Oncology & Cancer
Using big data to better understand cancerous mutations
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are among the latest tools being used by cancer researchers to aid in detection and treatment of the disease.
Jul 5, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists unravel the key to colon cancer relapse after chemotherapy
Approximately 1 in 25 people will develop colon cancer during their lifetime and nearly 2 million cases new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is commonly used to treat colon cancer. While this treatment ...
Jul 1, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy to shrink treatment-resistant cancer tumors
Advancements in cancer research and treatment have resulted in great improvements in survival rates—today, there are almost 17 million people in the United States alone who have survived their diagnosis because of the physicians ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Medications
Combination treatment may improve quality of life in kidney cancer
Patients with advanced kidney cancer who received a new combination treatment reported health-related quality of life outcomes that were either similar or improved, compared to patients who received standard first-line therapy, ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumor 'signatures' could provide key to more accurate treatment for deadliest cancers
Scientists have found a way to identify and interpret 'signatures' that reveal the complex genetic causes of some of the deadliest cancers—which often have a survival rate of less than 10%. The results, published today ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Estimating tumor-specific total mRNA level predicts cancer outcomes
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new approach to quantify tumor-specific total mRNA levels from patient tumor samples, which contain both cancer and non-cancer cells. Using ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Recurring brain tumors shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment
Researchers have discovered that infiltrating gliomas, a common brain and spinal cord tumor, are shaped by their genetic evolution and microenvironment, a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments.
Jun 9, 2022
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Medications
Locking leukemia's cellular escape hatch
Leukemia starts in cells that would normally develop into different types of blood cells. About 61,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed each year, and depending on the type of leukemia and the age of the patient, five-year ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Medications
Ibrutinib with chemoimmunotherapy improved progression-free survival for newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma patients
Combination chemoimmunotherapy with the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib demonstrated improved progression-free survival over standard chemoimmunotherapy for previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) ...
Jun 3, 2022
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Diabetes
World's largest islet transplant program celebrates 20 years of changing lives for people with diabetes
After 20 years of perfecting their technique, the team behind the largest islet cell transplant program in the world reports the procedure is a safe, reliable and life-changing treatment for people with hard-to-control diabetes.
May 19, 2022
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