Oncology & Cancer
Breakthrough in understanding common childhood cancer
Scientists studying one of the most common forms of childhood cancer have made an important breakthrough in understanding how the disease progresses.
Nov 26, 2019
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New tandem radiation therapy effective in prostate cancer patients with no further treatment options
Prostate cancer accounts for 26 percent of male cancer cases diagnosed in Germany, making it the most common form of malignant tumor in men. If the cancer becomes metastatic, it is not unlikely that it will prove fatal in ...
Nov 25, 2019
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Early removal of slow-growing brain tumors dramatically improves survival
A shift in surgical practice over the last decade towards the earlier removal of a type of slow-growing but ultimately fatal brain tumor has led to dramatic improvements in survival and seizure control for patients, a study ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Advanced bowel cancers have very few molecular flags, hindering immune recognition
Advanced bowel cancer cells have very few "molecular flags" on their surface, helping to explain why they may be hard for the immune system to detect, a new study has shown.
Nov 18, 2019
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Lithium can reverse radiation damage after brain tumor treatment
Children who have received radiotherapy for a brain tumor can develop cognitive problems later in life. In their studies on mice, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now shown that the drug lithium can help to reverse ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Protein could offer therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
A protein that drives growth of pancreatic cancer, and which could be a target for new treatments, has been identified by researchers at the Crick.
Nov 12, 2019
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UBC expert immobilizes tiny structures linked to metastatic breast cancer
Although breast cancer treatment has made great strides, around 5,000 Canadian women are still expected to succumb to the disease in 2019 alone. And it's not the breast tumour that will kill them; it's the spread of the cancer ...
Nov 7, 2019
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AI blood test can spot signs of brain tumor to speed up diagnosis
Chemical analysis of blood samples, combined with an artificial intelligence program, could speed up the diagnosis of brain tumours, according to research presented at the 2019 NCRI Cancer Conference.
Nov 6, 2019
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Potential drug targets for glioblastoma identified
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified 10 tumour-specific potential drug targets for the brain tumour glioblastoma. The results are presented in the scientific journal Cell Reports.
Nov 5, 2019
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Researchers describe a molecular strategy that helps prevent tumour formation in mice
The body's process for manufacturing fatty acids is regulated by the enzyme FASN. In normal cells, this is not a very active process—except occasionally in the liver and adipose tissue—since most of the fatty acids we ...
Nov 4, 2019
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