Medical research

Lung tumors hijack metabolic processes in the liver, study finds

University of California, Irvine scientists who study how circadian rhythms—our own body clocks—control liver function have discovered that cancerous lung tumors can hijack this process and profoundly alter metabolism.

Oncology & Cancer

Crizotinib treatment effective against ROS1-positive lung cancer

Treatment with the targeted therapy drug crizotinib effectively halts the growth of lung tumors driven by rearrangements of the ROS1 gene. In an article receiving Online First publication in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

Oncology & Cancer

First whole-genome lung cancer study set for conference

A first-of-its-kind study of a patient with lung cancer who never smoked will be presented today by TGen and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, July 3-7 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Experts 'amazed' by tapeworm that spread tumors to man

Stunned scientists described on Wednesday the first known case of a man infected with tumors by a common parasitic tapeworm, raising concern about more such infections that may go undetected.

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