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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Medicaid expansion improves timely lung cancer treatment and access to high-volume hospitals
A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has significantly improved access to timely treatment and high-volume hospitals for patients with early-stage ...
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Medications
Blocking key protein could enhance multiple myeloma drug response
Researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology have discovered a promising strategy to improve treatment responses in multiple myeloma patients by blocking a protein that plays a key role in drug resistance. ...
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Health informatics
AI in health care is not a standalone solution, researchers caution
With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), predictive medicine is becoming an important part of health care, especially in cancer treatment. Predictive medicine uses algorithms and data to help doctors understand how ...
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Immunology
Gut microbes release cancer-fighting bile acids that block hormone signals
Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites that strengthen anti-cancer immunity by blocking androgen signaling, according ...
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Oncology & Cancer
A type of immune cell strengthens immunotherapy and prevents tumor relapse in animal models
Scientists have discovered a new immunotherapy strategy that reduces cancer recurrence in mouse experimental models. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that a specific subtype of immune cell—type I dendritic ...
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HIV & AIDS
Preventive care may no longer be free in 2026 because of HIV stigma
Many Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law's third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision permitted widely supported policies to continue, such as ...
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Q&A: Physicians discuss innovating kidney care in patients with cancer
Raad B. Chowdhury, MD, and Shruti Gupta, MD, MPH, are onconephrologists in the Division of Nephrology at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). They are first and senior authors, respectively, of a paper recently published in ...
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Medications
Enhertu: Drug approved in the UK for advanced cancers. Here's what you need to know
A new cancer drug called trastuzumab deruxtecan, also known as Enhertu, has just been approved in the UK. This drug is designed to help adults with certain types of advanced cancer that cannot be removed by surgery, or which ...
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Medications
Study offers hope that existing drug can target metastatic brain tumors
A University of Manitoba-led study has successfully eliminated breast-cancer-derived brain tumors in mice, using a drug to penetrate the brain and eliminate metastatic brain tumors.
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