by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Impending hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis in cirrhotic patients after HCV cure features a natural killer cell signature. Credit: Hepatology (2024). DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000804A research team at the MHH is comparing changes in natural killer cells of the innate immune defense system in chronic hepatitis C sufferers as a risk factor for...
Tag: <span>carcinoma</span>
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Lung Cancer and Nail Clubbing
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Nail clubbing is characterized by specific changes around and under the toe and fingernails that are caused by certain diseases. Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of nail clubbing. What is nail clubbing? Nail clubbing, also called digital clubbing or Hippocratic nail, is...
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Precision medicine identifies key recurring mutation in head and neck cancers
by University of California – San Diego Head and neck cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) account for the majority of these cases. In a new study, based on preclinical research and published July 29, 2020 in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal of the American...
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Research team develops novel anti-viral targeted drug for nasopharyngeal cancer treatment
by Hong Kong Baptist University A research team led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has developed a novel anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) drug that can selectively disrupt a viral protein produced by EBV, leading to the shrinkage of tumors caused by the virus. It is the first known agent to successfully target the virus and...
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Immunotherapy before surgery could advance care of an aggressive form of skin cancer
In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind study to evaluate the safety of a type of immunotherapy before surgery in patients with an aggressive form of skin cancer, researchers report that the treatment eliminated pathologic evidence of cancer in nearly half of the study participants undergoing surgery. In patients whose tumors respond, this treatment...
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Review: Treatments for primary basal cell carcinoma compared
(HealthDay)—For patients with primary basal cell carcinoma (BCC), estimated recurrence rates are similarly low for excision, Mohs surgery, curettage and diathermy, and external-beam radiation, according to a review and meta-analysis published online Sept. 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Aaron M. Drucker, M.D., from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, R.I., and...