Cancer is an evolutionary disease. The same forces that turned dinosaurs into birds turn normal cells into cancer: genetic mutations and traits that confer a survival advantage.
May 2, 2023
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Chromosomal errors are a hallmark of cancer cells. Defects in the genome derived from the incorrect separation of chromosomes (and the DNA packed within) in each division of cells drive tumor growth and resistance to therapy.
Apr 24, 2023
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Over the decades, scientists have revealed many strategies our cells use to keep normal cells from becoming cancerous. Now, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center scientists have discovered a completely new—and counterintuitive—emergency ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Like the better-known prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a biomarker that can tell physicians much about a patient's metastatic prostate cancer. PSMA is a protein on the cell surface ...
Apr 10, 2023
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Two key proteins linked to cell division can reliably predict disease recurrence in prostate cancer after radiotherapy treatment, according to new research.
Apr 4, 2023
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Detailed PSMA PET mapping of cancer recurrence in the prostate bed shows that current radiotherapy contouring guidelines—which determine the target areas for treatment—miss a significant number of lesions and may irradiate ...
Mar 24, 2023
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A new editorial paper, titled "Mitochondria engage the integrated stress response to promote tumor growth," was published in Oncotarget.
Mar 8, 2023
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Immunotherapies have been successful in treating many cancer conditions; however, not much success has yet been achieved in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). A study published March 2 in Clinical Cancer ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Preclinical trials have shown that zika virus can inhibit the spread of prostate cancer, suggesting its potential use in treating the disease. However, a new study by researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. Now, researchers have discovered key molecular players that drive prostate cancer to progress into a highly ...
Jan 24, 2023
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