Oncology & Cancer
Poor immune response in many double- vaccinated blood cancer patients
More than half of double-vaccinated blood cancer patients have been left with little protection against COVID-19, new research has found.
Oct 21, 2021
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Cancer Cell
Oncology & Cancer
Imaging technique could replace tissue biopsies in assessing drug resistance in cancer
Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Oct 6, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New agent overcomes drug resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer, preclinical study shows
A type of breast cancer that often develops resistance to targeted therapies was driven back into remission in mice by a drug that blocks the division of cancer cells, a new study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer ...
Mar 14, 2016
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Genetics
Testing method could point thousands more cancer patients to lifesaving treatment
Not all cancer therapies are successful, but cancer researchers increasingly are able to identify the right treatments for the right patients at the right time. A researcher at the University of Oklahoma has helped lead a ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Cell-free DNA identifies early signs of relapse in pediatric medulloblastoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown that cell-free DNA from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be used to detect measurable residual disease (MRD) in children treated for the brain tumor medulloblastoma. ...
Oct 21, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Solving the mystery of NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia
Although it has long been recognized that mutations of gene NPM1 play an important role in acute myeloid leukemia, no one has determined how the normal and the mutated forms of the protein NPM1 function.
Nov 13, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Combining immunotherapy with KRAS inhibitor eliminates advanced KRAS-mutant pancreatic cancer in preclinical models
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered a functional role for KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer and rapidly translated these findings into a novel therapeutic approach combining a ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover molecular approach to promote cancer cell death
Lung cancer researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered a novel strategy to exploit apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, for the treatment of lung cancer. The protein Bcl-2 is a known ...
May 21, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals why cancer anemia treatment leads to tumor growth
Scientists have shown why a drug widely used to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia in ovarian and breast cancer patients also may shorten survival times in some patients by inadvertently stimulating tumor growth.
Oct 15, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Metabolic process in cancer cells could unlock possible treatment for glioblastoma
A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that targeting a metabolic process in people with a specific genetic mutation could help treat glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.
May 25, 2023
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