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Seeing thyroid cancer in a new light: When AI meets label-free imaging in the operating room
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer, affecting more people each year as detection rates continue to rise. During tumor excision, surgeons often struggle to determine exactly how much tissue should be removed, ...
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Targeting epigenetic modifiers and splicing regulators together may offer new acute myeloid leukemia treatment paths
Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic mutations—IDH2 and SRSF2—work cooperatively to mis-splice RNA messages and change how blood ...
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Immune sabotage: How a Vitamin A byproduct compromises the body's normal anti-cancer response
Scientists at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified novel mechanisms by which a metabolic derivative of vitamin A—all-trans retinoic acid—compromises both the body's ...
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Study confirms high cost effectiveness of prostate cancer screening
A research team from the Department of Surgery and the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has demonstrated that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ...
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Novel analysis shows promise for revealing early ovarian cancer signals
University of Manchester researchers have shown that analysis of fluid flushed through a fallopian tube holds promise for providing insights into molecular changes linked to early ovarian cancer development.
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Study underscores role of sleep in reducing toll of social adversity on breast cancer survivors' health
Where someone lives can affect their health. For breast cancer survivors, their neighborhood can influence their recovery from treatment.
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Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest cancers: New drug is giving patients and doctors hope
Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to stage 4 less than a year after her initial diagnosis.
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How a rare genetic variant protects some people from developing blood cancers
Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most cancers, the cause is usually mutations in the DNA, which are genetic errors that accumulate as ...
Fatigue before cancer treatment linked to adverse events
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center-led investigators found that higher patient-reported fatigue before cancer treatment aligned with higher odds of severe, life-threatening, and fatal treatment-related toxic effects.
For the first time, a mechanism enabling breast cancer to metastasize to the brain has been deciphered
A large-scale international study, led by researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University, has uncovered a mechanism that allows breast cancer to send metastases to the brain—a highly ...
Jan 5, 2026
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Combination therapy against brain cancer proves effective in preclinical models
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have made a breakthrough that could modernize treatment for glioblastoma. In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Jan 5, 2026
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Ovarian cancer alters the abdominal cavity to aid tumor spread, study reveals
Ovarian cancer often goes undetected for a long time. In seven out of 10 patients, the tumor has already formed secondary tumors in the abdominal cavity at the time of diagnosis. These metastases are particularly common in ...
Jan 5, 2026
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Lifting cancer's invisibility cloak: Dying tumor cells alert the immune system
The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or cancerous cells. But tumor cells develop many features that help them hide from the immune system to ...
Jan 5, 2026
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Hot flash drug shows added anti-cancer effect in breast cancer treatment
A drug mimicking the hormone progesterone has anti-cancer activity when used together with conventional anti-estrogen treatment for women with breast cancer, a new Cambridge-led trial has found.
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Molecular mechanism reveals how viral infection triggers aggressive leukemia
Researchers at Kumamoto University have uncovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism by which human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) drives the development of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL), one of the most ...
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Retrotransposon drives cancer by altering 3D genome structure
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have revealed previously unappreciated roles for the retrotransposon LINE-1 in shaping the cancer genome structure and regulation. Retrotransposons are mobile DNA pieces, ...
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AI model predicts B cell reactivity to neoantigens for improved cancer vaccines
Neoantigens are unique markers that distinguish only cancer cells. By adding B cell reactivity, cancer vaccines can move beyond one-time attacks and short-term memory to become a long-term immunity that "remembers" cancer, ...
Jan 2, 2026
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Tumor bacteria linked to immunotherapy resistance in head and neck cancer
Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that bacteria inside cancerous tumors may be key to understanding why immunotherapy works for some patients but not others.
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Combination therapy for Burkitt's lymphoma dramatically improves cure rates in mice
Burkitt's lymphoma is a rare and aggressive blood cancer characterized by a translocation of the MYC gene. It occurs most often in children and young adults. In recent years, CAR-T cell therapy—often referred to as a "living ...
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Short, intensive workouts can help fight bowel cancer
As many of us embark on an exercise or gym routine for the new year, research reveals that just 10 minutes of intense exercise could help fight cancer.
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Breast cancer drug boosts leukemia treatment: Unexpected duo shows promise in overcoming resistance
A research team at Oregon Health & Science University has discovered a promising new drug combination that may help people with acute myeloid leukemia overcome resistance to one of the most common frontline therapies.
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Machine learning identifies statin and phenothiazine combo for neuroblastoma treatment
Using machine learning and a large volume of data on genes and existing drugs, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a combination of statins and phenothiazines that is particularly promising in the treatment ...
Dec 29, 2025
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Blocking a key gene regulator may restore immune response in cancer therapy
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer therapy by harnessing the body's immune system to target tumors. Despite their initial clinical success, many patients eventually experience diminished therapeutic ...
Dec 29, 2025
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Researchers turn cancer resistance mutations into targets for new immunotherapies
One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many metastatic cancers, drugs that are initially effective lose their potency over time, as malignant cells acquire mutations ...
Dec 29, 2025
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How testosterone went from prostate cancer villain to potential ally
For more than 80 years, men have been told that testosterone helps prostate cancer grow. But a very different picture has emerged over the past two decades.
Dec 29, 2025
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