A study headed by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and in collaboration with hospitals around Spain and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has unveiled breast cancer dependence on lipids. This ...
Apr 5, 2016
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Scientists have revealed that a key molecule in breast and lung cancer cells can help switch off the cancers' ability to spread around the body.
Mar 21, 2016
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Healthy cells actively collaborate with tumours by creating a mesh of collagen that encourages cancer cells to build new blood vessels, a new study shows.
Mar 3, 2016
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Researchers at Leiden University have demonstrated that tumours can apply mechanical means to attract the blood vessels they need to be able to grow. The team published this discovery on 2 March in Nature Scientific Reports.
Mar 3, 2016
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A University of Manchester study has shed light on a chain of events that allows tumour cells to thrive in tough environments, identifying potential new ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
Feb 25, 2016
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Growing tumour cells are always hungry. Researchers of prof. Reuven Agami's group at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek have developed a method that uncovers for individual tumours which amino acid is most limiting an thus most needed ...
Feb 15, 2016
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Cancers evolve over time in patterns governed by the same natural laws that drive physical and chemical processes as diverse as the flow of rivers or the brightness of stars, a new study reports.
Jan 18, 2016
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Pomalidomide (trade name: Imnovid) has been approved since 2013 for the treatment of multiple myeloma that has returned and is difficult to treat. The drug is an option for adults who have received two or more prior treatment ...
Jan 12, 2016
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Two characteristic features of malignant tumours are that they form massive blood vessels and bypass the immune system. A new cell culture technique allows the processes of tumour growth to be studied directly and in real ...
Dec 18, 2015
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Research presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2015 raises the possibility that cancer itself may damage heart muscle irrespective of exposure to cancer drug therapies. Researchers from the UK's first dedicated cardio-oncology ...
Dec 3, 2015
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