The basic unit of all living things is the cell—and the human body contains tens of trillions of them. Cancer […]
Study deciphers packaging of tumor ‘cargo,’ leading to better understanding of how cancers spread
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have outlined the delivery mechanism tumor cells use to move nucleic acids into […]
Immunotherapy comparable to chemo for some advanced stomach cancers
An immunotherapy drug could prove just as effective as chemotherapy in prolonging the lives of patients with advanced cancers of […]
Startup to commercialize blood test for most major cancers
When testing for such as lung cancer disease, doctors know that tissue biopsies are necessary and potentially life-saving, though the […]
Potential new therapy takes aim at a lethal esophageal cancer’s glutamine addiction
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have found a way to target drug-resistant esophageal cancer cells by […]
Big data helps identify better way to research breast cancer’s spread
Scientists are using a lot of genomic data to identify medical issues sooner in patients, but they’re also using it […]
Conquering cancer’s infamous KRAS mutation
KRAS is one of the most challenging targets in cancer. Despite its discovery more than 60 years, researchers still struggle […]
Scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone
A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes the spread of cancers to bone, opening the way […]
Tarloxotinib promising against NRG1-fusion cancers
A study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and Rain Therapeutics, Inc. presented at the American Association for Cancer Research […]
The immune system preys on growing lung cancers, forcing them to evolve to survive
Charles Darwin is a founding father of evolution, describing how from simple beginnings “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful” […]