Oncology & Cancer
'Gut bugs' can drive prostate cancer growth and treatment resistance
Common gut bacteria can fuel the growth of prostate cancers and allow them to evade the effects of treatment, a new study finds.
Oct 7, 2021
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News tagged with prostate cells
Oncology & Cancer
Tissue-engineered prostate tumours shed light on cancer spread
The international team led by Dr. Jacqui McGovern, from the Centre for Biomedical Technologies, used tissue engineering and regenerative medicine principles to create primary tumors with their microenvironment and humanized ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Machine learning tool could help oncologists make better treatment decisions
When treating a cancer patient, oncologists aim to predict the course of the patient's disease to make critical treatment decisions. Knowing a tumor's unique molecular signature can help guide these decisions by providing ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Medical research
Understanding and targeting prostate cancer metabolism
South Australian medical researchers have identified a new way in which prostate cancer cells use glucose to grow and survive, which in turn could be the secret to destroying them.
Aug 27, 2021
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Medications
New BRCA-targeting drug could offer hope in treating advanced prostate cancer
Talazoparib, a new precision drug, can keep cancer in check in some men with advanced prostate cancer who have run out of options, a phase II clinical trial shows.
Aug 23, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover a way to harness the power of immunotherapy for advanced prostate cancer
It's a scientific riddle tangled up in a complex web. How do you turn an immune cold cancer into one that responds to immunotherapy?
Aug 2, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Anti-androgen therapy can fuel spread of bone tumours in advanced prostate cancer
Anti-androgen therapy is commonly used to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer at stages where the disease has spread to the bones.
Jul 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Overcoming a newly recognized form of resistance to modern prostate cancer drugs
Cancer cells have an uncanny ability to evolve and adapt to overcome the treatments used against them.
Jun 18, 2021
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Medications
New drug class could treat range of cancers with faulty BRCA genes
Scientists have identified a new class of targeted cancer drugs that offer the potential to treat patients whose tumors have faulty copies of the BRCA cancer genes.
Jun 17, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identified the protein responsible for cancer's aggressiveness
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, according to the American Cancer Society. It's also one of the trickiest cancers to diagnose and treat.
Jun 10, 2021
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