Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may "wake up" following years of sleep, forming incurable secondary tumors.
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Cancer Research UK scientists have invented a new experimental drug that aims to harness the full power of the body's own immune system, launching a two-pronged response against cancer, according to a study published in Nature ...
Nov 10, 2020
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A drug used to target IDH1 mutations in select cancers also appears to inhibit the wild-type form of the enzyme, under certain conditions. This feature explains why a large group of different cancers are vulnerable to the ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Tumor cells in the most common pancreatic cancer share nutrients to live and grow. A new discovery by University of California, Irvine biologists and collaborators during a four-year investigation could help lead to better ...
Nov 22, 2022
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New Cleveland Clinic research has found that drugs originally designed to help treat Alzheimer's disease may hold promise for glioblastoma, the most common and lethal type of primary brain tumor. The findings were published ...
Nov 23, 2021
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For most people who die of cancer, the spread of the initial tumor is to blame. "Metastasis is what kills most cancer patients," says Serge Fuchs, a professor in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine. "Yet there are not many, ...
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Every year, approximately one in 100,000 children develops a new neuroblastoma, often in the first year of life. This makes neuroblastomas a relatively common group of tumors in children. They form in immature nerve tissue ...
Apr 28, 2022
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A type of chronic leukemia can simmer for many years. Some patients may need treatment to manage this type of blood cancer—called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)—while others may go through long periods of watchful ...
Dec 30, 2022
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Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have used a unique precision medicine and artificial intelligence (AI) tool called the Molecular Twin Precision Oncology Platform to identify biomarkers that outperform the standard test ...
Jan 22, 2024
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A team of researchers affiliated with a host of medical institutions across the U.S. has found that the HDAC6 score can be used to predict the response of some types of cancer to administration of the histone ricolinostat.
