Examining how gender inequalities worsen women's access to cancer prevention, detection and care

by LancetWomen, power, and cancer: a Lancet Commission highlights how, at all these intersections with cancer, women across the globe are subject to overlapping forms of discrimination and inequi

Updated on: February 20,2024

Examining how gender inequalities worsen women's access to cancer prevention, detection and care

by LancetWomen, power, and cancer: a Lancet Commission highlights how, at all these intersections with cancer, women across the globe are subject to overlapping forms of discrimination and inequi

Updated on:February 20,2024

Researchers make unexpected discovery in how pancreatic cancer spreads

by Alison Satake,Mayo ClinicCredit:Cell Reports(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113042How cancer spreads or metastasizes is a big question for cancer researchers and patients. Mayo

Updated on: December 30,2023

Researchers make unexpected discovery in how pancreatic cancer spreads

by Alison Satake,Mayo ClinicCredit:Cell Reports(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113042How cancer spreads or metastasizes is a big question for cancer researchers and patients. Mayo

Updated on:December 30,2023

Newly developed mathematical model could be used to predict cancer drug side effects in individuals

byKobe UniversityA bar graph to show drug metabolism predictions for the anti-cancer agent Irinotecan (the gray bars are the predictions and the black bars are the actual results). The shorter t

Updated on: December 22,2023

Newly developed mathematical model could be used to predict cancer drug side effects in individuals

byKobe UniversityA bar graph to show drug metabolism predictions for the anti-cancer agent Irinotecan (the gray bars are the predictions and the black bars are the actual results). The shorter t

Updated on:December 22,2023

New research shows benefits of exercise for first time in advanced lung cancer

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyDr. Quan Tran, Medical Oncologist at the Cancer Care Centre, St Stephen's Hospital, Urraween, Australia, study author Credit: European Society for Medi

Updated on: December 18,2023

New research shows benefits of exercise for first time in advanced lung cancer

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyDr. Quan Tran, Medical Oncologist at the Cancer Care Centre, St Stephen's Hospital, Urraween, Australia, study author Credit: European Society for Medi

Updated on:December 18,2023

Faster liquid biopsies could replace invasive tissue cancer detections

by Zeina Kayyali,Purdue UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainTests to determine if you have cancer can be frightening, uncomfortable and time-consuming. Now, Purdue University researchers have dev

Updated on: December 18,2023

Faster liquid biopsies could replace invasive tissue cancer detections

by Zeina Kayyali,Purdue UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainTests to determine if you have cancer can be frightening, uncomfortable and time-consuming. Now, Purdue University researchers have dev

Updated on:December 18,2023

Differences in T cells' functional state determine resistance to cancer therapy

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe researchers took this image of a tumor using immunofluorescence, a technique that allows them to stain tissue sections with fluorescently-labeled antib

Updated on: May 08,2024

Differences in T cells' functional state determine resistance to cancer therapy

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe researchers took this image of a tumor using immunofluorescence, a technique that allows them to stain tissue sections with fluorescently-labeled antib

Updated on:May 08,2024

Study findings provide new insight into how breast cancer evolves

by Kyoto UniversityThe der(1;16) translocation-positive breast cancer originated from a single cell around puberty. This cell repeatedly underwent cell division and expanded until it developed in

Updated on: February 20,2024

Study findings provide new insight into how breast cancer evolves

by Kyoto UniversityThe der(1;16) translocation-positive breast cancer originated from a single cell around puberty. This cell repeatedly underwent cell division and expanded until it developed in

Updated on:February 20,2024

Study shows Meteorin-like protein drains energy from T cells, limiting immune system's power to fight cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineThe image on the right shows an unhealthy mitochondrion in a T cell exposed to METRNL. Credit: Christopher Jackson, M.D.A protein called Meteorin-lik

Updated on: August 27,2024

Study shows Meteorin-like protein drains energy from T cells, limiting immune system's power to fight cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineThe image on the right shows an unhealthy mitochondrion in a T cell exposed to METRNL. Credit: Christopher Jackson, M.D.A protein called Meteorin-lik

Updated on:August 27,2024

Significant proportion of cancer drugs lack proof of added benefit, finds study

by British Medical JournalCredit: CC0 Public DomainMany cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 1995 and 2020 lack proof of added benefit, particularly those approved

Updated on: May 26,2024

Significant proportion of cancer drugs lack proof of added benefit, finds study

by British Medical JournalCredit: CC0 Public DomainMany cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 1995 and 2020 lack proof of added benefit, particularly those approved

Updated on:May 26,2024

Denmark can save lives and costs by reducing nitrate in drinking water, researchers say

by University of CopenhagenThe annual net gain from a lower nitrate water standard based on whether the current nitrate concentrations are above or below 3.87 mg/L. Credit:Science of The To

Updated on: June 06,2024

Denmark can save lives and costs by reducing nitrate in drinking water, researchers say

by University of CopenhagenThe annual net gain from a lower nitrate water standard based on whether the current nitrate concentrations are above or below 3.87 mg/L. Credit:Science of The To

Updated on:June 06,2024

Daily aspirin cuts odds for colon cancer: who benefits most?

by Ernie MundellIt's long been known that a daily dose of low-dose aspirin helps keepcolon cancerat bay.But new research suggests that those who benefit most are folks whose lifestyles

Updated on: August 27,2024

Daily aspirin cuts odds for colon cancer: who benefits most?

by Ernie MundellIt's long been known that a daily dose of low-dose aspirin helps keepcolon cancerat bay.But new research suggests that those who benefit most are folks whose lifestyles

Updated on:August 27,2024

Could the zika virus fight the brain cancer that killed john McCain?

by E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporter(HealthDay)—Preliminary research in mice suggests that the Zika virus might be turned from foe into friend—enlisted to curb deadly glioblastoma brain tumors.A gliobl

Updated on: April 18,2024

Could the zika virus fight the brain cancer that killed john McCain?

by E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporter(HealthDay)—Preliminary research in mice suggests that the Zika virus might be turned from foe into friend—enlisted to curb deadly glioblastoma brain tumors.A gliobl

Updated on:April 18,2024