Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years of cancer diagnosis, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Thyroid cancer occurs when cancerous tumors or nodules grow in the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland at the front of...
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Two teams independently come up with a way to avert CRS in CAR T-cell therapies
Two teams of researchers, one working in the U.S., the other in Italy, have come up with new ways to avert cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in leukemia patients who undergo CAR T-cell therapies. In the first, the researchers working at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York developed a mouse model to replicate the conditions under which...
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VTCRI scientists identify novel cellular mechanism that can lead to cancer metastasis
Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have added a new dimension to the understanding of how cells alter their communication with one another during development, wound healing, and the spread of cancer. IMAGE: LED BY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JAMES SMYTH (PICTURED HERE), A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AT THE VIRGINIA TECH CARILION RESEARCH INSTITUTE USED SUPER RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO...
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New ‘unified theory’ of childhood leukemia raises possibility of preventing the disease
Kids who develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be the victims of a triple-whammy stroke of bad luck, according to a provocative new theory from a respected British cancer researcher. If the explanation turns out to be correct, it would be good news for the most common type of childhood cancer: Doctors could prevent cases of...
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A new Achilles’ heel of blood cancer
New potential target identified to fight acute myeloid leukemia CEMM RESEARCH CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE OF THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Vienna, May 18, 2018) AML is not a single disease. It is a group of leukemias that develop in the bone marrow from progenitors of specialized blood cells, the so-called myeloid cells. Rapidly growing and dividing,...
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Enzyme blocker stops growth of deadly brain tumor
Investigators were able to halt the growth of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, by inhibiting an enzyme called CDK5, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Cell Reports. Glioblastoma cells (orange) spread throughout a fly brain (normal cells in blue), used to model human cancer. Credit: Northwestern University The discovery of this enzyme’s...
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My cancer is in remission – does this mean I’m cured?
We only know if a cancer has been cured in hindsight. Credit: Kaylee Eden on Unsplash So you’ve been through cancer treatment and your doctor has called you in for “some good news”. Satisfied, she tells you your cancer is “in remission.” What does this mean? Are you cured? Is the cancer gone forever? And what about...
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Type 2 diabetes ups risk of renal cancer in women, but not men
(HealthDay)—Type 2 diabetes is independently associated with a greater risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in women, but not in men, according to a study published online April 20 in Diabetes Care. Rebecca E. Graff, Sc.D., from Harvard University in Boston, and colleagues used data from 117,570 women participating in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS; 1976 to 2014)...
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TGen develops quality-control test for detecting cancer in blood
Rapid, non-invasive diagnosis assisted by TGen assay could be used to help detect many types of cancer PHOENIX, Ariz. — May 9, 2018 — Imagine how much patients could benefit if you could discover the presence of cancer, and even how that cancer develops over time, with a simple blood test. There is vast potential...
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Amplification of key cellular organizer may initiate cancer, study suggests
Cells begin to accumulate centrosomes—organelles that play a vital role during cell division—before they transform into cancer cells, according to a new study of patients with Barrett’s esophagus condition, which is associated with esophageal cancer. The research, which will be published May 8 in the Journal of Cell Biology, suggests that similar cases of centrosome amplification may...