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Researchers propose alternative treatment to target lymphoma signaling at its root

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are cancers that affect white blood cells of the immune system called B-lymphocytes or B cells. Like cells in all cancers, the B cells begin to grow out of control, creating tumors in the lymph nodes, spleen or other tissues. In 2010 alone, it was estimated that non-Hodgkin lymphomas caused 210,000 deaths worldwide.

22 Mar 2018

Newly designed three-part molecule shows promise to treat breast cancers

A newly designed three-part molecule could be the one answer patients with a certain form of breast cancer are looking for, scientists report.

22 Mar 2018

Gut microbiome may promote pancreatic cancer by inducing immune suppression

Bacterial load was significantly higher in pancreatic tumor samples from patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma compared with pancreatic tissue from normal individuals, and in studies using mice, eliminating certain "bad" bacteria slowed the growth of pancreatic cancer, reversed immune suppression, and upregulated the immune checkpoint protein PD1.

22 Mar 2018

Weight-loss surgery reduces risk for severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure

Patients that underwent weight-loss surgery ran a significantly lower risk of developing severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, when compared to conventionally treated patients, according to a study published in International Journal of Obesity.

22 Mar 2018

States extend Medicaid for birth control, cutting costs — and future enrollment

The Trump administration is weighing whether to allow Texas to receive millions of federal Medicaid dollars for its family planning program, which bars abortion providers.

22 Mar 2018

Researchers prove link between common childhood cancer and inflammation

The team of María Domínguez, researcher for the Neuroscience Institute, joint venture of the Miguel Hernández University in Elche and the Spanish National Research Council, has managed to prove for the first time that an important factor in the development of acute pediatric lymphoblastic leukemia is inflammation.

22 Mar 2018

Indian rural women lack awareness and knowledge about breast cancer

Women in rural India are waiting long before seeking medical care for breast cancer. Most of the Indian women do not know the possibility of inspecting their own body and many of them have not even heard of breast cancer. This is shown in a new dissertation at Umeå University, Sweden.

22 Mar 2018

Agendia receives CE mark for MammaPrint BluePrint Breast Cancer Recurrence and Molecular Subtyping Kit

Agendia, Inc., a world leader in personalized medicine and molecular cancer diagnostics, today announces that its next-generation sequencing-based MammaPrint BluePrint Breast Cancer Recurrence and Molecular Subtyping Kit is now CE marked, enabling the Company to commercialize the device in Europe.

22 Mar 2018

New findings highlight need to reconsider cervical cancer screening guidelines

One in five women diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States will be diagnosed after the age of 65, suggesting that the recommend age to stop cervical cancer screening should be reconsidered, according to researchers who presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s 2018 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.

22 Mar 2018

Immunotherapy combination increases overall survival in people with kidney cancer, study shows

Treating people with advanced metastatic kidney cancer using a combination of the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) significantly increased overall survival versus treatment with sunitinib (Sutent) alone, according to new findings from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that were reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

22 Mar 2018

Stony Brook Medicine expert provides tips for healthy diet to decrease cancer risk

A recent study suggests a link between consuming processed foods and an increase in cancer diagnoses.

21 Mar 2018

Research offers new understanding about cause of Parkinson's disease

Until very recently, Parkinson's had been thought a disease that starts in the brain, destroying motion centers and resulting in tremors and loss of movement.

21 Mar 2018

Targeting aberrantly active telomerase to treat therapy-resistant melanoma

A study conducted at The Wistar Institute in collaboration with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has demonstrated the efficacy of targeting aberrantly active telomerase to treat therapy-resistant melanoma.

21 Mar 2018

Protein profiling reveals new prostate cancer mechanisms

A study by the University of Tampere in Finland used protein profiling to find new prostate cancer mechanisms that are not shown by aberrations at the genomic level. Several new potential biomarkers of prostate cancer were also found.

21 Mar 2018

TPP-related compounds selectively shut down cancer cells with little or no effect on healthy cells

SCIENTISTS seeking to make chemotherapies which are less harmful to cancer patients have reported "highly promising" results from a synthetic molecule called TPP.

21 Mar 2018

New system based on artificial intelligence provides reliable detection of breast cancer

A team of researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Instituto de Física Corpuscular, joint center between the Spanish National Research Council and the University of València have participated in the development of a system that helps diagnose breast cancer and is able to reduce the number of false positives.

21 Mar 2018

Sentinel lymph node biopsies could be safely avoided for some breast cancer patients

Sentinel lymph node biopsies, where lymph nodes are surgically removed to check for signs of breast cancer spread, could be safely avoided for some women, according to research presented at the 11th European Breast Cancer Conference.

21 Mar 2018

New DOD grant to support testing of promising therapy for triple-negative breast cancer

A unique cell surface protein found on triple-negative type breast cancer cells called JAG1 is a promising new therapeutic target for this hard-to-treat and highly metastatic type of breast cancer, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

21 Mar 2018

Discovery of genes could lead to development of novel therapies for EBV-related cancers

VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified two genes that are responsible for governing the replication of the Epstein-Barr virus, an infection that drives the growth of several types of cancer.

21 Mar 2018

Vitamin D deficiency linked to metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women

Results of a study carried out in Brazil showed a strong association between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women.

21 Mar 2018

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers propose alternative treatment to target lymphoma signaling at its root

Newly designed three-part molecule shows promise to treat breast cancers

Gut microbiome may promote pancreatic cancer by inducing immune suppression

Weight-loss surgery reduces risk for severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure

States extend Medicaid for birth control, cutting costs — and future enrollment

Researchers prove link between common childhood cancer and inflammation

Indian rural women lack awareness and knowledge about breast cancer

Agendia receives CE mark for MammaPrint BluePrint Breast Cancer Recurrence and Molecular Subtyping Kit

New findings highlight need to reconsider cervical cancer screening guidelines

Immunotherapy combination increases overall survival in people with kidney cancer, study shows

Stony Brook Medicine expert provides tips for healthy diet to decrease cancer risk

Research offers new understanding about cause of Parkinson's disease

Targeting aberrantly active telomerase to treat therapy-resistant melanoma

Protein profiling reveals new prostate cancer mechanisms

TPP-related compounds selectively shut down cancer cells with little or no effect on healthy cells

New system based on artificial intelligence provides reliable detection of breast cancer

Sentinel lymph node biopsies could be safely avoided for some breast cancer patients

New DOD grant to support testing of promising therapy for triple-negative breast cancer

Discovery of genes could lead to development of novel therapies for EBV-related cancers

Vitamin D deficiency linked to metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women

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