Oncology & Cancer
First and only therapeutic drug for ALK-positive lung cancer approved
In a major triumph for personalized medicine, the FDA approved the drug crizotinib for use with the lung cancer type known as ALK-positive.
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Oncology & Cancer
One to 10 mutations are needed to drive cancer, scientists find
For the first time, scientists have provided unbiased estimates of the number of mutations needed for cancers to develop, in a study of more than 7,500 tumours across 29 cancer types. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger ...
Oct 19, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover a new mechanism of cancer immune defense
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg has gained new insights into how inflammatory mediators of pathogen defense can remotely drive cancer cells into death—an important ...
Jun 23, 2023
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Cancer has an obesity-related risk factor, and it depends on sex and cancer type
Obesity has been previously linked to an increased risk of cancer, but most studies have not differentiated the risks between male and female patients. A new study published June 12 in the journal Cancer Cell takes a closer ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Same mutations underpin spread of cancer in individuals, study finds
Scientists have arrived at a key understanding about how cancers in individual patients spread, or metastasize, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and other collaborating institutions reports.
Sep 6, 2018
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Researchers map intricacies of lung cancer in one of their own
When James Spudich was diagnosed with lung cancer, researchers had a rare, and unexpected, opportunity to study healthy and diseased human tissue at an unprecedented level of detail.
May 4, 2018
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Researchers use genetics to probe immune system's role in fighting cancer
To better understand the immune system's role in the fight against cancer, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have searched thousands of tumors for genetic signatures that might ...
Aug 25, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
How genomic sequencing may be widening racial disparities in cancer care
As scientists learn more about which genetic mutations are driving different types of cancer, they're targeting treatments to small numbers of patients with the potential for big payoffs in improved outcomes.
Aug 18, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Overall cancer mortality rates decreasing for men and women
(HealthDay)—Cancer incidence rates have decreased among men but remained stable among women, while cancer death rates are decreasing for both men and women, according to a report published in the July 1 issue of Cancer.
Jul 19, 2018
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New insights on a common protein could lead to novel cancer treatments
A new University of Colorado Boulder-led study sheds light on a protein key to controlling how cells grow, proliferate and function and long implicated in tumor development.
Nov 4, 2020
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