Oncology & Cancer
Pinpointing how cancer cells turn aggressive
It's often cancer's spread, not the original tumor, that poses the disease's most deadly risk.
Jun 10, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies new test to accurately predict end of life for lung cancer patients
Lung cancer patients can have their risk of dying accurately predicted within the last four weeks of life, a study involving University of Liverpool researchers has shown.
Feb 28, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
A race against time to diagnose deadly weight loss in cancer patients
About one third of cancer patients die because of cachexia - an involuntary weight loss, characterized primarily by muscle wasting and metabolic changes, which cannot be addressed or treated solely with increased food intake. ...
Nov 4, 2016
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Genetics
Using millions of years of cell evolution in the fight against cancer
As the medical community continues to make positive strides in personalized cancer therapy, scientists know some dead ends are unavoidable. Drugs that target specific genes in cancerous cells are effective, but not all proteins ...
Aug 7, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
How air pollution can cause lung cancer in non-smokers
A new study led by researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute has demonstrated for the first time how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked.
Sep 10, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers identify another piece of the 'histone code' puzzle
(Medical Xpress)—DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but the four-letter combinations that make up the genetic code are just part of the story. Built upon the DNA lies additional epigenetic information in the form ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells may shrink or super-size to survive
Cancer cells can shrink or super-size themselves to survive drug treatment or other challenges within their environment, researchers have discovered.
Jan 25, 2023
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Health
Study finds high-fat diets impair immune, intestinal and brain health
A UC Riverside study that could motivate your New Year's resolutions demonstrates that high-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Medications
Researchers test drug combination as means to prevent drug resistance in cancer cells
A combination of up to five drugs normally used to treat conditions ranging from HIV to Type 2 diabetes could destroy cancer cells, yet be less toxic than a chemotherapy drug used for recurring ovarian cancer.
Jul 14, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Obese women 40 percent more likely to get cancer
Obese women have around a 40 per cent greater risk of developing a weight-related cancer in their lifetime than women of a healthy weight, according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK today.
Mar 16, 2015
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