Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations and possibly extend overall survival in people…
Why are cancers of the adrenal glands more common among women? Why are prognoses worse for them? A team of scientists…
Over recent decades, more and more adults under the age of 50 are developing cancer. A study conducted by researchers…
Chemotherapy sucks. The treatments generally have awful side effects, and it’s no secret that the drugs involved are often toxic…
Cancer spreads via circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that travel through the blood to other organs, and they are nearly impossible…
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of body cells leading to the formation of tumors, triggered by the accumulation of mutations…
An international team of researchers led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities engineers have found that cancer cells can gravitate…
Researchers at the University of Southampton have gained unprecedented new insight into the key properties of an antibody needed to…
Women who are longer-term survivors of metastatic breast cancer may have a worse survival rate if they have diabetes and…
Older women with early stage breast cancer may not need radiotherapy after undergoing surgery, McMaster University researcher Timothy Whelan and…
The spreading of different types of cancer cells to the brain, forming brain metastases, is the main cause of morbidity…
A new study in breast cancer survivors has found that chemotherapy, while a critical part of breast cancer therapy, may…
Peripheral membrane proteins have the particularity of temporarily binding to cell membranes, a necessary step for them to be able…
Adding the immunotherapy drug nivolumab to chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) —…
Bacteria promote cancer metastasis by bolstering the strength of host cells against mechanical stress in the bloodstream, promoting cell survival…
In a study conducted at the University of São Paulo’s Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center (HUG-CELL) in Brazil,…
Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients with blood cancer, a study…
A clinical trial has found that the combination of all-trans retinoic acid, which is a metabolite of vitamin A, and…
As we age, many of us acquire mutations that cause some of our blood stem cells to multiply faster than…
What makes pancreatic cancer so deadly is its covert and quick spread. Now, a “time machine” built by Purdue University…
Scientists have identified two subtypes of metastatic prostate cancer that respond differently to treatment, information that could one day guide…
A novel combination of well-known drugs prolongs survival in patients with hormone/castration-sensitive prostate cancer, according to late breaking research presented at the ESMO Congress 2021. (1,2) The PEACE-1 and STAMPEDE…
New research has identified potential treatment that could improve the human immune system’s ability to search out and destroy cancer…
Bone cancer is hard to treat and prone to metastasis. Research teams at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine…
Scientists have made major advances in understanding and developing treatments for many cancers by identifying genetic mutations that drive the…
Lung cancer is a major global cause of mortality, reportedly accounting for 1.7 million deaths each year. The most common…
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to…
Exercise training may slow tumor growth and improve outcomes for females with breast cancer – especially those treated with immunotherapy…
A new large-scale study led by UC Davis Health and UC San Francisco researchers assessed the risks of leukemia in…
Overweight children and adolescents receiving chemotherapy for treatment of leukemia are less successful battling the disease compared to their lean…