Combining chemotherapy and BRAF oncogene inhibitors is an effective strategy for fighting metastatic melanoma, the leading cause of death from skin cancer in the world. This has been demonstrated in a study by researchers ...
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Hypoxia, or the inadequate oxygenation of a tissue, is a condition occurring frequently in all solid tumors such as melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma cells are not only able to survive oxygen deprivation, but also to use it ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Breast cancer is harmful enough on its own, but when cancer cells start to metastasize—or spread into the body from their original location—the disease becomes even more fatal and difficult to treat.
Mar 11, 2021
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine show that analysis of the proteomics, or all the protein data, from aggressive human cancers is a useful approach to identify potential novel therapeutic targets. They report in the ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a subytpe of cancers known as sarcomas. GIST is the most common type of sarcoma with approximately 5,000 to 6,000 new patient cases annually in the United States. GIST cannot be ...
Feb 18, 2021
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SORLA is a protein trafficking receptor that has been mainly studied in neurons, but it also plays a role in cancer cells. Professor Johanna Ivaska's research group at Turku Bioscience observed that SORLA functionally contributes ...
Jan 29, 2021
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The compound thymoquinone (TQ) selectively kills prostate cancer cells at advanced stages, according to a new study published in Oncogene. Led by researchers at Kanazawa University, the study reports that prostate cancer ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to "kinder" treatments for children with bone cancer, and save lives.
Jul 13, 2020
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Biologists have discovered a way to stop cells from one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer spreading in the lab.
Feb 13, 2020
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Although less often the focus of cancer research, recent studies have hinted at the possible importance of a type of protein known as nuclear transport receptors. Now researchers at Kanazawa University and collaborating institutions ...
Dec 17, 2019
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