Genomic sequencing of tumors from pediatric cancer patients experiencing a relapse enabled 107 patients to receive an appropriate matched therapy that is not the standard of care, according to data from the international ...
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Every year, roughly 550 women develop ovarian cancer in Finland. Ovarian cancer is difficult to treat and it is commonly fatal, with 320 women dying of ovarian cancer annually in Finland.
Feb 11, 2022
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More children die of brain tumors than any other type of cancer. Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are a particularly deadly kind, and are difficult to treat with drugs or surgery because they're in an important part of the ...
Feb 4, 2022
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New findings from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), and published today in the journal Cell, support an emerging framework in cancer science that views metastasis as not primarily driven by genetic ...
Feb 3, 2022
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A mutated gene affects growth of brain tumor cells in young adults, indicating sensitivity to a new treatment strategy, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center discovered. These findings, recently ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Among patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer treated with an aromatase inhibitor plus palbociclib (Ibrance), those who displayed a rising ESR1 mutation detected in their blood before disease progression doubled ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Over the past few decades, scientists have made great strides in understanding the genetic mutations that can drive cancer. For some types of cancer, these discoveries have led to the development of drugs that target specific ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Researchers have recently discovered that certain enzymes binded to each other may help lessen the risk of developing mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs and abdomen. The study from University of Hawaiʻi Cancer ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Recent Cornell research compared the genetic expression profiles of a nonlethal canine tumor and the rare, devastating human oral tumor it resembles, laying the groundwork for potential translational medicine down the road.
Nov 30, 2021
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A combination of two targeted cancer drugs showed unprecedented, "clinically meaningful" activity in patients with highly malignant brain tumors that carried a rare genetic mutation, according to a clinical trial report by ...
Nov 25, 2021
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