Exploiting cancer’s sweet tooth to develop a treatment On 2021-10-27 Inositol is a sugar required for cells to survive. Most cells either get it from the bloodstream or make it […]
Shame and pain: Lung cancer’s stigma exerts psychic and physical toll On 2021-01-05 Lung cancer kills more than 150,000 Americans each year, accounting for a quarter of all cancer deaths, and remains the […]
Broader Genetic Testing Could ID More Heritable Cancers On 2020-11-13 MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 — Universal multigene panel testing for patients with solid tumor cancer increases detection of heritable variants […]
Immunotherapy is beneficial in gastric and oesophageal cancers, studies show On 2020-09-21 New data presented at ESMO 2020 have shown that immunotherapy is beneficial for patients with gastric and oesophageal cancers who […]
Immunotherapy-resistant cancers eliminated in mouse study On 2020-08-11 Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by stimulating the patient’s own immune system to attack cancer cells, yielding remarkably quick and […]
Rare mutation of TP53 gene leaves people at higher risk for multiple cancers On 2020-07-16 Rare inherited mutations in the body’s master regulator of the DNA repair system—the TP53 gene—can leave people at a higher […]
Patients with challenging cancers to benefit from genomic sequencing On 2020-02-12 More than 1,000 Victorian cancer patients are set to benefit from real-time genomic testing in the next three years, aiming […]
Researchers develop ultasensitive blood test to predict recurrence of gastric cancers On 2020-01-28 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, working with colleagues in the Netherlands, developed a blood test […]
Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers On 2019-11-20 Researchers have devised a new plan of attack against a group of deadly childhood brain cancers collectively called diffuse midline […]
Researchers identify new gene mutation in familial thyroid cancers On 2019-11-20 Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine identified a new gene mutation that may cause a type of familial thyroid […]