Oncology & Cancer

New multimodal signature could predict immunotherapy success

An international team of researchers led by Francesca Finotello from the Digital Science Center (DiSC) and the Department of Molecular Biology has derived a molecular signature from tumor transcriptomics data that quantifies ...

Oncology & Cancer

Prostate cancer: Protein identified to reduce tumor growth

As prostate cancer progresses, it becomes increasingly aggressive and can metastasize. In this form, the tumor is difficult to treat, which is reflected in high mortality rates: Worldwide, the malignant disease of the prostate ...

Oncology & Cancer

Immune evasion tactics of liver cancer cells revealed

A faulty cancer gene helps tumors evade immunity by stopping tumor cells releasing message-containing cargoes called exosomes. These findings, published in eLife, provide what the editors say is fundamental insight into the ...

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Tumor

A tumor or tumour is the name for a swelling or lesion formed by an abnormal growth of cells (termed neoplastic). Tumor is not synonymous with cancer. A tumor can be benign, pre-malignant or malignant, whereas cancer is by definition malignant.

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