Oncology & Cancer
When it comes to cancer, fighting words might be the wrong approach
aney had severe pneumonia and stomach cancer that had spread to her bones and liver.
Oct 17, 2019
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Stomach Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
Gastric cancer fueled by 'crosstalk' between nerves and cancer cells
Gastric tumors are started by specialized cells in the stomach that signal nerves to make more acetylcholine, according to a study in mice. The multinational team of researchers who conducted the study also identified a substance ...
Dec 15, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find stomach cancer pathway doesn't work as previously thought
Conventional wisdom holds that the loss of cells that secrete acid in the stomach leads to a condition that eventually can develop into stomach cancer.
Jan 23, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Research tests cost-effective approach to early-cancer detection from cell-free DNA in blood samples
Early detection remains key to successfully treating many cancers, and early detection via cell-free DNA (cfDNA) circulating in the bloodstream—the so-called "liquid biopsy"—has become a research focal point. But using ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies immune regulator as critical contributor to stomach cancer development
Researchers aim to beat stomach cancer at its own game by identifying modulators of the innate immune system that drive it and applying the brakes before cancer takes hold. In 2021, Professor Brendan Jenkins and Dr. Ruby ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy may work better in stomach cancer when combined with chemo, given earlier
Immunotherapy for stomach cancer may work better if the therapy is delivered earlier in the course of disease and in combination with standard chemotherapy, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Four studies look at global burden of digestive diseases
(HealthDay)—Global burdens of colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and stomach cancer increased from 1990 to 2017, according to four studies published online Oct. 21 in The Lancet Gastroenterology ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows why stomach pathogen is so tough to eradicate
The stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori survives in the stomach—a hellish, churning vat of hydrochloric acid—by holing up inside that organ's pitlike glands and establishing squatter's rights. Once the germ ...
May 2, 2019
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Gastroenterology
AI can predict certain forms of esophageal and stomach cancer
In the United States and other western countries, a form of esophageal and stomach cancer has risen dramatically over the last five decades. Rates of esophageal adenocarcinoma, or EAC, and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, or ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Genetics
Scientists identify genes that could inform novel therapies for EBV-related cancers
VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified two genes that are responsible for governing the replication of the Epstein-Barr virus, an infection that drives the growth of several types of cancer. The discovery could ...
Mar 20, 2018
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