Oncology & Cancer
New treatment to reverse drug resistance in some cancers
University of Queensland researchers have discovered how to reverse drug resistance in skin and mouth squamous cell carcinomas.
Jun 28, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential new treatment identified for drug-resistant skin cancer
Stanford researchers have learned how basal cell carcinoma evades drug treatment without mutating. The researchers found possible drug targets that may allow for more personalized treatment of this common skin cancer.
Feb 6, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Why basal cell tumors return when drug treatment stops
What happens when the most common and least threatening type of cancer gets complicated?
Feb 1, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
In clinical trial, cream reduces squamous cell carcinoma risk
New results from a clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte carcinoma skin cancer provides evidence that using the generic skin cream fluorouacil 5 percent for two to four weeks ...
Jan 3, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Better treatment for kidney cancer thanks to new mouse model
Research in the field of kidney cancer, also called renal cancer, is vital, because many patients with this disease still cannot be cured today. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now identified some of the gene ...
May 30, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study sweetens connection between cancer and sugar
In a new study, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that some types of cancers have more of a sweet tooth than others.
May 26, 2017
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Atlases of immune cells surrounding tumors may guide immunotherapy
Two independent studies have begun mapping the connections between and identities of the thousands of immune cells surrounding human tumors. One research group, looking at kidney cancer, found that tumors with different clinical ...
May 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Enzyme could protect against type of colorectal cancer by suppressing tumors, study finds
An enzyme that plays an active role in inflammation could be a natural way to suppress tumors and ulcers in the colon that are found in colitis associated cancer (CAC), a type of colorectal cancer that is driven by chronic ...
Jan 3, 2017
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Scientists spot genes that make some sarcomas less aggressive
Scientists at Rice and Duke universities have identified a set of genes they say make sarcoma cells less aggressive. They hope to turn the discovery into new therapeutic approaches to fight metastatic cancers.
Sep 20, 2016
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Special T cells that target solid tumors offer potential treatment for pediatric and adult cancers
Adoptive cell-therapies, in which a patient's own immune cells are used to recognize and target tumors, have shown breakthrough results for patients with certain B-cell malignancies, or cancers of the blood, but this therapy ...
Sep 14, 2016
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