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10/1/21 Pancreatic cancer ‘priming’ may make chemotherapy more effective

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 by Garvan Institute of Medical Research A new approach to 'prime' the tumor environment may improve how effective chemotherapy is for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, one of the most aggressive forms of pancreatic...

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10/1/21 How high-fat diets allow cancer cells to go unnoticed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory A high-fat diet increases the incidence of colorectal cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow Semir Beyaz and collaborators from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

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10/1/21 Some chemotherapy side effects caused by single mutation could be prevented

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 by Will Doss, Northwestern University Harmful side effects from a common chemotherapy drug could be the result of a single mutation, according to a study published in Cell Stem Cell. The cardiotoxic...

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10/1/21 Breast cancer researchers learn how to teach an old drug new tricks to help patients

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 Breast cancer researchers learn how to teach an old drug new tricks to help patients by Chris Malina, University of Wisconsin-Madison Beth Weaver wanted to know if there was a way to...

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10/1/21 Eating spinach could protect against colon cancer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 by Lindsey Hendrix, Texas A&M University A new study from the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) suggests eating spinach could prevent colon cancer. And now, building on previous...

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10/1/21 Study: Higher alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of cancers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 by Dresden University of Technology Europe is the region with the highest per capita consumption of alcohol in the world. To reduce alcohol consumption and the associated health burden, increasing taxes on...

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08/19/21 First 3D-bioprinting of entire active tumor

AUGUST 18, 2021 by Tel-Aviv University Microscopic image of the 3D-bioprinted glioblastoma model. The bioprinted blood vessels are covered with endothelial cells (red) and pericytes (cyan). The blood vessels are surrounded with a brain-mimicking tissue...

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08/19/21 New treatment method for breast cancer with less side effects

AUGUST 18, 2021 by Karolinska Institutet Thomas Hatschek, associate professor at the department of Oncology-Pathology, together with colleagues, has recently published an article in JAMA Oncology showing that a new treatment for breast cancer with...

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08/19/21 Evolutionary forces affecting blood system aging could help identify people at increased risk of blood cancer

AUGUST 17, 2021 by Ontario Institute for Cancer Research As people age, mutations can build up in blood stem cells and their clones in a process known as age-related clonal hematopoiesis, or ARCH. ARCH can...

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08/19/21 Experimental drug that boosts immunotherapy shows promise in bladder cancer study

AUGUST 16, 2021 by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Experimental drug that boosts immunotherapy shows promise in bladder cancer study http://www.scientificanimations.com/, CC BY-SA 4.0 A new study in mice found that adding the experimental drug...

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08/19/21 Wearable temperature sensor provides early warning for complications in cancer patients

AUGUST 13, 2021 by University of Michigan A simple, wearable temperature sensor was able to detect dangerous complications in hospitalized cancer patients hours earlier than routine monitoring, a team from the University of Michigan Rogel...

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08/19/21 New advances in treating non-small cell lung cancer

AUGUST 12, 2021 by Yale University A new publication by Yale Cancer Center highlights recent breakthrough therapies developed to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The goal of the study is to provide views on...

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08/19/21 Analysis shows how a rare population of cancer cells contributes to disease relapse

AUGUST 11, 2021 by Allessandra Dicorato, Harvard Medical School Most cancer-related deaths occur not from the first tumor to arise in a patient but from cancers that reappear months or years after treatment. Scientists think...

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08/19/21 Hunting Down The Mutations That Cause Cancer Drug Resistance

AUGUST 10, 2021 Hunting down the mutations that cause cancer drug resistance by UT Southwestern Medical Center Using a virus to purposely mutate genes that produce cancer-driving proteins could shed light on the resistance that...

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08/19/21 Cervical cancer rates stable or trending down in countries with effective screening measures

AUGUST 9, 2021 by Wiley A recent trend analysis indicates that cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have remained stable or are dropping in most countries across the globe. These rates differ based on each...

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08/19/21 Artificial Intelligence aids in discovery of new prognostic biomarkers for breast cancer

AUGUST 6, 2021 by Case Western Reserve University Artificial Intelligence aids in discovery of new prognostic biomarkers for breast cancer Images of the collagen network in breast tissue samples. Credit: Case Western Reserve University Scientists...

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08/19/21 Vitamin D reduces the need for opioids in palliative cancer

AUGUST 5, 2021 by Karolinska Institutet Vitamin D reduces the need for opioids in palliative cancer Main analysis: forest plots with beta coefficient and 95% CI over the opioid use in the ‘Palliative-D’ study. The...

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08/4/21 Frequent consumption of peanuts by cancer patients may increase risk of cancer spread

AUGUST 4, 2021 by University of Liverpool A study by University of Liverpool researchers has identified new factors accompanying previous findings that frequent consumption of peanuts by cancer patients could increase risk of cancer spread....

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08/4/21 Statins may improve survival for triple-negative breast cancer patients

AUGUST 3, 2021 by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center A study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found a significant association between cholesterol-lowering drugs commonly known...

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08/4/21 Combined therapy shows promise for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

AUGUST 2, 2021 by Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University A combination therapy pairing a small molecule inhibitor with monoclonal antibody immunotherapy improved patient outcomes for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a Northwestern Medicine clinical...

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