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Study shows mechanical stiffness of tissue can alter fate of tumor cell populations

Ongoing fundamental research on cancer cells could be used to create new drugs and therapies that fight the spread of cancer cells. The work of Dr. Tanmay Lele, joint faculty in chemical engineering, and chemical engineering ...

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Cell therapy fights lethal childhood brain cancer in clinical trial

An immune-cell therapy shrank children's brain tumors, restored neurologic function and—for one participant in a Stanford Medicine clinical trial—erased all detectable traces of a brain cancer typically considered incurable.

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Detecting pancreatic cancer

November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Approximately 66,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute.

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'Moonlighting' enzymes may lead to new cancer therapies

Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) reveal that metabolic enzymes known for their roles in energy production and nucleotide synthesis are taking on unexpected "second jobs" within the nucleus, orchestrating ...

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Medicaid enrollment continuity tied to lymphoma stage at diagnosis

Continuous enrollment in Medicaid was associated with a lower rate of a late-stage lymphoma diagnosis in children and adolescents/young adults (AYAs). However, fewer than half of Medicaid-insured patients in these age ranges ...

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An AI-powered pipeline for personalized cancer vaccines

Ludwig Cancer Research scientists have developed a full, start-to-finish computational pipeline that integrates multiple molecular and genetic analyses of tumors and the specific molecular targets of T cells and harnesses ...

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Long-term study shows early prostate cancer surgery extended life

The survival rate of men with prostate cancer who had their entire prostate gland removed immediately after the tumor was detected increased by 17 percentage points compared with those who did not have treatment until the ...