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Clinical trials confirm zolbetuximab's efficacy in gastric cancer

In Germany, around 17,000 people are diagnosed with gastric cancer every year. The disease is one of the leading causes of tumor-related deaths. This is due to late diagnosis and the rapid spread of tumor cells throughout ...

Oncology & Cancer

Lynch syndrome: New patient database of genetic condition aims to prevent cancer

A new database of all patients with Lynch syndrome aims to improve treatment and prevention for those at high-risk of cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

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 ...

Oncology & Cancer

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 ...

Oncology & Cancer

Previous cancer treatment not tied to higher stillbirth rate

Cancer diagnosis and treatment for adolescent girls and young adult women does not appear to increase the risk of a stillbirth with a later pregnancy, according to a study published Aug. 27 in the Journal of the National ...

Oncology & Cancer

Fighting cancer on Earth and in space using high-energy protons

Scientists on Earth use high-energy protons to create isotopes to detect and treat cancer. In space, however, these same high-energy protons can pose a risk to spacecraft and the health of the astronauts traveling in them. ...

Oncology & Cancer

What is CAR-T cell therapy?

Roughly 620,000 new cases of lymphoma were diagnosed worldwide, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International's 2020 report. Survival rates have improved as advances develop in treatment, such as chimeric antigen ...

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Investigating the role of fatty acids in cancer cell survival

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that a particular enzyme is essential for regulating cancer cell survival and metastasis under cellular stress, findings that were published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Oncology & Cancer

Five key medical advances related to bone marrow transplantation

In the six decades since blood and marrow transplantation was used to treat patients with blood cancers, this once experimental treatment has become a vital cancer-fighting tool. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is celebrating ...

Oncology & Cancer

Identifying the underlying causes of ovarian cancer

Two new discoveries led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators help improve the understanding of what drives the development of ovarian cancer and why some women's tumors do not respond to therapy.