Researchers identify neutrophils as major culprits in treatment resistance of pancreatic cancer

by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers have shown for the first time exactly how immature neutrophils—white blood cells that are an important part of the

Updated on: February 20,2024

Researchers identify neutrophils as major culprits in treatment resistance of pancreatic cancer

by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers have shown for the first time exactly how immature neutrophils—white blood cells that are an important part of the

Updated on:February 20,2024

Cancer drug cooperation could save 1.5 mn lives a year: researchers

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAround 1.5 million lives could be saved every year if the world worked together to more swiftly approve new cancer drugs, researchers said Tuesday.The figure was based

Updated on: February 18,2024

Cancer drug cooperation could save 1.5 mn lives a year: researchers

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAround 1.5 million lives could be saved every year if the world worked together to more swiftly approve new cancer drugs, researchers said Tuesday.The figure was based

Updated on:February 18,2024

New test predicts chance of living more than a year on targeted breast cancer treatment

by Institute of Cancer ResearchBreast cancer cells stained for DNA (red), NFkB (green), and a reactive oxygen species probe (blue). Credit: Julia Sero / the ICR, 2011A new test could pick out wom

Updated on: May 23,2024

New test predicts chance of living more than a year on targeted breast cancer treatment

by Institute of Cancer ResearchBreast cancer cells stained for DNA (red), NFkB (green), and a reactive oxygen species probe (blue). Credit: Julia Sero / the ICR, 2011A new test could pick out wom

Updated on:May 23,2024

Epigenetic mechanism associated with clinical outcome and therapeutic vulnerability in liver cancer

by Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteNSUN7 epigenetic loss occurs in human primary HCC tumors in association with worse clinical outcome. (A) Percentage of NSUN7 methylation in the TCGA

Updated on: February 18,2024

Epigenetic mechanism associated with clinical outcome and therapeutic vulnerability in liver cancer

by Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteNSUN7 epigenetic loss occurs in human primary HCC tumors in association with worse clinical outcome. (A) Percentage of NSUN7 methylation in the TCGA

Updated on:February 18,2024

Patient-derived organoids in human cancer: A platform for fundamental research and precision medicine

by Sichuan International Medical Exchange and Promotion AssociationThe GBM organoids culture process and subsequent analysis are illustrated schematically. A rapid and dependable technique has been de

Updated on: March 30,2024

Patient-derived organoids in human cancer: A platform for fundamental research and precision medicine

by Sichuan International Medical Exchange and Promotion AssociationThe GBM organoids culture process and subsequent analysis are illustrated schematically. A rapid and dependable technique has been de

Updated on:March 30,2024

Team discovers secret to making immune cells better cancer killers

by University of VirginiaResearchers Lelisa F. Gemta (left) and Timothy Bullock have determined why killer T cells can be so helpless against cancer. Their finding could allow doctors to make the

Updated on: May 27,2024

Team discovers secret to making immune cells better cancer killers

by University of VirginiaResearchers Lelisa F. Gemta (left) and Timothy Bullock have determined why killer T cells can be so helpless against cancer. Their finding could allow doctors to make the

Updated on:May 27,2024

Hypofractioned post-prostatectomy radiotherapy new acceptable practice standard based on NRG Oncology trial findings

by NRG OncologyResults from the Phase III NRG Oncology NRG-GU003 clinical trial comparing hypofractioned post-prostatectomy radiotherapy (HYPORT) to conventionally fractioned post-prostatectomy radiot

Updated on: March 30,2024

Hypofractioned post-prostatectomy radiotherapy new acceptable practice standard based on NRG Oncology trial findings

by NRG OncologyResults from the Phase III NRG Oncology NRG-GU003 clinical trial comparing hypofractioned post-prostatectomy radiotherapy (HYPORT) to conventionally fractioned post-prostatectomy radiot

Updated on:March 30,2024

Doctors warn of New Zealand health tragedy after smoking ban scrapped

Credit: CC0 Public DomainDoctors blasted New Zealand's conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public he

Updated on: March 06,2024

Doctors warn of New Zealand health tragedy after smoking ban scrapped

Credit: CC0 Public DomainDoctors blasted New Zealand's conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public he

Updated on:March 06,2024

New research results explore the safety of short-term cultivated CAR T cells in cancer immunotherapy

by Susanne Stöcker, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut - Bundesinstitut für Impfstoffe und biomedizinische ArzneimittelTo make CAR T cells available to all patients, various strategies facilitating the manufacturi

Updated on: March 30,2024

New research results explore the safety of short-term cultivated CAR T cells in cancer immunotherapy

by Susanne Stöcker, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut - Bundesinstitut für Impfstoffe und biomedizinische ArzneimittelTo make CAR T cells available to all patients, various strategies facilitating the manufacturi

Updated on:March 30,2024

Substance in the blood is found to increase as early as two years before diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

by Ola Nilsson,Umea UniversitySeparating future PDAC cases from controls in pre-diagnostic and diagnostic samples with a cross-sectional analysis. Box plots of the individual marker concentratio

Updated on: February 01,2024

Substance in the blood is found to increase as early as two years before diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

by Ola Nilsson,Umea UniversitySeparating future PDAC cases from controls in pre-diagnostic and diagnostic samples with a cross-sectional analysis. Box plots of the individual marker concentratio

Updated on:February 01,2024

Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal cancer underestimated so far, says study

byGerman Cancer Research CenterWeight Change Among Cases and Controls Within 12 Years Before Diagnosis/Interview Lower and upper hinges correspond to 25th and 75th quantile of weight changes, re

Updated on: January 16,2024

Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal cancer underestimated so far, says study

byGerman Cancer Research CenterWeight Change Among Cases and Controls Within 12 Years Before Diagnosis/Interview Lower and upper hinges correspond to 25th and 75th quantile of weight changes, re

Updated on:January 16,2024

Two genomic studies could yield more effective, less toxic immunotherapies

by Institut CurieTE-Exon splicing junctions can help differentiate tumors from healthy tissue. Credit: Verge Scientific Communications / Antonela Merlotti / Marianne Burbage / Benjamin SadaccaMnemo Th

Updated on: December 28,2023

Two genomic studies could yield more effective, less toxic immunotherapies

by Institut CurieTE-Exon splicing junctions can help differentiate tumors from healthy tissue. Credit: Verge Scientific Communications / Antonela Merlotti / Marianne Burbage / Benjamin SadaccaMnemo Th

Updated on:December 28,2023