistant cancer tumors
Advancements in cancer research and treatment have resulted in great improvements in survival rates—today, there are almost 17 million people in the United States alone who have survived their diagnosis because of the physicians ...
Jun 29, 2022
0
53
Oncology & Cancer
High-fat diets can cause normal liver tissue to behave like tumor tissue
Normal, non-cancerous liver tissue can act like tumor tissue when exposed to a diet high in fat, linking diet and obesity to the development of liver cancer. The Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation ...
Mar 10, 2021
0
163
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists use two powerful immunotherapies to eradicate solid tumors
City of Hope scientists have combined two potent immunotherapies—an oncolytic virus and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy—to target and eradicate solid tumors that are otherwise difficult to treat with CAR ...
Sep 2, 2020
1
118
