Immunology
New immunotherapy 'highly effective' against hepatitis B
Scientists at UCL have identified a new immunotherapy to combat the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the most common cause of liver cancer in the world.
May 14, 2021
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News tagged with liver tumour
Medical research
'Mini liver tumors' created in a dish for the first time
Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. In a paper published today in Nature Medicine, the tiny laboratory models of tumours were used ...
Nov 13, 2017
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Medical research
Carcinogenic role of a protein in liver decoded
The human protein EGFR controls cell growth. It has mutated in case of many cancer cells or exists in excessive numbers. For this reason it serves as a point of attack for target-oriented therapies. A study group at the Comprehensive ...
Sep 1, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune evasion tactics of liver cancer cells revealed
A faulty cancer gene helps tumors evade immunity by stopping tumor cells releasing message-containing cargoes called exosomes. These findings, published in eLife, provide what the editors say is fundamental insight into the ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Gentle stroll on treadmill helps prevent liver cancer
Regular gentle exercise could play a role in reversing liver damage that can lead to cancer, suggests a new study.
Feb 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Liver surgery success boosted by growth hormone
Growth hormone has been identified as playing a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery.
May 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New classification system for tumors can guide diagnosis and treatment options for cancer
Based on the largest study of cancer patients of its kind, scientists have created a new way of classifying tumours. Clinicians can use genome sequencing to assign their patients' tumours to one of sixteen groups in the new ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis, prognosis and treatment may improve by identifying a protein
Analysing the levels of a protein called TonEBP could provide valuable insight into the likelihood of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the liver, following its surgical removal. Drugs that target ...
Feb 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Branched-chain amino acids regulate the development and progression of cancer
Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have discovered that branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in tumours can be targeted to prevent and treat cancer. Together with collaborators from the United States ...
Jan 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Automated liver cancer detection
The examination of CT scans (computerised tomography scans), which are essentially a type of X-ray image can be used to provide clinicians with a detail view of our internal organs often of the diagnosis of various forms ...
Oct 26, 2018
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