Oncology & Cancer
Researchers document how melanoma tumors form
There's a reason why melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is so aggressive. You just need to watch the cells in action.
Apr 3, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug that 'switches off' faulty gene in cancer cells could reverse treatment resistance
New insights into a gene linked to the development of blood cancers could help to explain why some patients are resistant to a common drug used in cancer treatment.
Jan 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify mechanism of oncogene action in lung cancer
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a genetic promoter of cancer that drives a major form of lung cancer. In a new paper published this week in Cancer Cell, Mayo Clinic researchers provide genetic evidence that Ect2 ...
Jan 19, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
The paradoxical roles of well-known cancer genes are mediated by oxygen levels in breast cancer
Oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia, has been identified by A*STAR researchers as a key factor in switching the function of major cancer genes from tumor-promoting to tumor-suppressing in a breast cancer subtype, suggesting the ...
Jan 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Diabetes drug metformin corrects mitochondrial metabolism in familial cancer disorder
Individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome are at an increased risk for a number of cancers, including breast and bone cancer. Li-Fraumeni syndrome is an inherited cancer disorder caused by mutations in the tumor suppressing protein ...
Nov 21, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Restoring flawed tumor vessels could lead to better cancer treatments
Researchers led by Peter Carmeliet (VIB-KU Leuven) have found a novel way to normalize the dysfunctional blood vessels that are typical for tumors. Those vessels play a pivotal role in cancer metastasis, as their fragility ...
Nov 17, 2016
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Medical research
Suppressing protein alleviates radiation-induced bone loss in animal model
Radiotherapy destroys cancer cells using high-energy ionizing radiation to damage DNA and induce cell death. About two million patients per year in the United States - more than 50 percent of all cancer patients—receive ...
Nov 7, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Georgetown researchers describe method to study real time cancer invasion
A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has described the steps, in both written and video format, that allow cancer investigators to track, in real time, cancer cell invasion and metastasis in ...
Nov 3, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells have Alzheimer's disease, too
A study published today by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine describes that certain proteins playing a role in cancer progression and metastasis are ...
Oct 6, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Fatty diet activates oldest branch of immune system, causing intestinal tumors
A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model – even among animals that are not obese—according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...
Sep 26, 2016
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