Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study reveals why immunotherapies don't work on hardest-to-treat breast cancers
Thanks to advances in cancer therapies, most forms of breast cancer are highly treatable, especially when caught early.
Dec 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New study shows blood test detected cancer metastasis
Researchers from the University Göttingen Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Chronix Biomedical have published a new study exploring the genetic hallmarks of canine mammary cancer. Appearing in the peer-reviewed journal ...
Sep 30, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cerebrospinal fluid as liquid biopsy for characterizing and policing of medulloblastoma
Building on previous research 1—3 led by Joan Seoane, Director of Translational Research at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and ICREA Research Professor, latest findings from a proof-of-concept study published ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Key bone marrow protein identified as potential new leukemia treatment target
A new study on how the progression of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is influenced by the bone marrow environment has demonstrated for the first time that targeting a specialized protein known as osteopontin (OPN) may be ...
Apr 15, 2013
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Neuroscience
Survival statistics show hard fight when malignant brain tumors appear at multiple sites
LOS ANGELES (Embargoed until 10 a.m. EDT on Aug. 24, 2012) – When aggressive, malignant tumors appear in more than one location in the brain, patient survival tends to be significantly shorter than when the disease starts ...
Aug 24, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Liquid biopsies can rapidly detect residual disease following cervical chemoradiation, study finds
Two liquid biopsy tests that look for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the blood accurately identified patients with a high risk of cervical cancer recurrence after the completion of chemoradiation, a new study ...
Oct 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Diverse genetic alterations found in triple-negative breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Many different genetic alterations were detected in tumor cells left behind after patients with triple-negative breast cancer were treated with chemotherapy prior to surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy), according to data presented ...
Dec 7, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
'Idling' cancer cells may return
About half of all melanomas have mutations in the BRAF gene that accelerate tumor cell growth and spread. While most patients benefit from targeted anti-BRAF therapy, resistance to treatment and tumor progression is almost ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Highlighting new innovations in early cancer detection
The latest special issue of PLOS Medicine features five studies outlining novel strategies for detecting cancer and for identifying minimal residual disease—when a small amount of tumor cells survive treatment, potentially ...
Aug 31, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Enhanced scorpion venom molecules can be used to treat Chagas disease
Animal toxins are research targets owing to their therapeutic and biotechnological potential. Researchers at the Federal University of the ABC (UFABC), Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Federal University of ...
Dec 21, 2020
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