Addiction
A simple test can predict whether smokers will manage to quit
Data from nearly 6,000 smokers with cancer show that it may be easier to predict who will stop smoking than was previously thought.
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Oncology & Cancer
How a patient's role in a clinical trial for acute lymphocytic leukemia brought a cancer-free diagnosis, FDA approval
The first time Becky Yu saw the Philadelphia skyline lit up at night was the evening she and her husband, Brian Currie, drove from their home in Delaware to Penn Medicine to begin her treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Drinking's cancer link is underrated—especially by women
Now that the vast majority of Americans don't smoke, it's hard to know what we're supposed to do about the recent news that 40% of cancer cases are preventable. Drinking alcohol is one of the top risk factors—and yet doctors ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop pioneering immunotherapy for aggressive brain cancer
QIMR Berghofer researchers have developed super-charged immune cells that could potentially improve glioblastoma survival by fighting the deadly brain cancer and preventing its recurrence.
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals previously unknown genetic causes of colorectal cancer
A pioneering study, has provided the most comprehensive analysis to date of the genetic makeup of colorectal cancer (CRC).
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists unravel how the BCG vaccine leads to the destruction of bladder cancer cells
Using zebrafish "avatars," an animal model developed by the Cancer Development and Innate Immune Evasion lab at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), led by Rita Fior, Mayra Martínez-López—a former Ph.D. student at the lab ...
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Oncology & Cancer
New evidence casts doubt on a much-hyped blood test for early cancer detection
New evidence published by The BMJ today casts doubt on a much-hyped blood test for the NHS that promises to detect more than 50 types of cancer.
Aug 7, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Radiotherapy benefits last a decade, breast cancer study reveals
Providing radiotherapy after surgery could prevent breast cancer from returning in the same place for up to 10 years, a long-term study suggests.
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Oncology & Cancer
Dealing with runaway metastatic disease
A new editorial paper titled "How to deal with runaway metastatic disease?" has been published in Oncotarget.
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic signatures provide prognostic information in colorectal cancer
Using a unique collection of genetic and clinical data for colorectal cancer, researchers at Uppsala University have revealed genetic new alterations and developed of a new molecular classifier of tumor variants. The finding ...
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