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Unique AI predicts cancer prognoses and responses to treatment by combining data from medical images with text
The melding of visual information (microscopic and X-ray images, CT and MRI scans, for example) with text (exam notes, communications between physicians of varying specialties) is a key component of cancer care. But while ...
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Improving cancer risk assessment and patient care: Researchers resolve uncertainty in BRCA2 testing
Findings from a multi-institutional, international study led by researchers from the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have significantly advanced the understanding of genetic alterations in the BRCA2 gene, a key player ...
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The same gene can drive distinct medulloblastoma types in different ways
A study published in Nature Genetics reveals new insights into how medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of childhood, can arise as the cerebellum develops.
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AI-guided endoscope offers real-time precision during cancer surgery
An interdisciplinary research team in Jena, Germany, has developed an innovative endoscope that can precisely identify and selectively remove tumor tissue in real time during surgery.
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Tracking the metabolic origins of cancer from a mosaic of cells
Yale researchers are sifting through a mosaic of cells in a living animal—both normal cells and mutated cells—to better understand how cancer grabs a foothold. But they're starting by studying tolerance.
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Tumor-secreted protein may hold the key to better treatments for deadly brain tumor
A study co-led by UCLA scientists has found targeting a protein called endocan and its related signaling pathway could be a promising new approach for treating glioblastoma, an aggressive and lethal type of brain cancer.
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Macrophages, not T cells, may hold key to predicting which melanoma patients are more likely to respond to immunotherapy
An international team of UK and US scientists has discovered that the activity of macrophages—a type of white blood cell that engulf pathogens and cancer cells—can be used to predict whether or not a melanoma patient ...
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Using AI to predict the outcome of aggressive skin cancers
Artificial intelligence can determine the course and severity of aggressive skin cancers, such as Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), to enhance clinical decision making by generating personalized predictions of treatment-specific ...
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End-of-life care can be more aggressive for cancer patients with defibrillators
Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in ...
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Understanding survival disparities in cancer care: A population-based study on mobility patterns
A study published in Health Data Science reveals significant survival disparities among cancer patients depending on their mobility patterns for medical care.
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Disparities in 36 cancers across 185 countries, says secondary analysis of global cancer statistics
Cancer remains a significant public health challenge, with the GLOBOCAN 2020 report estimating a staggering 19.3 million new cancer cases and 10 million cancer-related deaths globally. This burden is anticipated to escalate ...
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New AI tool uses routine blood tests to predict immunotherapy response for many cancers
Doctors around the world may soon have access to a new tool that could better predict whether individual cancer patients will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors—a type of immunotherapy—using only routine blood ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Study identifies potential microRNA target to overcome breast cancer resistance
A new University of Cincinnati Cancer Center study has identified a particular strand of microRNA as a promising new target for overcoming breast cancer treatment resistance and improving outcomes. The research was recently ...
Jan 7, 2025
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New family of protein-based antagonists shows promise against leukemia
In a significant advancement for cancer research, a team of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, University Hospital Tübingen, and Osnabrück University successfully designed a new family of protein-based ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Regular physical activity before cancer diagnosis may lower progression and death risks
Regular physical activity before a cancer diagnosis may lower the risks of both disease progression and death, suggests research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Jan 7, 2025
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Q&A: How early cancer screening could save Canada nearly half a billion dollars over patients' lifetimes
Cancer screening is key to saving patients' lives, since an earlier stage diagnosis improves survival rates, decreases morbidity, and leads to less intensive treatments. Early detection also has the potential to save Canada's ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Can you steam away prostate cancer? Clinical trial offers steam to potentially destroy cancer cells in patients
Steam eliminates wrinkles and germs, but can it destroy cancer cells too?
Jan 7, 2025
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Approved drug dronedarone found to inhibit the proliferation of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a severe health threat, being a predominant subtype of esophageal cancer and contributing significantly to cancer-related mortality globally. Despite advancements in combination ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Global study reveals younger adults face rising gastric cancer risk
A global study reveals a disturbing rise in early-onset gastric cancer, a disease once predominantly affecting older adults but now increasingly impacting younger populations. This shift in disease patterns, uncovered through ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Childhood cancer genome study reveals hidden variants
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute collaborated with multiple institutions to pinpoint rare germline structural variants as risk factors for non-blood-related cancers in children, including tumors in various organs. ...
Biolasers light up circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream
Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a way of detecting circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer patients.
Jan 6, 2025
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Novel screening tech enhances identification of cancer-targeting T cell receptors
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new screening technology, Aptamer-based T Lymphocyte Activity Screening and ...
Jan 6, 2025
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Discovery of immune-boosting fibroblasts offers hope for cancer patients
Southampton scientists working to improve survival for cancer patients have identified a key characteristic of the disease that could make treatment more effective.
Jan 6, 2025
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Localized magnetic fields boost chemotherapy uptake in breast cancer treatment, researchers find
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a non-invasive method to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy while reducing its harmful side effects.
Jan 6, 2025
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Would cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages reduce consumption—or be ignored?
Calling alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of cancer, the U.S. surgeon general on Friday recommended that alcoholic beverages come with the same type of warning label currently used on packs of cigarettes.
Jan 6, 2025
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