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An accurate integrated imaging and projection system for oral cancer diagnosis

An accurate integrated imaging and projection system for oral cancer diagnosis

by SPIEImaging workflow of the ABGS. Step 1: widefield images are acquired using the camera and projector. Step 2: a cancer risk map is generated and projected onto the oral cavity. Step 3: multi

An accurate integrated imaging and projection system for oral cancer diagnosis

by SPIEImaging workflow of the ABGS. Step 1: widefield images are acquired using the camera and projector. Step 2: a cancer risk map is generated and projected onto the oral cavity. Step 3: multi
Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice

Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice

by Stanford University Medical CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new approach to programing cancer-fighting immune cells called CAR-T cells can prolong their activity and increase their effectiven

Researchers program cancer-fighting cells to resist exhaustion, attack solid tumors in mice

by Stanford University Medical CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new approach to programing cancer-fighting immune cells called CAR-T cells can prolong their activity and increase their effectiven
Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease

Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease

by Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University School of MedicineA study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a strategy for preventing a chronic, slow-growing ty

Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease

by Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University School of MedicineA study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a strategy for preventing a chronic, slow-growing ty
Research predicts cancer patients' response to chemotherapy agent cisplatin

Research predicts cancer patients' response to chemotherapy agent cisplatin

by Cleveland ClinicVisual representation of convergent evolution in animals and convergent phenotypes in tumors.aBirds and bats are genomically disparate, but both have individually e

Research predicts cancer patients' response to chemotherapy agent cisplatin

by Cleveland ClinicVisual representation of convergent evolution in animals and convergent phenotypes in tumors.aBirds and bats are genomically disparate, but both have individually e
New study illuminates why cancers caused by BRCA mutations recur

New study illuminates why cancers caused by BRCA mutations recur

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaThree-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained gr

New study illuminates why cancers caused by BRCA mutations recur

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaThree-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained gr
Genomic screening can help detect thyroid cancer, finds study

Genomic screening can help detect thyroid cancer, finds study

byGeisinger Health SystemCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPopulation-based genomic screening can facilitate early detection of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in patients with variants in the RET

Genomic screening can help detect thyroid cancer, finds study

byGeisinger Health SystemCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPopulation-based genomic screening can facilitate early detection of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in patients with variants in the RET
Special RNA shown to suppress the formation of breast cancer cells

Special RNA shown to suppress the formation of breast cancer cells

JANUARY 16, 2024by Sebastian Hollstein,Friedrich Schiller University of JenaCredit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113644Breast cancer is the most common cancer in wom

Special RNA shown to suppress the formation of breast cancer cells

JANUARY 16, 2024by Sebastian Hollstein,Friedrich Schiller University of JenaCredit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113644Breast cancer is the most common cancer in wom
Variation in cancer-causing KRAS mutations greater than thought

Variation in cancer-causing KRAS mutations greater than thought

by University of Eastern FinlandA mutation at the amino acid glycine 12 (orange) of the KRAS protein (purple) has an effect on KRAS dynamics. Credit: Tatu PantsarThe effects of KRAS mutations und

Variation in cancer-causing KRAS mutations greater than thought

by University of Eastern FinlandA mutation at the amino acid glycine 12 (orange) of the KRAS protein (purple) has an effect on KRAS dynamics. Credit: Tatu PantsarThe effects of KRAS mutations und
Depression affects one-third of lung cancer patients

Depression affects one-third of lung cancer patients

by Jeff Grabmeier,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAbout one-third of patients newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer have moderate to severe symptoms of depre

Depression affects one-third of lung cancer patients

by Jeff Grabmeier,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAbout one-third of patients newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer have moderate to severe symptoms of depre
Obesity-linked cancers on the rise in young adults

Obesity-linked cancers on the rise in young adults

Credit: CC0 Public DomainA sharp increase in obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned M

Obesity-linked cancers on the rise in young adults

Credit: CC0 Public DomainA sharp increase in obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned M
New AI-based biomarker can help predict immunotherapy response for patients with lung cancer

New AI-based biomarker can help predict immunotherapy response for patients with lung cancer

byEmory UniversityResponder tumor to ICI has less tortuous vessel branches compared to nonresponder. (A and B) CT scans of a responder and nonresponder to IO with corresponding 3D rendering of t

New AI-based biomarker can help predict immunotherapy response for patients with lung cancer

byEmory UniversityResponder tumor to ICI has less tortuous vessel branches compared to nonresponder. (A and B) CT scans of a responder and nonresponder to IO with corresponding 3D rendering of t
Study may explain why some triple-negative breast cancers are resistant to chemotherapy

Study may explain why some triple-negative breast cancers are resistant to chemotherapy

by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of the disease accounting for 12 to 18 percent of breast can

Study may explain why some triple-negative breast cancers are resistant to chemotherapy

by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of the disease accounting for 12 to 18 percent of breast can