Genetics

Study offers clues to cause of kids' brain tumors

(Medical Xpress)—Insights from a genetic condition that causes brain cancer are helping scientists better understand the most common type of brain tumor in children.

Oncology & Cancer

Blocking tumor-induced inflammation impacts cancer development

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report the discovery of microbial–dependent mechanisms through which some cancers mount an inflammatory response that fuels their development and ...

Oncology & Cancer

Breast cancer risk linked to early-life diet and metabolic syndrome

Striking new evidence suggesting that diet and related factors early in life can boost the risk for breast cancer—totally independent of the body's production of the hormone estrogen—has been uncovered by a team of researchers ...

Oncology & Cancer

Gene mutation can allow proteins to gather, spark tumor growth

Prostate cancer is generally treated as if it's a single disease. But researchers have discovered a new type of the cancer that appears to affect 15 percent of patients, a finding that paves the way for better diagnosis and ...

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