Oncology & Cancer
How to prime tumors to be defeated by cancer immunotherapy
One of the best ways to defeat cancer is by rousing the immune system to attack it.
Apr 17, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel cell therapy shows promising results in advanced tumor diseases
In recent years, cell therapies have developed alongside chemotherapy and immunotherapy to become a new pillar in the treatment of patients with blood and lymph gland cancer. In solid tumors, such as skin, lung, or bone and ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene-based blood test for melanoma may catch early signs of cancer's return
Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study shows.
Apr 15, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Age-related genetic changes in the blood associated with poor cancer prognosis
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, Gustave Roussy and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to aging, can be found in cancerous ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery of 500 tumor-specific cryptic peptides may guide future pancreatic cancer immunotherapies
Researchers from MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that a class of peptides expressed in pancreatic cancer cells could be a promising target for T-cell therapies and other approaches that attack pancreatic ...
May 8, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
3D spatial mapping of tumor cell 'neighborhoods' reveals potential targets for personalized cancer therapy
Researchers in Nikolaus Rajewsky's lab at Max Delbrück Center combined high-resolution, single-cell spatial technologies to map a tumor's cellular neighborhoods in 3D and identify potential targets for personalized cancer ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Natural killer cells remember and effectively target ovarian cancer, researchers discover
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered a unique ability of a special subtype of natural killer cells in the immune system, called adaptive NK cells, to remember ovarian tumors and effectively attack them. The ...
Apr 28, 2025
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Medications
Antibody-based drug dismantles a metabolic barrier to anti-tumor immunity
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a specific mode of fat uptake by immune cells within tumors that serves as a metabolic checkpoint against anti-cancer immune responses. Harnessing that insight, researchers led ...
Apr 28, 2025
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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, ...
May 8, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify roles of key genes in colon cancer development
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death globally. Although some of the molecular changes associated with colorectal cancer are known, how they contribute to cancer development is not yet well ...
May 13, 2025
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