Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN September 11, 2022 Dr Deborah Schrag PARIS — New results from a large prospective trial give a better idea of how a blood test that can detect multiple cancers performs in a “real-life” setting. “As this technology develops, people must continue with their standard cancer screening, but this is a glimpse of what...
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Blood Test for Multiple Cancers: Many False Positives
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN September 11, 2022 Dr Deborah Schrag PARIS — New results from a large prospective trial give a better idea of how a blood test that can detect multiple cancers performs in a “real-life” setting. “As this technology develops, people must continue with their standard cancer screening, but this is a glimpse...
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Studies reveal new insights into gut microbiome impact on immunotherapy response in multiple cancers, including glioblastoma
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ABSTRACTS: 2006, 2511 CHICAGO ― Two studies led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that shed new light on the potential of the gut microbiome as a targetable biomarker to improve responses to immunotherapy were presented today at the 2022 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. The findings include...
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Male carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation also at risk of multiple cancers
People who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation have an increased risk of pancreatic, stomach and prostate cancers, as well as the previously well-known risk of breast and ovarian cancers – but not for melanoma, according to new University of Melbourne led research calling for increased testing in male carriers to detect the cancers early. The study used...
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Researchers Have Found a Drug That Can Help Slow the Spread of Multiple Cancers
IN BRIEF Scientists working with Cancer Research UK have discovered that a drug developed to treat organ fibrosis can block an enzyme that assists in the spread of cancer cells. In tests conducted on mice, it was able to reduce the size of tumors by up to 50 percent. SLOWING DOWN CANCER Cancer is one...
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Scientists deliver knockout blow to multiple cancers
Targeting healthy cells that have been hijacked by cancer cells could help treat many different types of the disease, according to research* funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute today (Thursday). Scientists found that targeting an enzyme known as NOX4 stops the action of a type of cell called...