Extending chemo slashes risk of aggressive childhood leukemia coming back

by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainMany children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have a good outcome of their disease. After two years of chemotherapy tre

Updated on: January 16,2024

Extending chemo slashes risk of aggressive childhood leukemia coming back

by Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainMany children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have a good outcome of their disease. After two years of chemotherapy tre

Updated on:January 16,2024

Colorectal cancer: Tipping the scales

by Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichMicrograph of an organoids, which were generated from intestinal epithelial cells cultered ex vivo. Ap4-deficient organoids formed less protrusions/crypts

Updated on: March 01,2024

Colorectal cancer: Tipping the scales

by Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichMicrograph of an organoids, which were generated from intestinal epithelial cells cultered ex vivo. Ap4-deficient organoids formed less protrusions/crypts

Updated on:March 01,2024

Study to determine which stool test is best for colorectal cancer detection

by Texas Tech UniversityNavkiran Shokar, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) is part of a study to assess the accuracy of fecal immunochem

Updated on: June 28,2024

Study to determine which stool test is best for colorectal cancer detection

by Texas Tech UniversityNavkiran Shokar, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) is part of a study to assess the accuracy of fecal immunochem

Updated on:June 28,2024

Coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized breast cancer therapy

by Molly Chiu,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized br

Updated on: January 10,2024

Coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized breast cancer therapy

by Molly Chiu,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized br

Updated on:January 10,2024

Researchers gain new insights into chromosome shortening and identify new potential cancer drug targets

by Institute of Cancer ResearchALT-reliant cells, with telomeres being marked by the green dots. Credit: Cancer and Genome Stability Team at the ICRA new study has provided insights into an impor

Updated on: January 28,2024

Researchers gain new insights into chromosome shortening and identify new potential cancer drug targets

by Institute of Cancer ResearchALT-reliant cells, with telomeres being marked by the green dots. Credit: Cancer and Genome Stability Team at the ICRA new study has provided insights into an impor

Updated on:January 28,2024

Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG

by Jennifer Brown,University of IowaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common and serious type of bladder

Updated on: January 07,2024

Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG

by Jennifer Brown,University of IowaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common and serious type of bladder

Updated on:January 07,2024

Telerehabilitation aids function, pain with advanced cancer

(HealthDay)—Collaborative telerehabilitation modestly improves function and pain while decreasing hospital length of stay and the need for postacute care in advanced cancer patients, according to a st

Updated on: May 05,2024

Telerehabilitation aids function, pain with advanced cancer

(HealthDay)—Collaborative telerehabilitation modestly improves function and pain while decreasing hospital length of stay and the need for postacute care in advanced cancer patients, according to a st

Updated on:May 05,2024

Consumer health: Reducing your risk of lung cancer

by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths, according to

Updated on: January 11,2024

Consumer health: Reducing your risk of lung cancer

by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths, according to

Updated on:January 11,2024

Clinical trial finds combination hormone therapy delivers superior prostate cancer treatment

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCombining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better tha

Updated on: May 09,2024

Clinical trial finds combination hormone therapy delivers superior prostate cancer treatment

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCombining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better tha

Updated on:May 09,2024

Lu(a)minar flow odyssey—using the power of water and light in early leukemia diagnostics

by Polish Academy of SciencesOpto-hydrodynamic tweezers. (a) and (b) Schematic illustrations of the top view and side view of OHT, respectively, along with the major various forces acting on the

Updated on: March 30,2024

Lu(a)minar flow odyssey—using the power of water and light in early leukemia diagnostics

by Polish Academy of SciencesOpto-hydrodynamic tweezers. (a) and (b) Schematic illustrations of the top view and side view of OHT, respectively, along with the major various forces acting on the

Updated on:March 30,2024

International team discovers unique pathway for treating deadly children's brain cancer

by Steve Yozwiak,The Translational Genomics Research InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn international team of researchers led by Yale University, University of Iowa, and the Translational Geno

Updated on: March 12,2024

International team discovers unique pathway for treating deadly children's brain cancer

by Steve Yozwiak,The Translational Genomics Research InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn international team of researchers led by Yale University, University of Iowa, and the Translational Geno

Updated on:March 12,2024

Therapeutic vaccine shows promise against a range of cancers

by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter(HealthDay)—A personalized vaccine held an aggressive group of cancers in check among more than half of patients who received it in a small, preliminary trial, rese

Updated on: April 09,2024

Therapeutic vaccine shows promise against a range of cancers

by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter(HealthDay)—A personalized vaccine held an aggressive group of cancers in check among more than half of patients who received it in a small, preliminary trial, rese

Updated on:April 09,2024