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New findings link obesity to loss of natural breast cancer protection
A research team at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has found that obesity prevents a biological process that kills cancerous cells, revealing a possible reason obesity is a risk factor for breast ...
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Drinking very hot tea and coffee is linked to a greater risk of esophageal cancer
That morning brew may be doing you more harm than good. A study of almost 1 million tea and coffee drinkers has linked very hot drinks to a threefold greater risk of developing one type of esophageal cancer.
First-in-human study attacks inoperable pancreatic tumors with laser light
UCI Health, the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, is conducting a first-in-human, Phase I clinical trial using laser light to target localized but inoperable pancreatic tumors to help patients become ...
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Giant-nucleus cells are key markers for early-stage cancer, study suggests
Iron is an essential micronutrient, but excess iron can damage cells and increase cancer risk. While many cells die from iron-induced oxidative stress, a subset survives and may become cancerous. Previously, the identity ...
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AI-enabled analysis of pathology slides may help assess risk of pancreatic cancer recurrence
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled spatial analysis can identify patterns in routine pathology slides that may help clinicians identify which patients with pancreatic cancer are at ...
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Chemotherapy alters 'Darwinian battleground' in our bodies
Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy, give a growth advantage to cells with particular genetic changes in healthy tissue, new research finds.
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Cancer is now the leading health threat for 9/11 survivors 25 years on
Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, cancer has become the defining health problem among survivors who breathed the toxic dust.
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Breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening rates significantly lower for millions of U.S. adults with disabilities
Missing routine cancer screening tests can lead to critical delays in diagnosis and treatment. A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that millions of U.S. adults with disabilities who are eligible ...
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COVID-19 pandemic accelerated adoption of shorter, lower-burden (lower cost) breast radiation therapy
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of shorter-course radiation therapy for women with early-stage breast cancer, leading to reduced treatment burden and lower health care spending, according to a new study published ...
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Novel immunotherapy leads to complete regression of chemotherapy-resistant liver cancer in 3-year-old
A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's describes a complete regression of hepatoblastoma, the most common pediatric ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Platinum chemotherapy may cause decades' worth of DNA changes in children's healthy cells
The amount of DNA damage caused by certain chemotherapies used to effectively treat childhood cancer has been revealed, along with a hidden impact on the liver, paving the way for future research into new ways to mitigate ...
Sep 10, 2026
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AI-designed proteins outperform existing CAR T designs against BCMA tumors in mice
CAR T cell therapy, which involves genetically modifying a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer, is a technique that has shown great promise, especially against blood cancers. But currently, only about 4% of patients ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Mitochondrial RNA escape may explain how chronic immune signaling helps tumors grow
Cancer biology—and, in turn, cancer treatment—have come a long way in the last few decades. Most people recognize this progress in breakthroughs like immunotherapy, a treatment strategy first deployed in 2011 that leverages ...
Sep 10, 2026
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RNA creates a self-destruct switch for cellular machinery linked to leukemia
Cells have all kinds of intricate machinery to control genes, switching them on and off at the right times and under the right conditions. Components of this machinery include chromatin-modifying complexes, groups of proteins ...
Sep 10, 2026
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AI-assisted imaging tool for breast cancer could tailor screening for women according to individual risk
An artificial intelligence model that analyzes women's past and recent annual 3D mammograms is more effective at predicting the five-year risk of developing breast cancer than a tool that uses only the most recent 3D mammogram, ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Combination therapy may improve immune response against advanced prostate cancer
Combining the targeted therapy olaparib with an additional immunotherapy may improve immune response in a subgroup of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who responded poorly to initial treatment, ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Scientists uncover how cells surrounding primary liver tumors may help fuel cancer
UCLA researchers have identified a pathway in liver cells that may explain how statins could help prevent or slow the development of liver cancer associated with fatty liver disease.
Sep 10, 2026
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Protein linked to cell death may also drive liver cancer
New research from the University of Oklahoma identifies a protein in liver cells that appears to help drive the development of liver cancer associated with obesity-related fatty liver disease. The finding, published in Hepatology, ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Ancient viral remnants in our genome may help predict response to chemotherapy
In a new study, researchers from King's College London trained AI models on multiple types of clinical and biological data to determine whether they could predict which patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) would respond ...
Sep 10, 2026
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New survey highlights persistent cancer medication shortages across United States
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading cancer centers—has published updated data on the current impact of generic cancer medication shortages in the United States. The data come from survey ...
Sep 10, 2026
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New Mathematical model estimates curable window for fast-growing lung tumors
Detecting lung cancer early is critical to a patient's survival, but how early is early enough? Florida International University math professor and researcher Deborah Goldwasser is uncovering new findings that could identify ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Child cancer groups call for concerted action
It's one of the cruelest ironies in health and medicine. Pediatric sarcomas are among the rarest yet most aggressive forms of childhood cancer and some of the hardest to cure. Whereas many adult cancers are now treatable ...
Sep 10, 2026
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Researchers lead statewide effort to reduce cancer risk for firefighters
Inside the hazard simulation lab at Iowa State University, Guowen Song watches a column of engineered smoke curl upward from a controlled burn.
Sep 10, 2026
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Tumor response to immunochemotherapy may spare some head and neck cancer patients radical surgery
Patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors responded to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (ICT) and who underwent less extensive surgery had high disease-free survival and organ ...
Sep 10, 2026
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