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Study identifies genetic factors crucial in acute myeloid leukemia survival for Black patients

Researchers have led a global study that identified molecular predictors of survival among Black patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The study suggests a need to modify current AML risk layers by including ancestry-specific ...

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Dual immunotherapy plus chemotherapy found to benefit specific subset of patients with lung cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific mutations in the STK11 and/or KEAP1 tumor ...

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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 ...

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Study uncovers mutations and DNA structures driving bladder cancer

How bladder cancer originates and progresses has been illuminated as never before in a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center. The researchers found that antiviral enzymes that mutate ...

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Do people with MS have an increased risk of cancer?

A study has found some cancers to be slightly more frequent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in people without MS. The study is published in the October 9, 2024, online issue of Neurology. Types of cancers found ...

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Video: Who should be screened for colorectal cancer?

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Multi-Society Task Force on colon cancer encourage patients to start screening at age 50 unless they ...

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How gut bacteria can impact treatments for cancer

A large team of cancer researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Germany, working with a colleague from the U.S., has discovered some of the ways gut bacteria can positively impact treatments for cancer. In their ...

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Obstacles for breast cancer prevention in high-risk Black women

Black women at high risk of breast cancer face a variety of obstacles that may keep them from care that could prevent cancer and increase the chances they'll survive if they develop the disease, new research has found.

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Identifying the inflammatory cells behind chemo brain

Immune cells that keep the brain free of debris but also contribute to inflammation are the likely culprits behind the concentration and memory problems that sometimes follow one type of chemotherapy, a new study in mice ...