Race could affect outcomes in head and neck cancers

by Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterBlack patients with head and neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences."What is u

Updated on: January 22,2024

Race could affect outcomes in head and neck cancers

by Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterBlack patients with head and neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences."What is u

Updated on:January 22,2024

Diabetes drug reduces drug resistance in lung cancer, improving chemotherapy effectiveness

byUniversity of MissouriCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA medication used to treat diabetic neuropathy may make chemotherapy treatments more effective for patients with lung cancer, according t

Updated on: August 01,2024

Diabetes drug reduces drug resistance in lung cancer, improving chemotherapy effectiveness

byUniversity of MissouriCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA medication used to treat diabetic neuropathy may make chemotherapy treatments more effective for patients with lung cancer, according t

Updated on:August 01,2024

Therapeutic and diagnostic functions of one antibody for pancreatic cancer

by Osaka UniversityFig.1: DKK1–CKAP4 signaling and application of the anti-CKAP4 antibody. DKK1 and CKAP4 are overexpressed in cancer cells and the PI3 kinase–AKT pathway is activated, promoting

Updated on: May 20,2024

Therapeutic and diagnostic functions of one antibody for pancreatic cancer

by Osaka UniversityFig.1: DKK1–CKAP4 signaling and application of the anti-CKAP4 antibody. DKK1 and CKAP4 are overexpressed in cancer cells and the PI3 kinase–AKT pathway is activated, promoting

Updated on:May 20,2024

Instead of calories and macros, think about the level of food processing, expert says

by Leigh Anne Kelley,Virginia TechAlexandra DiFeliceantonio, assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and associate director of the research institute's Cente

Updated on: April 01,2024

Instead of calories and macros, think about the level of food processing, expert says

by Leigh Anne Kelley,Virginia TechAlexandra DiFeliceantonio, assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and associate director of the research institute's Cente

Updated on:April 01,2024

Screening has had 'little impact' on falling breast cancer deaths in the Netherlands

by British Medical JournalMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainBreast screening in the Netherlands seems to have had a marginal effect

Updated on: March 01,2024

Screening has had 'little impact' on falling breast cancer deaths in the Netherlands

by British Medical JournalMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainBreast screening in the Netherlands seems to have had a marginal effect

Updated on:March 01,2024

Research reveals why cancers stop responding to kinase-blocking drugs and come back stronger

by New York UniversityStructure of the FGFR kinase showing the locations of the gatekeeper residue in blue, hydrophobic spine in yellow, and ATP in cyan. Most drugs bind to the kinase in the same

Updated on: January 30,2024

Research reveals why cancers stop responding to kinase-blocking drugs and come back stronger

by New York UniversityStructure of the FGFR kinase showing the locations of the gatekeeper residue in blue, hydrophobic spine in yellow, and ATP in cyan. Most drugs bind to the kinase in the same

Updated on:January 30,2024

Are 3-D mammograms really better? US puts scans to the test

by Lauran NeergaardIn this Nov. 21, 2017 photo provided by the Montefiore Health System, Dr. Tova Koenigsberg at The Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care in New York shows an example of a tradit

Updated on: March 14,2024

Are 3-D mammograms really better? US puts scans to the test

by Lauran NeergaardIn this Nov. 21, 2017 photo provided by the Montefiore Health System, Dr. Tova Koenigsberg at The Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care in New York shows an example of a tradit

Updated on:March 14,2024

Medicare to cover CAR-T therapy for leukemia, lymphoma

A breakthrough gene therapy will be covered for certain types of lymphoma and leukemia, Medicare says.Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T)therapyboosts a patient's own immune cells

Updated on: May 17,2024

Medicare to cover CAR-T therapy for leukemia, lymphoma

A breakthrough gene therapy will be covered for certain types of lymphoma and leukemia, Medicare says.Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T)therapyboosts a patient's own immune cells

Updated on:May 17,2024

Young cancer survivors face elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but factors that may impact this risk

byWileyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAdolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at risk of experiencing treatment-related effects later in life, including damage to the heart. New

Updated on: January 02,2024

Young cancer survivors face elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but factors that may impact this risk

byWileyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAdolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at risk of experiencing treatment-related effects later in life, including damage to the heart. New

Updated on:January 02,2024

New research shows how cancer rewires a key immune pathway to spread

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeA collaboration between MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine used an approach called ContactTracing to predict the effect of interactions between cells in the tumor micr

Updated on: January 12,2024

New research shows how cancer rewires a key immune pathway to spread

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeA collaboration between MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine used an approach called ContactTracing to predict the effect of interactions between cells in the tumor micr

Updated on:January 12,2024

Germline testing underused in cancer patients

by Lori SolomonFew patients diagnosed with cancer between 2013 and 2019 in California and Georgia underwent germline testing, according to a study published online June 5 in theJournal of the Am

Updated on: January 04,2024

Germline testing underused in cancer patients

by Lori SolomonFew patients diagnosed with cancer between 2013 and 2019 in California and Georgia underwent germline testing, according to a study published online June 5 in theJournal of the Am

Updated on:January 04,2024

Study shows how circulating tumor cells target distant organs

by University of Southern CaliforniaDevelopment of brain metastasis is a complex process in which metastatic cells (green) overcome the protective effect of immune cells (red). Credit: University

Updated on: May 31,2024

Study shows how circulating tumor cells target distant organs

by University of Southern CaliforniaDevelopment of brain metastasis is a complex process in which metastatic cells (green) overcome the protective effect of immune cells (red). Credit: University

Updated on:May 31,2024