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New tool helps find genetic culprits in cancer's spread

New tool helps find genetic culprits in cancer's spread

by Bill Hathaway,Yale UniversityYale researchers developed a new approach to simultaneously investigate hundreds of mutation combinations for their ability to drive lung metastasis. Credit: Yale

New tool helps find genetic culprits in cancer's spread

by Bill Hathaway,Yale UniversityYale researchers developed a new approach to simultaneously investigate hundreds of mutation combinations for their ability to drive lung metastasis. Credit: Yale
Blocking glycogen, a key energy source, could slow or prevent ovarian cancer spread

Blocking glycogen, a key energy source, could slow or prevent ovarian cancer spread

by University of Chicago Medical CenterPathways of early (proliferation) and late (proliferation, invasion and widespread) metastasis. Credit: Study authors working withCell MetabolismIn ne

Blocking glycogen, a key energy source, could slow or prevent ovarian cancer spread

by University of Chicago Medical CenterPathways of early (proliferation) and late (proliferation, invasion and widespread) metastasis. Credit: Study authors working withCell MetabolismIn ne
A DNA protein may be responsible for causing cancerous 'stress balls' in the body

A DNA protein may be responsible for causing cancerous 'stress balls' in the body

by Brooke Kleiboer,University of SaskatchewanCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn 2022, an estimated 7,000 Canadians were diagnosed with leukemia, a term used to define cancer of the blood cells.

A DNA protein may be responsible for causing cancerous 'stress balls' in the body

by Brooke Kleiboer,University of SaskatchewanCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn 2022, an estimated 7,000 Canadians were diagnosed with leukemia, a term used to define cancer of the blood cells.
Blocking inflammatory pathway key to preventing brain metastasis from melanoma

Blocking inflammatory pathway key to preventing brain metastasis from melanoma

by Tel Aviv UniversityMelanoma. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/National Cancer InstituteBrain metastases are among the deadliest tumor metastases, with a median survival period of less than one year,

Blocking inflammatory pathway key to preventing brain metastasis from melanoma

by Tel Aviv UniversityMelanoma. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/National Cancer InstituteBrain metastases are among the deadliest tumor metastases, with a median survival period of less than one year,
Study shows combining AI models improves breast cancer risk assessment

Study shows combining AI models improves breast cancer risk assessment

byRadiological Society of North AmericaFull-field digital mammograms (right mediolateral oblique view) in a 59-year-old woman show (A) the screening mammogram obtained during the study period an

Study shows combining AI models improves breast cancer risk assessment

byRadiological Society of North AmericaFull-field digital mammograms (right mediolateral oblique view) in a 59-year-old woman show (A) the screening mammogram obtained during the study period an
Study shows 'feasibility' of ending specialist follow-up in patients with low-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Study shows 'feasibility' of ending specialist follow-up in patients with low-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia

by American Society of HematologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study published inBlood Advancesshowed that among patients in Denmark who had slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CL

Study shows 'feasibility' of ending specialist follow-up in patients with low-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia

by American Society of HematologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study published inBlood Advancesshowed that among patients in Denmark who had slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CL
Adding radiation to systemic therapy extends overall survival for patients with advanced liver cancer

Adding radiation to systemic therapy extends overall survival for patients with advanced liver cancer

by American Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAdding radiation therapy to systemic therapy for patients with advanced liver cancer can extend overall survival and del

Adding radiation to systemic therapy extends overall survival for patients with advanced liver cancer

by American Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAdding radiation therapy to systemic therapy for patients with advanced liver cancer can extend overall survival and del
Ethical issues abound in adoption of AI in cancer care

Ethical issues abound in adoption of AI in cancer care

by Lori SolomonThere may be ethical barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) into cancer care, according to a studypublishedonline March 28 inJAMA Network Open.Andrew

Ethical issues abound in adoption of AI in cancer care

by Lori SolomonThere may be ethical barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) into cancer care, according to a studypublishedonline March 28 inJAMA Network Open.Andrew
Researchers develop new drug that fights cancer with less renal toxicity

Researchers develop new drug that fights cancer with less renal toxicity

by National University of SingaporeA novel anti-cancer drug developed by Assoc Prof Giorgia Pastorin, Assoc Prof Ang Wee Han and Dr Maria Babak (left to right) effectively shrinks tumours until t

Researchers develop new drug that fights cancer with less renal toxicity

by National University of SingaporeA novel anti-cancer drug developed by Assoc Prof Giorgia Pastorin, Assoc Prof Ang Wee Han and Dr Maria Babak (left to right) effectively shrinks tumours until t
Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer

Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer

by Thomas Jefferson UniversityMicrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0Prostate cancer represents a major h

Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer

by Thomas Jefferson UniversityMicrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0Prostate cancer represents a major h
Anal cancer rates and mortality have risen dramatically among Americans: study

Anal cancer rates and mortality have risen dramatically among Americans: study

by University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonRates of new anal cancer diagnoses and deaths related to human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection, have in

Anal cancer rates and mortality have risen dramatically among Americans: study

by University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonRates of new anal cancer diagnoses and deaths related to human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection, have in
Researchers discover link between PSA level at time of salvage therapy following surgery and risk of death

Researchers discover link between PSA level at time of salvage therapy following surgery and risk of death

by Brigham and Women's HospitalAdjusted estimates of ACM among men illustrating the difference in these estimated among patients in the time-dependent treatment groups of no RT, aRT, salvage

Researchers discover link between PSA level at time of salvage therapy following surgery and risk of death

by Brigham and Women's HospitalAdjusted estimates of ACM among men illustrating the difference in these estimated among patients in the time-dependent treatment groups of no RT, aRT, salvage