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02/23/21 New immunotherapy target discovered for malignant brain tumors

FEBRUARY 15, 2021 by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Scientists say they have discovered a potential new target for immunotherapy of malignant brain tumors, which so far have resisted the ground-breaking cancer treatment based on harnessing the...

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02/23/21 New immunotherapy target discovered for malignant brain tumors

FEBRUARY 15, 2021 by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Scientists say they have discovered a potential new target for immunotherapy of malignant brain tumors, which so far have resisted the ground-breaking cancer treatment based on harnessing the...

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02/23/21 New class of drug leads to 30 percent reduced risk of death for bladder cancer patients

FEBRUARY 12, 2021 by Queen Mary, University of London A new type of drug that helps target chemotherapy directly to cancer cells has been found to significantly increase survival of patients with the most common...

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02/11/21 Study: New prostate cancer test could avoid unnecessary biopsies

FEBRUARY 11, 2021 by University of Michigan A urine test based on University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center research could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while failing to detect only a...

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02/11/21 Study: New prostate cancer test could avoid unnecessary biopsies

FEBRUARY 11, 2021 by University of Michigan A urine test based on University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center research could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while failing to detect only a...

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02/11/21 Why Black men’s prostate cancer may be more responsive to immunotherapy

FEBRUARY 10, 2021 by Northwestern University prostate cancer Micrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia Black men die more often of prostate cancer yet, paradoxically, have greater survival...

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02/11/21 New study discovers possible early detection method for elusive ovarian cancer

FEBRUARY 9, 2021 by University of Minnesota Medical School A study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School found a way to detect the presence of ovarian cancer in patients using Pap...

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02/11/21 Melanoma breakthrough: New treatment saving lives

FEBRUARY 8, 2021 by Melanoma Institute Australia In what is being hailed as one of the biggest breakthroughs in melanoma treatment since the advent of immunotherapy, a new study has revealed that drug treatment before...

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02/11/21 Drug ‘breakthrough’ gives longest-ever survival in nonresectable liver cancer patients

FEBRUARY 6, 2021 by Spink Health The IMbrave150 trial found median overall survival was 19.2 months in patients treated with atezo+bev vs 13.4 months for those treated with sorafenib alone, the current standard treatment (HR,...

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02/11/21 New drug targets for childhood cancer neuroblastoma identified

FEBRUARY 5, 2021 by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has answered important questions about the genesis of the disease. The researchers from the Wellcome...

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02/11/21 New drug targets for childhood cancer neuroblastoma identified

FEBRUARY 5, 2021 by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has answered important questions about the genesis of the disease. The researchers from the Wellcome...

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02/11/21 Female breast cancer surpasses lung as the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide

FEBRUARY 4, 2021 Female breast cancer surpasses lung as the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide by American Cancer Society Cancer ranks as a leading cause of death in every country in the world, and, for...

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02/11/21 More than half of cancer survivors have underlying medical conditions associated with severe COVID-19

FEBRUARY 3, 2021 More than half of cancer survivors have underlying medical conditions associated with severe COVID-19 by American Cancer Society A new study finds more than half (56.4%) of cancer survivors in the United...

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02/11/21 Shorter radiotherapy course reduces risk of bladder cancer returning

FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Shorter radiotherapy course reduces risk of bladder cancer returning by Institute of Cancer Research Shorter radiotherapy course reduces risk of bladder cancer returning Image: Radiotherapy machine at The Royal Marsden Hospital. Credit:...

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02/11/21 Working outdoors linked to lower risk of breast cancer among older women

FEBRUARY 1, 2021 Working outdoors linked to lower risk of breast cancer among older women by British Medical Journal Working outdoors over many years is linked to a lower risk of breast cancer in women...

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11/4/20 New approach to fighting cancer could reduce costs and side effects

OCTOBER 20, 2020 by Kathy Sharrad, University of South Australia UniSA's Future Industries Institute Ph.D. student Mona Elsemary has developed a microfluidic approach to purify chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) cells, the bioengineered immune cells that...

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11/4/20 U.S. incidence of distant-stage prostate cancer up, 2010 to 2017

OCTOBER 16, 2020 U.S. incidence of distant-stage prostate cancer up, 2010 to 2017 (HealthDay)—Although three-fourths of U.S. prostate cancer cases in 2003 to 2017 were localized, the incidence of distant-stage prostate cancer significantly increased during...

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11/4/20 Many male breast cancers diagnosed late, and delays can be lethal

OCTOBER 15, 2020 by E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporter Many male breast cancers diagnosed late, and delays can be lethal (HealthDay)—Breast cancer in men is rare. But because it's not often suspected in men, diagnosis often...

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11/4/20 Relationship explored between physical activity and lymphoma

OCTOBER 14, 2020 Relationship explored between physical activity and lymphoma (HealthDay)—High levels of physical activity may lower the risk for developing lymphoma, according to a review/meta-analysis published online Oct. 6 in BMC Cancer. Gwynivere A....

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11/4/20 Study examines cancer’s effects on young women’s employment and finances

OCTOBER 12, 2020 Study examines cancer's effects on young women's employment and finances by Wiley Cancer and its treatment can impact an individual's ability to work, and employment disruptions can lead to financial hardships. A...

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