Medical research
'Lab-on-a-chip' blood test could spot breast cancer early
A cutting-edge "lab-on-a-chip" has shown promise in detecting early breast cancers and tumors that have developed in other parts of the body.
Jun 11, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Blocking tumor signals can hinder cancer's spread
For most people who die of cancer, the spread of the initial tumor is to blame. "Metastasis is what kills most cancer patients," says Serge Fuchs, a professor in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine. "Yet there are not many, ...
May 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New clues about why some metastatic prostate cancers don't respond to enzalutamide
Over the last decade, enzalutamide and similar drugs have led to significant tumor control and increased survival time for men who have metastatic prostate cancer that continues to grow despite treatments to reduce male hormone ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
A protein that helps trap bacteria may contribute to metastasis in a mouse model of breast cancer
The protein peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4), which enables some immune cells to trap bacteria, promoted breast cancer metastasis in mice when expressed in cancer cells, according to data published in Molecular Cancer ...
Mar 19, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
The evolution of a tumor
The results of evolution are often awe-inspiring—from the long neck of the giraffe to the majestic colors of a peacock—but evolution does not always create structures of function and beauty.
Jan 23, 2020
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Medical research
New nanoparticle therapy offers potential new treatment for aggressive breast cancer
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) developed a new nanoparticle drug formulation that targets a specific receptor on cancer cells, and appears to be more effective than a standard nanoparticle ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New strategy for treating the most aggressive type of brain cancer
Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a strategy for treating the most aggressive type of brain cancer in adults that combines a photoactive molecule and a chemotherapeutic agent—both ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New technique helps create more personalized therapies for people with advanced cancers
Being able to identify targets for adoptive cell therapies is one of the first steps in developing personalized treatments for people with hard-to-treat cancers. However, predicting whether a patient will have an immune response ...
Jul 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Uridine diphosphate glucose found to dampen lung cancer metastasis
In a study published online in Nature on June 26, research teams led by Dr. Yang Weiwei at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Dr. Li Guohui from the Dalian Institute ...
Jun 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Interim scan during prostate cancer therapy helps guide treatment
New prostate cancer research shows that adding an interim scan during therapy can help guide a patient's treatment. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of patients with metastatic ...
Jun 24, 2019
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