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Colorectal cancer diagnosis found to impact lives of younger adults differently than older adults

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Younger adults with colon cancer tend to be diagnosed at a later stage and have more aggressive types of tumors. Additionally, young patients living with colorectal cancer have long-term, adverse consequences on their lives, which are different from the impact the disease has on older adults, according to two studies...

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Researchers suggest rethinking ‘cancer’ label for early-stage prostate changes

A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that patients may benefit if doctors stop calling certain early-stage changes to the prostate “cancer” at all. The paper is titled “When is prostate cancer really cancer?”. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide in men, but far more...

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Breast cancer drug shows potential for rare appendix cancer

As an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is among the top 4% of approximately 1,500 cancer centers in the United States, and one of only 57 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation. Credit: Kyle Dykes, UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of...

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Bacterial vaccine shows promise as cancer immunotherapy

Columbia researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells. Columbia University Irving Medical Center image:  Engineered bacterial cells (purple) activate several parts of the immune system to attack tumor cells (gray). Credit: Columbia University Columbia researchers have engineered probiotic bacteria that educate...

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Researchers evaluate beneficial effects of fermented black garlic extract on prostate cancer

Effects of aged black garlic water extract (ABGE) on cell proliferation of control prostate (PNT-2) (a), androgen-dependent (LNCaP) (b), and androgen-independent (PC-3) (c) prostate cancer (PCa) cells. Cell proliferation and growth were evaluated by resazurin reagent after incubation for 24, 48, and 72 h of PNT-2, LNCaP, and PC-3 cell lines with ABGE at different...

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Study suggests around 40% of postmenopausal hormone positive breast cancers are linked to excess body fat

Credit: Bryce Carithers from Pexels Around 40% of postmenopausal hormone positive breast cancer cases may be linked to excess body fat, suggests Spanish research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. This proportion is significantly higher than one in 10 such cases currently attributed to excess weight, using the widely used measure of...

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New findings on stem cells and development of cancer

Peer-Reviewed Publication Umea University image:  Francesca Aguilo, associate professor at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University and leader of the study. Credit: Mattias Pettersson A study led by Umeå University, Sweden, have made new discoveries about how stem cells develop and transition into specialised cells. The discovery can provide increased understanding of how...

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Promising drug combo targets aggressive bladder cancers

September 25, 2024 by Columbia University Tumors in a section of untreated muscle invasive bladder cancer (left) vs. section treated with Rosiglitazone and Trametinib showing 91% fewer tumors (right). Credit: Columbia UniversityA new study in mice by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) has identified a promising drug combination for the treatment...

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Epigenetic test could help predict efficacy of immunotherapy in multiple myeloma

Epigenetic characterization of PVR shows the correlation between promoter DNA methylation and expression. Credit: Leukemia (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02419-z Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that appears mainly after the age of 60. Its incidence, therefore, increases with the aging of the population. In this pathology, the bone marrow, the porous structure within the bones that...

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Study shows cancer vaccine blocks tumor progression at early lesion stage

C A cancer vaccine that had little success in clinical trials for patients with advanced tumors could potentially have efficacy if administered earlier in the treatment cycle, according to a study from Vanderbilt researchers. The investigators demonstrated in a mouse model that the cancer vaccine can block tumor progression if administered when the lesions are at an...