Oncology & Cancer

Research reveals a hidden vulnerability of lung cancer

Treatment resistance and relapse in the most common type of lung cancer can be traced to a protein called agrin, according to a preclinical study led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Results of the study, led ...

Medications

UK approves 'landmark' breast cancer drug

A new drug that helps slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer has been approved for use in Britain's state-run National Health Service, officials said on Friday.

Oncology & Cancer

Master switch gene can turn immune cells into cancer eradicators

To grow, cancer tumors must hijack the immune system for their needs. One of the main tricks that most tumors use is to manipulate a type of immune cell called a macrophage, causing it to protect the tumor from the rest of ...

Oncology & Cancer

Scientists create 'metal detector' to hunt down tumors

Researchers have created a "metal detector" algorithm called PRRDetect to hunt down vulnerable tumors, in a development that could one day revolutionize the treatment of cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

A new drug delivery system may help patients with a rare eye cancer

A multi-institutional study led by Moffitt Cancer Center found that percutaneous hepatic perfusion using a melphalan hepatic delivery system may help patients with a rare eye cancer that has spread to their liver. This disease, ...

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