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Specific diets may help prevent colorectal cancer in high-risk groups

Colorectal cancer is the most prevalent malignant tumor in Spain. It is known that factors such as diet and intestinal inflammation play an important role in its occurrence, but direct links between nutrients, inflammation and colorectal cancer are poorly described.

21 Dec 2017

Nanomedicine platform can guide doctors to remove tumors and kill malignant cells

Oregon State University scientists have developed a nanomedicine platform for cancer that can help doctors know which tissue to cut out as well as kill any malignant cells that can't be surgically removed.

21 Dec 2017

Study findings could lead to less expensive and more effective cancer treatments

The latest generation of cancer treatments spring from the discovery that the human immune system is able to beat the disease. Like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," what research teams around the world have spent decades searching for was right in their own backyard all along.

20 Dec 2017

Certain brain tumor patients more likely to receive short hospice services, study finds

While more than 60 percent of patients with the brain tumors called malignant gliomas enroll in hospice services, almost a quarter of them do so within a week of death, probably too late for patients and family members to benefit from hospice care.

20 Dec 2017

Stem cells remain healthy following low-dose X-ray exposure, say biophysicists

Biophysicists have shown that following low-dose exposure to X-rays (at 80 milligrays), stem cells remain healthy, proliferate, and do not accumulate DNA damage to be passed on to their progeny. The paper was published in the journal Aging.

20 Dec 2017

Researchers identify novel mechanism that protects from brain tumor

A group of researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre have identified a protein called RanBP6 as a new regulator of EGFR. In a paper published in Nature Communications they show how silencing of RanBP6 promoted glioma growth, by upregulating EGFR expression.

18 Dec 2017

Research uncovers mechanism implicated in defective function of tumor-associated dendritic cells

A new study from The Wistar Institute revealed the mechanism implicated in the defective function of tumor-associated dendritic cells (DCs), a specialized type of immune cells that expose the antigens on their surface to activate the T cells.

15 Dec 2017

Study provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating cellular fate of SCCs

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in EMBO Reports, 7 December 2017, new molecular mechanisms regulating cellular fate of squamous cell carcinomas.

15 Dec 2017

Belgian researchers create transplantable artificial ovary prototype

Belgian researchers have taken important steps towards creating transplantable artificial ovaries. Once successful, these could be of value to women struggling with infertility or cancer patients who cannot conceive after undergoing radiation or chemotherapy.

13 Dec 2017

Study provides new insights into mechanism of tumor survival in glioblastoma

A Northwestern Medicine study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, has provided new insights into a mechanism of tumor survival in glioblastoma and demonstrated that inhibiting the process could enhance the effects of radiation therapy.

11 Dec 2017

Two immunotherapy approaches for multiple myeloma show hope

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center have developed two experimental immunotherapy methods that include one chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma patients who were not responding to other treatments.

11 Dec 2017

Family members who do not carry inherited mutation have higher risk of melanoma

In families who carry certain inherited mutations that increase the risk for melanoma, members who do not carry the mutation also have an increased risk of melanoma, a study from Karolinska Institutet published in Genetics in Medicine reports.

8 Dec 2017

Bacteria may be involved in progression of cancers in the mouth, study suggests

Scientists at the School of Dental Science in Trinity have made an important discovery involving bacteria and a pre-cancerous growth called oral leukoplakia which can precede oral cancer.

7 Dec 2017

Fusobacterium may play role in colon cancer growth, study finds

Like nomads who carry tokens of home on their travels, colorectal cancer cells that spread to other parts of the body appear to bring several of the species of bacteria that were their companions in the colon, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report in a new study in the journal Science.

7 Dec 2017

Brazilian researchers identify genes linked to melanoma progression

When researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil treated human melanoma cell lines with a synthetic compound similar to curcumin, one of the pigments that give turmeric its orange color, they identified genes with altered expression in potentially invasive tumors and malignant cells resistant to chemotherapy.

6 Dec 2017

Mount Sinai surgeons use BABA technique to remove metastatic cancer in the lateral neck

A team of surgeons at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, led by Hyunsuk Suh, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have performed the first robot-assisted radical neck dissection in the United States using the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA), a surgery that involves removing all of the lymph nodes on one side of the neck.

6 Dec 2017

Malignant News and Research

Specific diets may help prevent colorectal cancer in high-risk groups

Nanomedicine platform can guide doctors to remove tumors and kill malignant cells

Study findings could lead to less expensive and more effective cancer treatments

Certain brain tumor patients more likely to receive short hospice services, study finds

Stem cells remain healthy following low-dose X-ray exposure, say biophysicists

Researchers identify novel mechanism that protects from brain tumor

Research uncovers mechanism implicated in defective function of tumor-associated dendritic cells

Study provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating cellular fate of SCCs

Belgian researchers create transplantable artificial ovary prototype

Study provides new insights into mechanism of tumor survival in glioblastoma

Two immunotherapy approaches for multiple myeloma show hope

Family members who do not carry inherited mutation have higher risk of melanoma

Bacteria may be involved in progression of cancers in the mouth, study suggests

Fusobacterium may play role in colon cancer growth, study finds

Brazilian researchers identify genes linked to melanoma progression

Mount Sinai surgeons use BABA technique to remove metastatic cancer in the lateral neck

Specific protein negatively affects pancreatic cells and leads to cancer growth

Researchers identify vulnerability for glioblastoma subtypes

Understanding molecular mechanisms of signaling pathways to inhibit cancer invasion

Researchers determine 'sweet spot' could enhance diagnosis of melanoma skin lesions

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