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New findings offer hope for children with aggressive brain tumors

Findings published in Oncotarget offer new hope for children with highly aggressive brain tumors like atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) and medulloblastoma.

28 Nov 2017

New cancer drug begins clinical trial in human patients with rare brain tumor

A drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct has been cleared for use in a clinical trial of patients with anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare malignant brain tumor, and glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive late-stage cancer of the brain.

28 Nov 2017

Study finds specific tumor environment that stimulates cancer cells to metastasize

A new study, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, has identified how the environment surrounding a tumor can stimulate metastatic behavior in the individual cancer cells. Researchers found that the tumor cells activate a particular set of genes and begin to form blood vessel-like structures when they are confined in a densely packed environment.

22 Nov 2017

Oncologists find new biomarker for breast cancer having poor prognosis

With the support of the FWF, an oncologist found a biomarker for breast cancer having a poor prognosis and developed two viable methods to detect it in tissue samples.

22 Nov 2017

Scientists discover how tumor environment can trigger metastatic behavior in cancer cells

A team of bioengineers and bioinformaticians at the University of California San Diego have discovered how the environment surrounding a tumor can trigger metastatic behavior in cancer cells.

22 Nov 2017

Research findings offer prime drug targets to treat rare liver cancer that strikes young people

After years of rigorous research, a team of scientists has identified the genetic engine that drives a rare form of liver cancer. The findings offer prime targets for drugs to treat the usually lethal disease, fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC), which mainly strikes adolescents and young adults.

22 Nov 2017

Researchers develop new tool to share clinico-genomic data

Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have developed a new tool that provides standard and shared clinico-genomic data among European healthcare institutions.

20 Nov 2017

FAIMS technology holds potential to be effective screening tool for pancreatic cancer

In research published in the latest edition of the UEG Journal, Scientists in Finland demonstrated that there is variance in the volatile compounds found in the urine of pancreatic cancer patients to that of healthy controls.

17 Nov 2017

Study identifies molecular pathway critical to development of fibrosis

A study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and University Health Network in Toronto has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be critical to the development of fibrosis - scarring and excessive tissue deposition that result from abnormal healing responses and can compromise the function of vital organs.

15 Nov 2017

Study provides new insights into basis for responsiveness of testicular cancer to chemotherapy

Cornell researchers have taken a major step toward answering a key question in cancer research: Why is testicular cancer so responsive to chemotherapy, even after it metastasizes?

14 Nov 2017

Novel AR glasses help doctors to locate lymph nodes during surgery

Malignant tumors often form metastases that spread to other parts of the body via the lymphatic system. High surgical skills are required to identify the precise location of the affected lymph nodes, enabling them to be completely removed.

14 Nov 2017

Scientists uncover mechanism that prevents tumor growth in melanoma

Natural Killer (NK) cells, lymphocytes of the innate immune system with strong cytotoxic activity, play a major role in the immune response against tumors.

8 Nov 2017

Non-invasive diagnostic tool developed for early detection of ovarian cancer

Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to develop a new technique to detect ovarian cancer early and accurately.

31 Oct 2017

HPV vaccination and screening combination can decrease cancer risk by more than 90%

Every year there are around 400 new cases of cervical cancer and a total of approximately 800 cancers associated with HPV (human papilloma virus). Two measures could reverse this trend: the nonavalent HPV vaccination co-developed at MedUni Vienna's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology under the supervision of Elmar Joura and HPV screening by means of smear tests as secondary prevention.

30 Oct 2017

Mechanical memory of cells could hold new clues to tumor invasion

In the body, cells move around to form organs during development; to heal wounds; and when they metastasize from cancerous tumors.

28 Oct 2017

Sunovion announces results from Phase 3 clinical study of new drug in children, adolescents with bipolar depression

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced post-hoc analysis results of a positive Phase 3 placebo-controlled clinical study, as well as interim data from a long-term open-label extension study evaluating Latuda (lurasidone HCI) in children and adolescents (10 to 17 years of age) with major depressive episodes associated with bipolar I disorder (bipolar depression).

28 Oct 2017

Malignant News and Research

New findings offer hope for children with aggressive brain tumors

New cancer drug begins clinical trial in human patients with rare brain tumor

Study finds specific tumor environment that stimulates cancer cells to metastasize

Oncologists find new biomarker for breast cancer having poor prognosis

Scientists discover how tumor environment can trigger metastatic behavior in cancer cells

Research findings offer prime drug targets to treat rare liver cancer that strikes young people

Researchers develop new tool to share clinico-genomic data

FAIMS technology holds potential to be effective screening tool for pancreatic cancer

Study identifies molecular pathway critical to development of fibrosis

Study provides new insights into basis for responsiveness of testicular cancer to chemotherapy

Novel AR glasses help doctors to locate lymph nodes during surgery

Scientists uncover mechanism that prevents tumor growth in melanoma

Non-invasive diagnostic tool developed for early detection of ovarian cancer

HPV vaccination and screening combination can decrease cancer risk by more than 90%

Mechanical memory of cells could hold new clues to tumor invasion

Sunovion announces results from Phase 3 clinical study of new drug in children, adolescents with bipolar depression

Newly identified microRNA impedes malignancy of tumor cells and metastasis

Pharmacist identifies protein linked to tumor growth in gallbladder cancer

'Intelligent' nanoparticles could help treat cancer patients

New drug offers hope for treatment of aggressive T-PLL leukemia

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