Medical research
Good bacteria can temper chemotherapy side effects
In the human gut, good bacteria make great neighbors.
May 26, 2021
0
15
News tagged with chemotherapy treatment
Oncology & Cancer
Nixing bone cancer fuel supply offers new treatment approach, mouse study suggests
An innovative approach to treating bone tumors—starving cancer cells of the energy they need to grow—could one day provide an alternative to a commonly used chemotherapy drug without the risk of severe side effects, suggests ...
Jan 26, 2021
0
69
Medical research
Nanoparticle for overcoming leukemia treatment resistance
UConn associate professor of pharmaceutics Xiuling Lu, along with professor of chemistry Rajeswari M. Kasi, was part of a team that recently published a paper in Nature Cell Biology finding a commonly used chemotherapy drug ...
Jun 18, 2020
0
259
Oncology & Cancer
Metal chemotherapy drugs boost the impact of immunotherapy in cancer
Due to their powerful tumour-killing effect, metal-based chemotherapies are frequently used in cancer treatment. However, it was hitherto assumed that they damaged the immune system, because of their cytotoxic (cell-damaging) ...
Dec 18, 2018
0
25
Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies an unexpected cell population key to blood cancer relapse
McMaster University researchers have provided evidence of new cancerous cells they have termed cancer regenerating cells, which are responsible for the return of acute myeloid leukemia after remission.
Sep 10, 2018
0
31
Oncology & Cancer
Genetic errors linked to aging underlie leukemia that develops after cancer treatment
For a small percentage of cancer patients, treatment aimed at curing the disease leads to a form of leukemia with a poor prognosis. Conventional thinking goes that chemotherapy and radiation therapy induce a barrage of damaging ...
Dec 8, 2014
0
0
Oncology & Cancer
New aspirin-based prodrug may prevent damage caused by chemotherapy
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a new prodrug that promises to reduce many of the negative side effects caused by cisplatin, a commonly prescribed chemotherapy treatment.
Jan 10, 2014
0
0
Oncology & Cancer
Blood-pressure drug may help improve cancer treatment
Use of existing, well-established hypertension drugs could improve the outcome of cancer chemotherapy by opening up collapsed blood vessels in solid tumors. In their report in the online journal Nature Communications, Massachusetts ...
Oct 1, 2013
0
0
Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer cells' sugar craving is target for new type of treatment
(Medical Xpress)—A new way to target a breast cancer cells' appetite for over-indulging in sugar, that could provide an alternative treatment for chemotherapy resistant breast cancer, is being developed by Breast Cancer ...
Aug 1, 2013
0
0
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists develop ground-breaking new method of 'starving' cancer cells
A University of Southampton Professor, in collaboration with colleagues at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, have discovered a novel way of killing cancer cells. The research, recently published in the journal Cell, has ...
Jul 10, 2013
3
0
