By Bronwyn Thompson July 24, 2023 More than 90% of cancer deaths are the result of the disease metastasizing Depositphotos In a discovery that took researchers by surprise, a protein known to play a crucial role in cancer growth has for the first time been observed traveling into cell nuclei to flick switches that make cancers more...
By Michael Irving July 18, 2023 Scientists have found that triggering “honeybee syndrome” could be an effective secondary treatment against cancer Depositphotos Scientists have discovered that a common natural sugar could play a role in boosting cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Mannose was found to be able to invoke “honeybee syndrome” in cancer cells to slow...
Jul 12, 2023 Mass General Cancer Center’s precision medicine approach resulted in 91 percent reduction in tumor size, with all 15 patients who received one or more cycles of therapy responding to treatment Papillary craniopharyngiomas (PCPs) are a rare type of brain tumor that cause substantial morbidity for patients. While surgery and radiation are often...
July 7, 2023 – By Krista Conger Scientists grew human gastric organoids from stomach cells in a laboratory for two years, tracing patterns of genetic changes associated with pre-cancer Wing Wong Cancer cells-to-be accumulate a series of specific genetic changes in a predictable and sequential way years before they are identifiable as pre-malignancies, researchers at Stanford Medicine have...
By Paul McClure July 05, 2023 A study has found that an energy-producing nutrient is key to maintaining the body’s cancer-destroying immune responseDepositphotos VIEW 1 IMAGES New research has discovered that a fundamental nutrient found in cells is key to maintaining the body’s cancer-destroying immune response. The discovery may lead to more effective ways of...
by Leslie Cantu, Medical University of South Carolina Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Most multiple myeloma patients undergoing stem cell transplants of their own cells can safely be treated in an outpatient setting, thus reducing costs, reducing hospitalization time and potentially increasing patient satisfaction, according to a retrospective study published in Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy by MUSC Hollings Cancer...
LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: DR. SAMAN MALEKI AND DR. JOHN LENEHAN DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THEIR RECENT STUDY ON FECAL TRANSPLANTS FOR ADVANCED MELANOMA PATIENTS. CREDIT: LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE LONDON, ON – In a world-first clinical trial published in the journal Nature Medicine, a multi-centre study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the...
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDReviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Lung cancer is the most common deadly cancer, with 1.6 million cases arising every year. Diversity of many kinds affects the incidence, course, and outcome of lung cancer. Morphologically, lung cancers are of four different types – squamous cell, small cell, large cell, and adenocarcinomas. Image...
by Aarhus University Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to fight tumor cells. While much focus has been on engaging T cells for fighting cancer, less attention has been given to directing the complement system toward tumors. The complement system is an important part of the innate immune...
Neil Osterweil June 04, 2023 UPDATED June 9, 2023 // Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional comments from Dr Rimas Vincas Lukas of Northwestern University. CHICAGO — Patients with a certain type of brain tumor could soon be treated with an oral targeted drug instead of undergoing more toxic chemotherapy and radiation, say researchers reporting new results...
