Oncology & Cancer
A cascade of immune processes offers insights to triple-negative breast cancer
Cancer is crafty. To survive and thrive, tumors find a way of thwarting our body's natural systems.
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Genetics
New data changes the way scientists explain how cancer tumors develop
A collaborative research team has uncovered new information that more accurately explains how cancerous tumors grow within the body. This study is currently available in Nature Genetics.
May 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
How signals get inside cancer cells and spur aggressive growth
The outside of a cancer cell is bombarded by signals. They come from the immune system, supporting tissues and other structures. But how do those signals impact cancer?
May 11, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted 'click-to-release' chemotherapy gives good results in mice
Tagworks Pharmaceuticals, based at Radboud University Medical Center, has developed a new technique for the targeted delivery of chemotherapy for tumors in difficult cases. By way of controlled 'click-to-release' of the chemotherapy ...
May 4, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study offers new approach to starve p53 deficient tumors
One major hallmark of cancer cells is their ability to adapt to stressful conditions such as nutrient deprivation. Rapidly growing tumor cells must compete for the ever-diminishing supply of nutrients in the surrounding environment ...
May 3, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Pill for breast cancer diagnosis may outperform mammograms
As many as one in three women treated for breast cancer undergo unnecessary procedures, but a new method for diagnosing it could do a better job distinguishing between benign and aggressive tumors.
Apr 30, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
For aggressive breast cancer in the brain, researchers clarify immune response
Once it has begun to spread in the body, approximately half of patients with an aggressive breast cancer type will develop cancer in the brain. Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer ...
Apr 17, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Mouse study links early metastasis to systemic inflammation caused by wound healing
According to new research conducted in mice by Whitehead Institute scientists, surgery in breast cancer patients, which while often curative, may trigger a systemic immunosuppressive response, allowing the outgrowth of dormant ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Thermo-chemotherapy combo eradicates primary and metastatic tumors in mice
Bioengineers at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a smart anti-cancer nanoparticle with precisely targeted tumor-killing activity superior to previous technologies.
Apr 5, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Combination breast cancer therapy targets tumor cells and the blood vessels that feed them
Each day, normal human cell tissues express a protein known as p53 that wages war against potential malignancies. However, between 30 and 40 percent of human breast cancers express a defective (mutant) form of p53 that helps ...
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