A simple blood test can identify specific genetic mutations in patients' breast tumors to help guide their treatment and assess how likely patients are to relapse, a study shows.
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Patients with rectal cancer who exercised while undergoing a form of tumor-shrinking radiation therapy in advance of surgery were more likely to have their tumors disappear, according to a University of Alberta study that ...
Oct 26, 2021
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In a first-in-world clinical trial, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, have demonstrated that magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound can be used to safely deliver antibody therapy ...
Oct 13, 2021
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In order to study colorectal cancer more efficiently, microbiome scientists from the University of Tartu have been able to characterize microbiome composition from sample tubes used in colorectal cancer screening for testing ...
Oct 8, 2021
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A drug commonly used to treat cancer can restore memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, new UBC research has found.
Oct 5, 2021
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As tumors grow within an organ, they also release cells that enter the bloodstream. These cells can travel to other organs, seeding new tumors called metastases.
Sep 28, 2021
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In human cancer cell and mouse studies, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a set of proteins work in tandem to build supply lines that deliver oxygen and nutrients to tumors, enabling them to survive ...
Sep 20, 2021
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The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a life-threatening tumor, yet University of California Berkeley researchers are finding commonalities between the two that could ...
Sep 16, 2021
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New research led by the University of Birmingham suggests that skin cancer patients could have a better prognosis if their T cells send messages from five specific genes in their immune response to drugs given to treat the ...
Sep 16, 2021
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In the progressing field of immunotherapy, surprisingly little is known about immunity to metastatic tumors in locations such as lymph nodes, a frequent place where cancers first spread. Not only do lymph nodes act as a gateway ...
Sep 14, 2021
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