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Oncology, meaning bulk, mass, or tumor, and the suffix ''-logy'', meaning "study of") is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors (cancer). A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''.

Bruker introduces Ultima Investigator Plus — Multiphoton microscope for tissue imaging

Bruker today announced the release of the Ultima Investigator Plus, the newest modular platform addition to the industry-leading Ultima line of multiphoton microscopes for deep tissue fluorescence imaging.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 30 Mar 2022

FDA requests nearly 34% increase in funding as part of the President’s fiscal year 2023 budget

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is requesting a total budget of $8.4 billion as part of the President's fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget - a nearly 34% ($2.1 billion) increase over the agency's FY 2022 appropriated funding level for investments in critical public health modernization, core food safety and medical product safety programs and other vital public health infrastructure.

29 Mar 2022

Potential new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer discovered

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that targeting the G alpha 13 protein in pancreatic tumors promotes tumor growth and progression, according to a study published in Cell Reports.

29 Mar 2022

New study highlights the need for UK-US collaboration to address global cancer burden

A new study by leading researchers in the UK and the US has highlighted the critical need for more strategic collaboration between these two global powerhouses of cancer research to address one of the most common causes of premature death worldwide.

29 Mar 2022

Tumor cells camouflage as platelets to go undetected in the bloodstream, finds study

The Liquid Biopsy and Cancer Interception research group—part of the Biohealth Research Institute in Granada (ibs.GRANADA), in which researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) participate—has discovered that tumor cells pass themselves off as platelets to go undetected in the bloodstream.

28 Mar 2022

How malaria drugs could play a part in treating chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancers

In this interview, we speak to Kirill Kiselyov, Ph.D, and Umamaheswar Duvvuri, M.D, Ph.D, from the University of Pittsburgh, about their latest research into hydroxychloroquine, a drug widely used to prevent and treat malaria, as a potential treatment for head and neck cancers.

28 Mar 2022

New trial examines the effectiveness of a two-pronged immunotherapy for glioblastomas

A new clinical trial at the University of Cincinnati is studying the effectiveness of a new two-pronged immunotherapy treatment procedure to treat the most aggressive and deadly type of brain tumors, called glioblastomas. Originating from healthy brain cells, glioblastomas can form in any area of the brain.

25 Mar 2022

Study: False positive mammograms are common after a decade of annual breast cancer screening

A study led by UC Davis Health has found that half of all women will experience at least one false-positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography).

25 Mar 2022

Spinal fluid sampling could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs

Treatment for glioma has long relied on MRI imaging to track tumor markers and treatment response.

24 Mar 2022

Study uncovers a gene that strongly associates with breast cancer patient's treatment outcomes

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente Northern California have identified the first pharmacogenomic marker for anthracyclines and HER2-targeting drugs, two commonly used breast cancer chemotherapies.

23 Mar 2022

Biomarker testing in lung cancer patients has increased in real-world clinical practice, study reveals

More than half of patients diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergo biomarker testing, and this figure has increased over the last five years, reveal real-world data from a Spanish national registry study reported at the European Lung Cancer Congress, 30 March-2 April 2022.

23 Mar 2022

FDA approves new treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma based on Johns Hopkins research

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel therapy for patients with metastatic or inoperable melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer.

23 Mar 2022

Smart bra can aid in early detection of breast cancer

A smart bra device developed in Nigeria can detect breast cancer early, potentially saving African women long journeys to access screening services, its inventor says.

23 Mar 2022

New nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases

Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use.

23 Mar 2022

Researchers receive a combined $1 million grant to study RET-positive lung cancer

University of Colorado Cancer Center member Tejas Patil, MD, is one of three researchers to receive a combined $1 million grant from the Hamoui Foundation and LUNGevity Foundation to study RET-positive lung cancer.

21 Mar 2022

Novel screening platform flags 95% of stage 1 cancers

A novel screening platform has flagged more than 95 percent of stage 1 cancers, according to a pilot study published in Nature Communications Medicine. If validated by future studies, the approach offers a new way to detect the third-leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths in 2020.

21 Mar 2022

Researchers win NIH grant to treat human brain cancer with a drug previously used on canines

The National Institutes of Health is awarding a $3.8 million grant to John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Waldemar Debinski, cancer biology professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

21 Mar 2022

Researchers offer a clear picture of how the 9-1-1 clamp is recruited to sites of DNA damage

DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts in DNA provides information for building an organism.

21 Mar 2022

NIH launches Molecular Characterization Initiative for pediatric tumors

In support of President Biden's Cancer Moonshot℠ goal of fostering data sharing in cancer research, the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched the Molecular Characterization Initiative for pediatric tumors.

21 Mar 2022

Trial shows safety and immunogenicity of immunotherapy with chemoradiation in cervical cancer patients

A Phase I/Ib trial conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) group NRG Oncology, NRG-GY017, concluded that the addition of the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab prior to and concurrently given with chemoradiation (CRT) treatment was safe for women with node-positive, locally advanced cervical cancer.

19 Mar 2022

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Bruker introduces Ultima Investigator Plus — Multiphoton microscope for tissue imaging

FDA requests nearly 34% increase in funding as part of the President’s fiscal year 2023 budget

Potential new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer discovered

New study highlights the need for UK-US collaboration to address global cancer burden

Tumor cells camouflage as platelets to go undetected in the bloodstream, finds study

How malaria drugs could play a part in treating chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancers

New trial examines the effectiveness of a two-pronged immunotherapy for glioblastomas

Study: False positive mammograms are common after a decade of annual breast cancer screening

Spinal fluid sampling could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs

Study uncovers a gene that strongly associates with breast cancer patient's treatment outcomes

Biomarker testing in lung cancer patients has increased in real-world clinical practice, study reveals

FDA approves new treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma based on Johns Hopkins research

Smart bra can aid in early detection of breast cancer

New nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases

Researchers receive a combined $1 million grant to study RET-positive lung cancer

Novel screening platform flags 95% of stage 1 cancers

Researchers win NIH grant to treat human brain cancer with a drug previously used on canines

Researchers offer a clear picture of how the 9-1-1 clamp is recruited to sites of DNA damage

NIH launches Molecular Characterization Initiative for pediatric tumors

Trial shows safety and immunogenicity of immunotherapy with chemoradiation in cervical cancer patients

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