Link discovered between sensory neurons and breast cancer metastasis
Cancer doesn’t grow in a vacuum—each tumor grows in a particular microenvironment within the body and spreads through a tangled…
Cancer doesn’t grow in a vacuum—each tumor grows in a particular microenvironment within the body and spreads through a tangled…
Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk…
The most lethal feature of any cancer is metastasis, the spread of cancer cells throughout the body. New research led…
In a phase 2 clinical trial of the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab, investigators found that 42 percent of patients with…
When cancer spreads to the brain, treatment options fall off. Most of the drugs designed to target metastases do not…
Medicare costs for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer have risen sharply within the last 15 years – reflecting increased use…
An experimental therapy showed promise as treatment for an aggressively spreading type of colorectal cancer in preclinical models, according to…
Residual tumors from Black patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative primary breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) had a higher…
As cancers grow and potentially spread to new parts of the body, they often shed cells and DNA into the…
A new treatment developed at Tel Aviv University may significantly enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, reducing…
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to intermittent hormone therapy improved progression-free…
Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations and possibly extend overall survival in people…
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…
Brain metastasis is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths and occurs very frequently in patients with advanced…
The spreading of different types of cancer cells to the brain, forming brain metastases, is the main cause of morbidity…
Bacteria promote cancer metastasis by bolstering the strength of host cells against mechanical stress in the bloodstream, promoting cell survival…
“We must not only look inside the tumour but also outside of it,” says Héctor Peinado, a researcher at the…
Bone cancer is hard to treat and prone to metastasis. Research teams at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine…
For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor’s own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in…
Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to form distant tumors in the body, can be triggered…