News tagged with types of cancer

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A comparative medicine study identifies new approach to combat viral infections

When a virus such as influenza invades our bodies, interferon proteins are among the first immune molecules produced to fight off the attack. Interferon can also play a role in suppressing tumor growth and ...

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Scientists develop new method for 'extremely' early cancer detection

It may soon be possible to test a person for cancer with just a drop of their blood and a small machine. As part of a European research project, scientists have developed a device for detecting the HSP70 protein, which is ...

Cancer created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover gene switch important in cancer

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Helsinki in Finland have shown that the "switches" that regulate the expression of genes play a major role in the development of cancer. In a study, published ...

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Blood chromosome differences are linked to pancreatic cancer

A new study shows that a blood marker is linked to pancreatic cancer, according to a study published today by scientists at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic.

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Researchers reveal how Trop2 protein drives tumor growth in prostate, other epithelial cancers

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers led by Tanya Stoyanova and Dr. Owen Witte of UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have determined how a protein known as Trop2 drives the growth ...

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Squeezing ovarian cancer cells to predict metastatic potential

(Medical Xpress)—New Georgia Tech research shows that cell stiffness could be a valuable clue for doctors as they search for and treat cancerous cells before they're able to spread. The findings, which ...

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Bizarre tumor case may lead to custom cancer care

It's a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and have spread to his lungs, threatening his life. Now doctors have ...

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Researchers develop blood test that accurately detects early stages of lung, breast cancer in humans

Researchers at Kansas State University have developed a simple blood test that can accurately detect the beginning stages of cancer.

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Fighting melanoma's attraction to the brain

(Medical Xpress)—The process of metastasis, by which cancer cells travel from a tumor site and proliferate at other sites in the body, is a serious threat to cancer patients. According to the National Cancer ...

Cancer created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two studies could lead to new personalized therapies for lung cancer patients

Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and is associated with very low survival rates. Two new genome-sequencing studies have uncovered novel genes involved in the deadly disease, as well as striking ...

Cancer created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two gene mutations drive adrenal cancer

Two different genetic mutations cooperate to induce adrenal cancer, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.

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Possible therapy for tamoxifen resistant breast cancer identified

(Medical Xpress)—A study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) has discovered how tamoxifen-resistant ...

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Scientist creates new cancer drug that is ten times more potent

Legend has it that Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." University of Missouri researchers are doing just that, but instead of building mousetraps, ...

Cancer created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Immune responses can be generated locally within human melanoma skin metastases

In many types of cancer, activated immune cells infiltrate the tumor and influence clinical outcome. It is not always clear where these cells are activated, but results reported in Cancer Research, a journal of the Americ ...

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Detecting cancer with lasers has limited use, researchers say

One person dies every hour from melanoma skin cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. A technique, known as photoacoustics, can find some forms of melanoma even if only a few ...

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