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Scientists reveal how different cancer cells 'team up' to help incurable childhood brain tumor spread

Scientists reveal how different cancer cells 'team up' to help incurable childhood brain tumor spread

byInstitute of Cancer ResearchSimulating cellular invasion (A) Illustration of simulation flow. (B) Summary statistics used to measure invasion: (i)traveling-wave solution to reaction-diff

Scientists reveal how different cancer cells 'team up' to help incurable childhood brain tumor spread

byInstitute of Cancer ResearchSimulating cellular invasion (A) Illustration of simulation flow. (B) Summary statistics used to measure invasion: (i)traveling-wave solution to reaction-diff
Findings of large clinical trial may have major implications for treatment of small-cell lung cancer

Findings of large clinical trial may have major implications for treatment of small-cell lung cancer

by SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA clinical trial led by Upstate Medical University radiation oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Bogart may have major implications for the treatm

Findings of large clinical trial may have major implications for treatment of small-cell lung cancer

by SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA clinical trial led by Upstate Medical University radiation oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Bogart may have major implications for the treatm
Pembrolizumab With COPDAC-28 Consolidation Increases PET Negativity in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

Pembrolizumab With COPDAC-28 Consolidation Increases PET Negativity in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

August 29, 2023Kyle DohertyThe addition of pembrolizumab to COPDAC-28 consolidation may augment responses to treatment in pediatric and young adult patients with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma w

Pembrolizumab With COPDAC-28 Consolidation Increases PET Negativity in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

August 29, 2023Kyle DohertyThe addition of pembrolizumab to COPDAC-28 consolidation may augment responses to treatment in pediatric and young adult patients with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma w
Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy

Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy

Scientists believe mRNA vaccines could be a game-changer against many diseases.German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a trailblazing COVID-19 vaccine, will trial a cancer treatment in

Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy

Scientists believe mRNA vaccines could be a game-changer against many diseases.German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a trailblazing COVID-19 vaccine, will trial a cancer treatment in
Automated detection of eye surface cancer

Automated detection of eye surface cancer

by ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonicsA new automated non-invasive technique for diagnosing eye disease. Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonicsResearchers hav

Automated detection of eye surface cancer

by ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonicsA new automated non-invasive technique for diagnosing eye disease. Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonicsResearchers hav
Breast cancer patients to be evaluated for genetic testing

Breast cancer patients to be evaluated for genetic testing

byVanderbilt University Medical CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainAccording to a statement on behalf of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) published Dec. 13 in the organiz

Breast cancer patients to be evaluated for genetic testing

byVanderbilt University Medical CenterCredit: CC0 Public DomainAccording to a statement on behalf of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) published Dec. 13 in the organiz
Racial disparity in pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment among women with residual breast cancer after NAC

Racial disparity in pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment among women with residual breast cancer after NAC

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResidual tumors from Black patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative primary breast cancer treated w

Racial disparity in pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment among women with residual breast cancer after NAC

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResidual tumors from Black patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative primary breast cancer treated w
Low income linked to high recurrence risk, poorer survival in women with ER-positive breast cancer

Low income linked to high recurrence risk, poorer survival in women with ER-positive breast cancer

by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPatients with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer who live in low-income neighborhoods are likelier to hav

Low income linked to high recurrence risk, poorer survival in women with ER-positive breast cancer

by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPatients with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer who live in low-income neighborhoods are likelier to hav
Study points to new possibilities for treating lung cancer patients

Study points to new possibilities for treating lung cancer patients

by Birgitte Svennevig,University of Southern DenmarkAn EMT-centric investigation of metabolic processes in a comprehensive lung cancer transcriptome profiles collection identified an inverse ass

Study points to new possibilities for treating lung cancer patients

by Birgitte Svennevig,University of Southern DenmarkAn EMT-centric investigation of metabolic processes in a comprehensive lung cancer transcriptome profiles collection identified an inverse ass
BCMA-targeted immunotherapy can lead to durable responses in multiple myeloma

BCMA-targeted immunotherapy can lead to durable responses in multiple myeloma

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaMicrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0An experim

BCMA-targeted immunotherapy can lead to durable responses in multiple myeloma

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaMicrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0An experim
AI can be used to detect and grade prostate cancer

AI can be used to detect and grade prostate cancer

byKarolinska InstitutetMicrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sw

AI can be used to detect and grade prostate cancer

byKarolinska InstitutetMicrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia,CC BY-SA 3.0Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sw
Online testing tool identifies people likely to benefit from genetic testing for inherited risk for certain cancers

Online testing tool identifies people likely to benefit from genetic testing for inherited risk for certain cancers

byDana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn online tool developed by researchers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute can accurately and rapidly identify people

Online testing tool identifies people likely to benefit from genetic testing for inherited risk for certain cancers

byDana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn online tool developed by researchers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute can accurately and rapidly identify people