Oncology & Cancer
World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients
A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers.
Nov 19, 2020
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Medical research
Existing antidepressant helps to inhibit growth of cancer cells in lab animals
New research has shown that the antidepressant sertraline inhibits the growth of cancer cells. It acts on a metabolic addiction that allows different types of cancer to grow. This is shown by a study on cell cultures and ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel method detects melanoma with over 90% accuracy
In Europe, melanoma is the fifth most common type of cancer and is the major cause of death from skin cancer. Northern Europe displays the largest age-standardized rate mortality of 3.8 per 10,000 in the region, with an incidence ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Active surveillance safe for African Americans with low-risk prostate cancer
Previous studies have shown that African American men are 2.4 times as likely to die from prostate cancer compared to non-Hispanic white men. This, plus a concern that African Americans may develop cancers that are more aggressive, ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Next generation BRAF inhibitor cancer drug shows promise in early patient trial
A new drug designed to work on cancers with an altered BRAF gene has shown promise in an early patient trial presented at the 32nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, which is taking place ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Genomic differences may be key to overcoming prostate cancer disparities
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among American men after skin cancer, but the disease does not affect all races equally. African American men are nearly two times more likely to develop prostate cancer, ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Medical research
New insight on mole growth could aid development of skin cancer treatments
Moles stop growing when they reach a certain size due to normal interactions between cells, despite having cancer-associated gene mutations, says a new study published today in eLife.
Oct 13, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
A bandage with magnetic nanofibres that kills skin cancer cells with heat
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a non-invasive bandage made with magnetic nanofibres to treat skin cancer by administering heat to the tumor cells.
Oct 8, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapy
A team of scientists led by a researcher at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is making strides to fight deadly metastatic breast cancer by combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy.
Sep 14, 2020
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Health
Summer is almost over—do I still need sunscreen? (Hint: Yes.)
With COVID-19 on our minds, it may be easy to forget about another potential danger: the sun.
Aug 18, 2020
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