July 3, 2023 by Justin Jackson , Medical Xpress Research led by The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Sweden, has compared cardiorespiratory fitness levels and the risk of three of the most common...
ReadJULY 3, 2023 by University of Southampton Research by the University of Southampton into the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in people with lymphoma has shown that repeated vaccination increases their ability to prevent infection from...
ReadJULY 3, 2023 by Elana Gotkine Overweight body mass index (BMI) is associated with favorable outcomes in patients with nonmetastatic head and neck cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy, according to a study published online June 27 in...
ReadJUNE 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys has found that in young women, certain genetic mutations are...
ReadOCTOBER 18, 2022 by the University of Rhode Island Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and Yale University have demonstrated a promising new approach to delivering immunotherapy agents to fight cancer. The approach involves...
ReadOCTOBER 17, 2022 by Molly Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine About one-fourth of recurrent estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers lose ER expression, which renders them resistant to endocrine therapy and able to grow uncontrolled. A...
ReadOctober 3, 2022 Novel inherited variants may raise risk for Hodgkin lymphoma Novel coding and noncoding gene variants have been identified that may increase the risk for developing Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to a study...
ReadSEPTEMBER 28, 2022 by Orlando Health Although recent guidelines state women at average risk should start mammograms at age 40, a new national survey by Orlando Health finds over a fifth of women aged 35-44...
ReadSEPTEMBER 26, 2022 by Johannes Angerer, Medical University of Vienna Heart disease prevention is particularly important in cancer patients Baseline cardiovascular toxicity risk assessment checklist. BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; cTn, cardiac troponin; CTR-CVT, cancer therapy-related...
ReadSEPTEMBER 23, 2022 by UT Southwestern Medical Center Fat cells (shown in red) take on a new form (green) as they come in contact with a tumor (blue). Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Fat cells,...
ReadSEPTEMBER 22, 2022 Active surveillance may be a viable strategy for most diagnosed thyroid cancers, according to a study published online on Sept. 15 in JAMA Oncology. Allen S. Ho, M.D., from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center...
ReadSEPTEMBER 21, 2022 by Katy Bell and Paul Glasziou, The Conversation Older Australians are asked to test every two years. Credit: Shutterstock Last week, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney released a video of themselves...
ReadSEPTEMBER 20, 2022 by Siobhan Glavey, The Conversation Gut bacteria are changed by a high-sugar diet. Credit: Oleksandra Naumenko/Shutterstock We know what we need to do to reduce our risk of getting cancer, right? Wear...
ReadSEPTEMBER 19, 2022 FEATURE by Delthia Ricks, Medical Xpress Just as bacteria, viruses, and fungi develop strategies to outsmart antimicrobial medications, cancer cells can become resistant to chemotherapy. And among tumors, those associated with triple-negative...
ReadSEPTEMBER 16, 2022 by Maureen Salamon, Harvard Medical School Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer often can choose to have a lumpectomy, which removes only cancerous tissue and a thin margin of surrounding healthy cells...
ReadSEPTEMBER 15, 2022 by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University A significant number of people who have survived cancer are living in poverty, which can have negative effects on their physical and mental health,...
ReadSEPTEMBER 14, 2022 Out-of-pocket costs for cancer care keep climbing Cancer patients already have a lot to deal with emotionally and physically. But research shows that insured patients under 65 are also paying more for...
ReadSEPTEMBER 13, 2022 by Allessandra DiCorato, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard The treatment of blood cancers has dramatically improved in the last five years, thanks to a new class of cancer immunotherapies called CAR-T...
ReadSEPTEMBER 12, 2022 Quantitative pathologic analysis may help predict prognosis in CRC The quantitative segmentation algorithm (QuantCRC) may improve the prediction of prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study published online Aug. 16...
ReadSEPTEMBER 10, 2022 by University of Pennsylvania The immune system is equipped to respond not just to external invaders—think viruses, bacteria, and parasites—but also to internal threats, namely, cancer. Yet, frequently, malignancies overcome the immune...
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