New imaging technique improves accuracy of diagnosis for most common skin cancer

by European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA novel imaging technique significantly improves the accuracy of the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma (BCC)—the mos

Updated on: January 11,2024

New imaging technique improves accuracy of diagnosis for most common skin cancer

by European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA novel imaging technique significantly improves the accuracy of the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma (BCC)—the mos

Updated on:January 11,2024

Blood cancer manipulates immune cells in order to survive, study shows

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe most comprehensive study to date of the blood cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, has provided fascinating insights into what tumor ce

Updated on: January 22,2024

Blood cancer manipulates immune cells in order to survive, study shows

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe most comprehensive study to date of the blood cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, has provided fascinating insights into what tumor ce

Updated on:January 22,2024

Longer exclusive breastfeeding may lower risk for childhood hematologic cancers

by Lori SolomonExclusive breastfeeding duration of at least three months may decrease the risk for childhood hematologic cancers, according to a study published online March 26 inJAMA Network Op

Updated on: March 30,2024

Longer exclusive breastfeeding may lower risk for childhood hematologic cancers

by Lori SolomonExclusive breastfeeding duration of at least three months may decrease the risk for childhood hematologic cancers, according to a study published online March 26 inJAMA Network Op

Updated on:March 30,2024

Mobile app gives cancer patients better quality of life

by CORDISCredit: AI-generated imageAlthough comprising only one eighth of the global population, Europe has a quarter of the total number of cancer cases worldwide. Each year, there are around 3.

Updated on: May 13,2024

Mobile app gives cancer patients better quality of life

by CORDISCredit: AI-generated imageAlthough comprising only one eighth of the global population, Europe has a quarter of the total number of cancer cases worldwide. Each year, there are around 3.

Updated on:May 13,2024

3-D-printed tumor model shows interaction with immune cells

by Wiebe Van Der Veen,University of TwenteThe size of the model, the red part is thetumor. Credit: University of TwenteAround a glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain tumor, cells of the hu

Updated on: April 02,2024

3-D-printed tumor model shows interaction with immune cells

by Wiebe Van Der Veen,University of TwenteThe size of the model, the red part is thetumor. Credit: University of TwenteAround a glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain tumor, cells of the hu

Updated on:April 02,2024

Young age associated with worse prognosis in specific breast cancer subtype

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineResearcher in lab. Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer CenterResearchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are rapidly advancing the understandin

Updated on: April 22,2024

Young age associated with worse prognosis in specific breast cancer subtype

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineResearcher in lab. Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer CenterResearchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are rapidly advancing the understandin

Updated on:April 22,2024

New study links genetic diversity of tumors with resistance to treatment in Asian lung cancer patients

by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), SingaporeResearchers from Singapore discovered that the EGFR mutant lung cancer in Asians is more varied than its counterpart observed in

Updated on: March 08,2024

New study links genetic diversity of tumors with resistance to treatment in Asian lung cancer patients

by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), SingaporeResearchers from Singapore discovered that the EGFR mutant lung cancer in Asians is more varied than its counterpart observed in

Updated on:March 08,2024

Study finds education and navigation increase cancer genetic counseling and/or testing

by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyGraphical depiction of TP and TCN interventions. (a) Baseline survey, which captured sociodemographic information (age, rural status, etc), self-reported healt

Updated on: January 23,2024

Study finds education and navigation increase cancer genetic counseling and/or testing

by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyGraphical depiction of TP and TCN interventions. (a) Baseline survey, which captured sociodemographic information (age, rural status, etc), self-reported healt

Updated on:January 23,2024

A clear vision for cancer diagnosis

by Adam Zewe,Harvard UniversityFreshman Kavya Kopparapu created an artificial intelligence platform, called GlioVision, which uses a scanned glioblastoma tumor image to determine the cancer’s mo

Updated on: March 27,2024

A clear vision for cancer diagnosis

by Adam Zewe,Harvard UniversityFreshman Kavya Kopparapu created an artificial intelligence platform, called GlioVision, which uses a scanned glioblastoma tumor image to determine the cancer’s mo

Updated on:March 27,2024

Study finds increase in women 65 and older dying of cervical cancer

by Stephanie Winn,UC DavisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study conducted by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows an alarming number of California women 65 and older ar

Updated on: January 23,2024

Study finds increase in women 65 and older dying of cervical cancer

by Stephanie Winn,UC DavisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study conducted by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows an alarming number of California women 65 and older ar

Updated on:January 23,2024

Chemotherapy can be a challenging treatment—here's how to deal with some of the side-effects

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsChemotherapy is a powerful cancer medication—but it can also be a very challenging treatment. It works by killing fast-growing c

Updated on: November 10,2024

Chemotherapy can be a challenging treatment—here's how to deal with some of the side-effects

by Justin Stebbing,The ConversationCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsChemotherapy is a powerful cancer medication—but it can also be a very challenging treatment. It works by killing fast-growing c

Updated on:November 10,2024

Chatter between cell populations drives progression of gastrointestinal tumors

by University of California - San DiegoCredit: CC0 Public DomainGastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a subytpe of cancers known as sarcomas. GIST is the most common type of sarcoma with ap

Updated on: May 09,2024

Chatter between cell populations drives progression of gastrointestinal tumors

by University of California - San DiegoCredit: CC0 Public DomainGastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a subytpe of cancers known as sarcomas. GIST is the most common type of sarcoma with ap

Updated on:May 09,2024