A molecule has demonstrated its ability to kill tumor cells and incite an immune response in preclinical models of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Some cancerous tumors hijack proteins that act as "brakes" on our immune system and use them to form a sort of shield against immune recognition. Immunotherapy treatments have been created that turn off these "brakes" and ...
Mar 11, 2024
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A pioneering Phase I CAR T cell therapy trial for the treatment of glioblastoma at City of Hope demonstrates promising clinical activity against incurable brain tumors, according to research published in Nature Medicine.
Mar 7, 2024
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The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the ecosystem surrounding a tumor, which usually consists of non-tumoral cells and molecules they produce and release. The interplay between tumor cells and the TME significantly impacts ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Male breast cancer has distinct alterations in the tumor genome that may suggest potential treatment targets, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. They have conducted the first whole genome sequencing ...
Mar 4, 2024
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A form of artificial intelligence called large language modeling (LLM), the same technology behind ChatGPT, could someday improve liver cancer care by extracting important data from medical charts much faster than humans, ...
Mar 1, 2024
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A University of Cincinnati Cancer Center study has found that real-time navigation is a useful tool for surgeons performing ablation procedures to destroy tumors in the liver.
Feb 29, 2024
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Knowing exactly what's inside a tumor can maximize our ability to fight cancer. But that knowledge doesn't come easy. Tumors are clusters of constantly changing cancer cells. Some become common cancer variants. Others morph ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus studying interactions between nerves and tumor microenvironments have found that commonly used drugs like botox may stop or slow the progression of certain ...
Feb 28, 2024
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One of the immune system's primary roles is to detect and kill cells that have acquired cancerous mutations. However, some early-stage cancer cells manage to evade this surveillance and develop into more advanced tumors.
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