Oncology & Cancer
Boosting sarcoma cell death
Ewing sarcomas – rare, aggressive childhood cancers – are derived from mesenchymal cells in bone and soft tissues, and children with metastatic disease have poor survival.
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Oncology & Cancer
AACR releases 2017 cancer progress report
(HealthDay)—The age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate decreased 25 percent from 1991 to 2014, which translates into 2.1 million fewer cancer deaths, according to an annual progress report published by the American Association ...
Sep 14, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
CHLA launches OncoKids - a comprehensive DNA and RNA pediatric cancer panel
Today, a team of investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles launched OncoKidsSM, a next-generation sequencing-based panel specifically designed for pediatric cancers. OncoKids is intended to guide the diagnosis and ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Combining immunotherapies effective against mouse model of cancer
Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer made up of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles, is the most common soft tissue cancer in children. If it is detected early and localized in certain areas, rhabdomyosarcoma is usually ...
Jun 19, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Promising cancer treatment targets rare genetic flaw
An experimental cancer medicine called larotrectinib has shown promise treating a diverse range of cancers in people young and old, researchers said at a major cancer conference in the United States.
Jun 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
How killer cells take out tumors
The use of immunotherapy to treat cancer is celebrating its first successes – but there are still many knowledge gaps in the underlying mechanisms of action. In a study of mice with soft tissue tumors, ETH researchers have ...
Jun 2, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Advanced soft tissue sarcomas respond to new drug GDC-0575 combined with gemcitabine
Munich, Germany: Researchers working to find effective treatments for soft tissue sarcomas have discovered that combining a new anti-cancer drug with an existing one kills cancer cells not only in the laboratory but also ...
Dec 1, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
The dark side of 'junk' DNA: Repeating DNA sequences play a role in bone cancer
The stretches of DNA between genes, littered with repeating sequences, were once considered the "junk of the genome," but scientists are learning that some of this junk is far from harmless clutter.
Nov 1, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Research reveals cancer pathway to spreading through the body
Cancer cells need oxygen to survive, as do most other life forms, but scientists had never tracked their search for oxygen in their early growth stages until now—a step toward a deeper understanding of one way cancer spreads ...
Aug 2, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Can dogs help us develop better cancer treatments?
Will Eward, DVM, MD, works to find better treatments for a cancer called sarcoma. It makes no difference to him that half of his patients walk on four legs and bark at the doorbell.
Dec 14, 2015
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