New health mapping study pinpoints cancer risk factors at local level

byQueensland University of TechnologyThe maps show areas where unhealthy behaviors are more (marked in red) or less (in blue) common than the national average. The deeper the shade, the greater

Updated on: December 28,2023

New health mapping study pinpoints cancer risk factors at local level

byQueensland University of TechnologyThe maps show areas where unhealthy behaviors are more (marked in red) or less (in blue) common than the national average. The deeper the shade, the greater

Updated on:December 28,2023

Results of trial will help guide treatment of malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced cancer

by SWOG Cancer Research NetworkCredit: CC0 Public DomainFindings from the first-ever prospective trial including a randomized pathway comparing surgery to non-surgical treatment of malignant bowel obs

Updated on: January 04,2024

Results of trial will help guide treatment of malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced cancer

by SWOG Cancer Research NetworkCredit: CC0 Public DomainFindings from the first-ever prospective trial including a randomized pathway comparing surgery to non-surgical treatment of malignant bowel obs

Updated on:January 04,2024

Liver cancer 'signature' in gut holds clues to cancer risk

by Caroline Tang,University of New South WalesCredit: Thirdman from PexelsPeople with non-alcohol-related liver cancer have a unique gut microbiome profile which could help predict disease risk,

Updated on: June 20,2024

Liver cancer 'signature' in gut holds clues to cancer risk

by Caroline Tang,University of New South WalesCredit: Thirdman from PexelsPeople with non-alcohol-related liver cancer have a unique gut microbiome profile which could help predict disease risk,

Updated on:June 20,2024

What happens when a kneecap dislocates

by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainKnee dislocation can be caused by a sudden blow, such as taking a hard hit playing a contact sport like football o

Updated on: March 09,2024

What happens when a kneecap dislocates

by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainKnee dislocation can be caused by a sudden blow, such as taking a hard hit playing a contact sport like football o

Updated on:March 09,2024

Gene interactions classify bowel tumors for personalized medicine

byeLifeFlowchart of the interaction-perturbation-based program. As an example, the background network consists of six genes and five interactions. There were three normal samples (yellow) and th

Updated on: December 25,2023

Gene interactions classify bowel tumors for personalized medicine

byeLifeFlowchart of the interaction-perturbation-based program. As an example, the background network consists of six genes and five interactions. There were three normal samples (yellow) and th

Updated on:December 25,2023

Antibody-based therapy eliminates circulating tumor cells in mouse models of breast and pancreatic cancer

by Katie Marquedant,Massachusetts General Hospital(A) Schema for the mouse models of neoadjuvant placebo or 23C6 treatment. (B) Tumor volume measurements of 4T1 orthotopic mammary gland tumors i

Updated on: December 25,2023

Antibody-based therapy eliminates circulating tumor cells in mouse models of breast and pancreatic cancer

by Katie Marquedant,Massachusetts General Hospital(A) Schema for the mouse models of neoadjuvant placebo or 23C6 treatment. (B) Tumor volume measurements of 4T1 orthotopic mammary gland tumors i

Updated on:December 25,2023

Addition of durvalumab, bevacizumab to TACE beneficial in liver cancer

by Elana GotkineFor patients with embolization-eligible unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), the addition of durvalumab (D) and bevacizumab (B) to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) impro

Updated on: March 22,2024

Addition of durvalumab, bevacizumab to TACE beneficial in liver cancer

by Elana GotkineFor patients with embolization-eligible unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), the addition of durvalumab (D) and bevacizumab (B) to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) impro

Updated on:March 22,2024

Researchers develop new open-source method to improve decoding of single-cell data

by Ian Demsky,Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterSpectra uses gene sets and cell types to guide gene program discovery from scRNA-seq data.a, As input, Spectra receives a gene expressio

Updated on: June 11,2024

Researchers develop new open-source method to improve decoding of single-cell data

by Ian Demsky,Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterSpectra uses gene sets and cell types to guide gene program discovery from scRNA-seq data.a, As input, Spectra receives a gene expressio

Updated on:June 11,2024

CAR-T cell researchers optimistic about future of treating blood cancers

by Kelley Luckstein,Mayo ClinicCredit: AI-generated imageSurvival outcomes using chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) continue to be impressive for patients with some bl

Updated on: April 09,2024

CAR-T cell researchers optimistic about future of treating blood cancers

by Kelley Luckstein,Mayo ClinicCredit: AI-generated imageSurvival outcomes using chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) continue to be impressive for patients with some bl

Updated on:April 09,2024

Black men found to have greater microvascular dysfunction than white men after prostate cancer diagnosis

byAmerican Physiological SocietyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMicrovascular function is lower is Black men following a recent diagnosis of prostate cancer, compared to white men, according to

Updated on: April 30,2024

Black men found to have greater microvascular dysfunction than white men after prostate cancer diagnosis

byAmerican Physiological SocietyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMicrovascular function is lower is Black men following a recent diagnosis of prostate cancer, compared to white men, according to

Updated on:April 30,2024

Women more prone to selected oesophagogastric cancer chemotherapy side-effects

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyMen and women may need to be treated differently—at least when it comes to some types of cancer. In an analysis (1) to be presented at the ESMO 2018 Congre

Updated on: December 18,2023

Women more prone to selected oesophagogastric cancer chemotherapy side-effects

byEuropean Society for Medical OncologyMen and women may need to be treated differently—at least when it comes to some types of cancer. In an analysis (1) to be presented at the ESMO 2018 Congre

Updated on:December 18,2023

Treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes by eliminating protein aggregation in brain, pancreas

by Steve Martin,Purdue UniversityCredit: Wikimedia CommonsPurdue University researchers have taken the first steps to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes b

Updated on: May 06,2024

Treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes by eliminating protein aggregation in brain, pancreas

by Steve Martin,Purdue UniversityCredit: Wikimedia CommonsPurdue University researchers have taken the first steps to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes b

Updated on:May 06,2024