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.
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Oncology & Cancer
Key to the high aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer identified
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates—only 10% after five years. One of the factors contributing to its aggressiveness is its tumor microenvironment, known as the ...
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Oncology & Cancer
A cell atlas to uncover significant shifts in the neuroblastoma tumor microenvironment
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a longitudinal atlas of neuroblastoma, a common and potentially deadly childhood cancer, to gain a deeper understanding into precise molecular mechanisms ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
How inherited genes help shape the course of cancer
A new multicenter study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) and colleagues around the world, has discovered that the ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Medical research
New strategy may enable cancer monitoring from blood tests alone
A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients following treatment, according to a ...
Apr 12, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
New immune boost could expand access to cancer immunotherapy
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that tapping into the body's own immune system and activating a type of immune cell known as B cells, could be the key to boosting the effectiveness of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, ...
Apr 11, 2025
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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 ...
Apr 10, 2025
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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.
Apr 10, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells mimic Sherpa genes to survive low oxygen
Results of a study show convergent genetic adaptation under hypoxia (lack of oxygen) between populations living at high-altitude in the Himalayan region such as Tibetans and Sherpas, and the development of oxygen-starved ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
'Sugar' signatures help identify and classify pancreatic cancer cell subtypes
Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators have developed a new method for identifying and classifying pancreatic cancer cell subtypes based on sugars found on the outside of cancer cells.
Apr 9, 2025
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A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm (a solid or fluid-filled (cystic) lesion that may or may not be formed by an abnormal growth of neoplastic cells) that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer. While cancer is by definition malignant, a tumor can be benign, pre-malignant, or malignant, or can represent a lesion without any cancerous potential whatsoever.
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