Tag: cancer

October 3, 2023

Credit: VHIO. Chemotherapy resistance is often driven by cancer cells entering into a slow-cycling or dormant state to ...

City of Hope opens first U.S. multicenter clinical trial for robotic single-port mastectomies for breast cancer patients

October 3, 2023

LOS ANGELES — City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, is opening ...

Host genetics helps explain childhood cancer survivors’ mortality risk from second cancers

October 3, 2023

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – October 02, 2023) The population of childhood cancer survivors in the U.S. is increasing, with an overall ...

Genomic analysis reveals ancient cancer lineages in clams

Credit: Pacific Northwest Research Institute Journal Nature Cancer DOI 10.1038/s43018-023-00643-7 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Animals Article ...

Study uncovers function of mysterious disordered regions of proteins implicated in cancer

Study uncovers function of mysterious disordered regions of proteins implicated in cancer Credit: Courtesy of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Study uncovers ...

Liquid biopsy may help identify which patients with non-small cell lung cancer will benefit most from radiation

SAN DIEGO, October 2, 2023 — A novel liquid biopsy test may help determine which patients with non-small cell lung ...

Accelerated radiation treatment could reduce head and neck cancer patient burden in low- and middle-income countries

SAN DIEGO, October 2, 2023 — A type of head and neck cancer predominantly diagnosed in people who reside in ...

Internationally recognized thoracic oncologist Dr. Taofeek K. Owonikoko named Executive Director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, and University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) President ...

Men with metastatic prostate cancer live longer thanks to new drugs

Survival rates for men with metastatic prostate cancer have increased by an average of six months, something which coincides with ...

Advanced bladder cancer patients could keep their bladder under new treatment regime, clinical trial shows

New York, NY (October 2, 2023)—Mount Sinai investigators have developed a new approach for treating invasive bladder cancer without the ...

Susan G. Komen® analysis shows many breast cancer patients struggle to afford basic needs: Housing, transportation, utilities

Lower income breast cancer patients often struggle to afford life’s necessities such as housing, transportation and utilities due to direct ...

Precision medicine navigators increase genomic testing rates for Black patients with prostate cancer

SAN DIEGO, October 1, 2023 — The presence of a clinical navigator to act as a liaison between people with ...

Shorter course of radiation therapy is safe for patients with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone mastectomy and reconstruction

October 1, 2023

Boston – Researchers at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center have found that a shorter course of radiation therapy after mastectomy and ...

Sexual activity and vaginal dilation associated with fewer side effects after cervical cancer treatment

October 1, 2023

SAN DIEGO, October 1, 2023 — People who engage in sexual activity or vaginal dilation after chemoradiation treatment for cervical ...

Hairy polymer balls help get genetic blueprints inside T-cells for blood cancer therapy

September 30, 2023

Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have realized a new polymer that can effectively transport plasmid DNA into ...

High cure rate, low toxicity maintained with shortened radiation treatment for intermediate risk prostate cancer, study finds

ARLINGTON, Va., September 29, 2023 — People with intermediate risk, localized prostate cancer can be treated as effectively using fewer ...

Embargoed Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center ASTRO 2023 Tip Sheet

ALL INFORMATION EMBARGOED UNTIL 5 P.M. ET ON SEPT. 29, 2023 Panel Discussion Getting it All Done – Strategies ...

Steps towards stopping the “conversation” between cancer and nerves

Cancer tumors "hijack" the genetic program used by developing nerves. This is shown in a study by researchers at Umeå ...

Diabetes may accelerate blood cancer growth, yet survival outcomes differ by race

(WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023) – Patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow, who also ...

Racial/ethnic minority patients may be less likely than white patients to receive palliative care during breast cancer treatment