Oncology & Cancer

Protein linked to immunotherapy resistance in kidney cancer

A protein identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center may drive resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors, a widely used form of immunotherapy to treat cancer. The findings, published in Communications Medicine, ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI tool automates liver tumor detection and monitoring

Investigators of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Radiomics Group, led by Raquel Perez-Lopez, have developed SALSA (System for Automatic Liver tumor Segmentation And detection), a fully automated deep learning-driven ...

Oncology & Cancer

Genetic profiling of colorectal tumors across populations

Colorectal tumors can vary in molecular mutations among individuals and communities, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai Cancer. Investigators reporting in the journal Cancer Research concluded that these differences ...

Oncology & Cancer

Age-related biological changes cause tumors to spread

In a preclinical study, Cedars-Sinai investigators have demonstrated how age-related changes to cells surrounding a tumor make melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, more likely to spread in patients aged 70 and older. Their study, ...