Fighting liver cancer takes big financial toll: Study

by Cara MurezOut-of-pocket costs can leave Medicare patients with the most common type of liver cancer in financial distress.While Medicare payments in the first year after diagnosis withhepatoc

Updated on: January 16,2024

Fighting liver cancer takes big financial toll: Study

by Cara MurezOut-of-pocket costs can leave Medicare patients with the most common type of liver cancer in financial distress.While Medicare payments in the first year after diagnosis withhepatoc

Updated on:January 16,2024

Researchers reveal key mechanism of natural killer cell dysfunction

by Liu Jia,Chinese Academy of SciencesIntratumoral NK cells lack abundant membrane protrusions. Credit:Nature Immunology(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01462-9A team has revealed the

Updated on: February 20,2024

Researchers reveal key mechanism of natural killer cell dysfunction

by Liu Jia,Chinese Academy of SciencesIntratumoral NK cells lack abundant membrane protrusions. Credit:Nature Immunology(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01462-9A team has revealed the

Updated on:February 20,2024

DNA fragments in blood promise cheap, easy test for cancer

by Amy NortonResearchers are reporting progress on a blood test that can detect multiple cancers in a relatively simpler, and potentially less pricey way than other tests under development.The test pi

Updated on: January 15,2024

DNA fragments in blood promise cheap, easy test for cancer

by Amy NortonResearchers are reporting progress on a blood test that can detect multiple cancers in a relatively simpler, and potentially less pricey way than other tests under development.The test pi

Updated on:January 15,2024

Researchers target cancer's ability to survive at low oxygen levels

by The Francis Crick InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shed light on how cancer cells survive in the first few hours after being cut off fr

Updated on: March 20,2024

Researchers target cancer's ability to survive at low oxygen levels

by The Francis Crick InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shed light on how cancer cells survive in the first few hours after being cut off fr

Updated on:March 20,2024

Researchers leverage cell self-destruction to treat brain tumors

by University of North Carolina Health CareAn MRI showing glioblastoma pre- and post-operation. Credit: Dominique Higgins, MD, PhDGlioblastoma is the most common type of brain tumor in adults. Th

Updated on: February 23,2024

Researchers leverage cell self-destruction to treat brain tumors

by University of North Carolina Health CareAn MRI showing glioblastoma pre- and post-operation. Credit: Dominique Higgins, MD, PhDGlioblastoma is the most common type of brain tumor in adults. Th

Updated on:February 23,2024

Subtypes of fibroblasts associated with skin cancer could lead to novel immunotherapies

byMedical University of ViennaSchematic summary of spatial distribution of distinct CAF subsets in human skin cancer. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-5390

Updated on: December 01,2024

Subtypes of fibroblasts associated with skin cancer could lead to novel immunotherapies

byMedical University of ViennaSchematic summary of spatial distribution of distinct CAF subsets in human skin cancer. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-5390

Updated on:December 01,2024

Rhombic lip implicated in origins of high-risk medulloblastoma

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalTranscriptional atlas of the human fetal cerebellum. (a) Schematic summary of the molecular datasets used to interconnect mouse and human cerebellar pr

Updated on: December 28,2023

Rhombic lip implicated in origins of high-risk medulloblastoma

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalTranscriptional atlas of the human fetal cerebellum. (a) Schematic summary of the molecular datasets used to interconnect mouse and human cerebellar pr

Updated on:December 28,2023

Image-guided adaptive radiation treatments reduce short-term side effects for patients with prostate cancer

byWileyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA technique that uses imaging technology as a guide can make radiation therapy safer for patients with prostate cancer by helping clinicians accurately ai

Updated on: January 07,2024

Image-guided adaptive radiation treatments reduce short-term side effects for patients with prostate cancer

byWileyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA technique that uses imaging technology as a guide can make radiation therapy safer for patients with prostate cancer by helping clinicians accurately ai

Updated on:January 07,2024

Team establishes positive clinical impact of the Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumor Board

byThe University of Hong KongCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA collaborative group led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the Univers

Updated on: January 08,2024

Team establishes positive clinical impact of the Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumor Board

byThe University of Hong KongCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA collaborative group led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the Univers

Updated on:January 08,2024

Radiation oncology workforce expected to remain stable through 2030

by American Society for Radiation OncologyRadiation oncology total residency slot quotas 2010 - 2022. Credit:International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics(2023). DOI: 10

Updated on: January 30,2024

Radiation oncology workforce expected to remain stable through 2030

by American Society for Radiation OncologyRadiation oncology total residency slot quotas 2010 - 2022. Credit:International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics(2023). DOI: 10

Updated on:January 30,2024

AI model finds the cancer clues at lightning speed

byUniversity of GothenburgThe mass spectrometer can detect different structures of the sugar molecules, called glycans, in our cells. The structures can indicate different forms of cancer in the

Updated on: July 08,2024

AI model finds the cancer clues at lightning speed

byUniversity of GothenburgThe mass spectrometer can detect different structures of the sugar molecules, called glycans, in our cells. The structures can indicate different forms of cancer in the

Updated on:July 08,2024

Research tests cost-effective approach to early-cancer detection from cell-free DNA in blood samples

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEarly detection remains key to successfully treating many cancers, and early detection via cell-free DNA (cfDNA) circulati

Updated on: January 22,2024

Research tests cost-effective approach to early-cancer detection from cell-free DNA in blood samples

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEarly detection remains key to successfully treating many cancers, and early detection via cell-free DNA (cfDNA) circulati

Updated on:January 22,2024