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New database could speed the development of gene-targeted therapies for breast cancer

All current breast cancer drugs were first tested in cell lines. Each cell line began as cancer in a patient. As such, each cell line is a surrogate for that patient's disease.

19 Aug 2020

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

A new study appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States.

19 Aug 2020

UIC's first-of-its-kind contraceptive receives FDA approval

A first-of-its-kind contraceptive developed at the University of Illinois Chicago has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

19 Aug 2020

Researchers identify drug that improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, have utilized its statewide observational database of more than 5,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients to show that a drug normally used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatments, tocilizumab, improves hospital survival in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

19 Aug 2020

New approach to chronic pain treatment could bring relief

Something like a quarter of the world's population suffers from chronic pain at some point in their lives. As opposed to acute pain - for example, the feeling after hitting your finger with a hammer - chronic pain may not even have a clear cause, and it can linger for years or lifetimes.

19 Aug 2020

Study sheds light on 500-year old mystery about the human heart

Researchers have investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibres that line the inner surface of the heart. The study, published in the journal Nature, sheds light on questions asked by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago, and shows how the shape of these muscles impacts heart performance and heart failure.

19 Aug 2020

Enzalutamide has added benefit for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer at high risk of metastasis

In 2018 and 2019, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care already investigated whether the drug enzalutamide has an advantage in comparison with the appropriate comparator therapy, i.e. in comparison with watchful waiting while maintaining ongoing conventional androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), for adult men with high-risk non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

19 Aug 2020

Removing copper from blood can destroy deadliest cancers that are resistant to immunotherapy

Australian researchers have discovered that removing copper from the blood can destroy some of the deadliest cancers that are resistant to immunotherapy using models of the disease.

19 Aug 2020

Study shows how PIM kinases enhance cancer cell motility

PIM kinases are enzymes that promote metastatic growth and spread of cancer cells. Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, have obtained new information on how the PIM kinases enhance cancer cell motility by regulating the formation of actin fibers in the cytoskeleton.

19 Aug 2020

Microbial diversity can improve treatment for cancer patients

Physicians at City of Hope, working in collaboration with scientists at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), have found that greater gut microbial diversity in patients with metastatic kidney cancer is associated with better treatment outcomes on Food and Drug Administration-approved immunotherapy regimens.

19 Aug 2020

Study identifies key gene as future therapeutic target for aggressive endometrial cancer

A new study has identified a key gene in aggressive endometrial cancer, which could lead to a targeted therapeutic strategy to improve survival rates.

19 Aug 2020

COVID-19 pandemic delays care for half of breast cancer survivors

The results of an online questionnaire of 609 breast cancer survivors in the U.S. suggest that nearly half of patients experienced delays in care during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, is published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

19 Aug 2020

Researchers establish lung cancer public health screening guidelines for African Americans

Public health screening guidelines for lung cancer followed by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) undercount African Americans, contributing to disparities in lung cancer screening and treatment, according to a study published today in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

19 Aug 2020

Study considers strategies used for multidisciplinary breast cancer management during COVID-19 pandemic

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this commentary article the authors Chi Wei Mok, Yert Li Melissa Seet and Su-Ming Tan from Changi General Hospital, Singapore and Singhealth Duke-NUS Breast Centre, Singapore consider experiences and strategies used by a Singapore breast surgical unit for multidisciplinary breast cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Aug 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New database could speed the development of gene-targeted therapies for breast cancer

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

UIC's first-of-its-kind contraceptive receives FDA approval

Researchers identify drug that improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

New approach to chronic pain treatment could bring relief

Study sheds light on 500-year old mystery about the human heart

Enzalutamide has added benefit for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer at high risk of metastasis

Removing copper from blood can destroy deadliest cancers that are resistant to immunotherapy

Study shows how PIM kinases enhance cancer cell motility

Microbial diversity can improve treatment for cancer patients

Study identifies key gene as future therapeutic target for aggressive endometrial cancer

COVID-19 pandemic delays care for half of breast cancer survivors

Researchers establish lung cancer public health screening guidelines for African Americans

Study considers strategies used for multidisciplinary breast cancer management during COVID-19 pandemic

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Nano and microplastics found in all human organs and tissues

Diabetes-related complications increase with elevated levels of heart failure marker

COVID-19 has caused severe disruptions to psycho-social care of cancer patients

Declining milk consumption trends among children may affect future health

Shielding stem cells with novel biomaterial can reduce heart attack damage

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