Oncology & Cancer
Blood pressure drug may boost effectiveness of lung cancer treatment
A blood pressure drug may make a type of lung cancer treatment more effective, suggests a new study.
Sep 27, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Early-stage breast cancer detection in breast milk
Researchers at VHIO, led by Dr. Cristina Saura, head of the VHIO Breast Cancer Group and the Breast Unit at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, and Dr. Ana Vivancos, head of VHIO's Genomics laboratory, has shown for the first ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify neurotransmitter that helps cancers progress
Using human cancer cells, tumor and blood samples from cancer patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have uncovered the role of a neurotransmitter in the spread of aggressive cancers. Neurotransmitters are chemical ...
Apr 24, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Obesity is a risk factor for cardiotoxicity in chemotherapy-treated patients with breast cancer
Anthracyclines remain a cornerstone of breast cancer therapy in combination with new-generation targeted drugs such as trastuzumab. Both types of drugs are major culprits in chemotherapy-induced heart disease. A recent study ...
Dec 23, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene discovery could improve treatment for acute myeloid leukemia
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have made a discovery involving mice and humans that could mean that people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a rare and usually fatal cancer, are a ...
Aug 13, 2012
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Medical research
Revolutionary simple blood tests for diabetic complications, cancer
With a revolutionary new approach that analyzed just a few drops of blood, Northwestern Medicine scientists and international collaborators detected earlier and more accurately if diabetic patients had developed life-threatening ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Noninvasive liquid biopsies rapidly, accurately determine response to cancer treatment
Results of two clinical studies have added to evidence that blood-based liquid biopsies can accurately track lung cancer treatment responses by measuring circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) during immunotherapy and related treatments.
Feb 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Two studies find resistance mechanisms in ALK+ and ROS1+ cancers
Targeted treatments have revolutionized care for lung cancer patients whose tumors harbor ALK or ROS1 alterations. Basically, cancers may use these genetic changes to drive their growth, but also become dependent on the action ...
Apr 11, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer treatment: personalised blood tests can better detect DNA from tumours in the body – new research
Many cancers, especially in earlier stage disease, are treated by removing the tumor. But even after the tumor has been removed, there's still a chance that cancer cells remain in the body and the cancer can come back. Currently, ...
Jun 18, 2020
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New type of blood stem cell could help solve platelet shortage
Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have identified a new type of bone marrow stem cell in mice that is primed to produce large numbers of vital blood-clotting platelets. The breakthrough may eventually ...
Aug 13, 2013
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