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Teens who watch TV shows with ads likely to eat more junk food

Teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more likely to eat hundreds of extra junk food snacks, according to a report by Cancer Research UK.

15 Jan 2018

FDA grants approval for first drug to treat inherited breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasized) and whose tumors have a specific inherited (germline) genetic mutation, making it the first drug in its class (PARP inhibitor) approved to treat breast cancer, and it is the first time any drug has been approved to treat certain patients with metastatic breast cancer who have a "BRCA" gene mutation.

15 Jan 2018

Researchers use immune-mimicking biomaterial scaffolds to fast track T cell therapies

Immunologists and oncologists are harnessing the body's immune system to fight cancers and other diseases with adoptive cell transfer techniques. In a normal immune response, a type of white blood cell known as T cells are instructed by another kind of immune cell called an antigen-presenting cell (APC) to expand their numbers and stay alive.

15 Jan 2018

Researchers develop remote-controlled mechanogenetics system to target and kill cancer cells

A team of researchers has developed an ultrasound-based system that can non-invasively and remotely control genetic processes in live immune T cells so that they recognize and kill cancer cells.

15 Jan 2018

Research sheds new light on genetic, environmental factors that promote prostate cancer metastasis

Prostate tumors tend to be what scientists call "indolent" - so slow-growing and self-contained that many affected men die with prostate cancer, not of it. But for the percentage of men whose prostate tumors metastasize, the disease is invariably fatal.

15 Jan 2018

Stem cell transplant can effectively treat patients with rare autoimmune disease, study shows

An unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem cell transplant, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found.

12 Jan 2018

Study demonstrates best path to accurately diagnose hypertension in children or teens

Nearly one-quarter of children and teens who had their blood pressure screened at a primary care appointment showed a reading in the hypertensive range, but less than half of those readings could be confirmed after the blood pressure was repeated, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study released today in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

12 Jan 2018

Researchers discover new warning system in the immune defense

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have discovered a previously unknown warning system that contributes to the body's immune system. Mitochondria in the white blood cells secrete a web of DNA fibers that raises the alarm.

12 Jan 2018

U.S. FDA approves first drug for patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved LYNPARZA (olaparib) for use in patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative metastatic breast cancer who have been previously treated with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant or metastatic setting.

12 Jan 2018

Discovery suggests new approach for targeting most-wanted molecular culprits in cancer

A discovery by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center presents drug developers with an entirely new tack in targeting one of the most-wanted molecular culprits in cancer.

12 Jan 2018

Exposure to estrogen-mimicking compounds may reverse effects of breast cancer treatment

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that two estrogen-mimicking compounds found in many foods appear to potently reverse the effects of palbociclib/letrozole, a popular drug combination for treating breast cancer.

12 Jan 2018

Groundbreaking report highlights plan to end bowel cancer

A groundbreaking report, led by Professor Mark Lawler, Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics at Queen's University Belfast highlights a plan to end bowel cancer, the second most common cause of cancer death in Europe.

12 Jan 2018

Research provides new model to better ascertain HIV mortality rates in Zambia

A new study that seeks to better ascertain HIV mortality rates in Zambia could provide a model for improved national and regional surveillance approaches, and ultimately, more effective HIV treatment strategies.

12 Jan 2018

Prostate cancer’s gene-determined ‘immune landscape’ dictates tumor progression

The field of immunotherapy - the harnessing of patients' own immune systems to fend off cancer - is revolutionizing cancer treatment today. However, clinical trials often show marked improvements in only small subsets of patients, suggesting that as-yet unidentified variations among tumors result in distinct paths of disease progression and response to therapy.

12 Jan 2018

Harm minimization approach for smoking cessation with e-cigarettes

Quitting smoking is among the top New Year's resolutions, but is notoriously difficult to do and often requires multiple attempts and strategies.

12 Jan 2018

Heart failure patients who have anorexia have worse prognosis

Researchers of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have discovered that patients with heart failure who have anorexia are also more affected in their physical functional capacity and have worse prognosis.

12 Jan 2018

The Virus That Causes Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease May Use Human Protein to Aid Infection

The human protein, prohibitin, may be used by the virus to enter motor neurons and cause the neurological complications of hand, foot and mouth disease.

12 Jan 2018

Progression and regression rates of cervical lesions depend on patient's race, study shows

Physicians determining treatment options following abnormal Pap smears now have another factor to consider: the patient's race.

12 Jan 2018

Novel polygenic hazard score captures age variations of aggressive prostate cancer

An international team, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has developed and validated a genetic tool for predicting age of onset of aggressive prostate cancer, a disease that kills more than 26,000 American men annually.

12 Jan 2018

RAS dimers essential for causing cancer, study shows

Mutated RAS genes are some of the most common genetic drivers of cancer, especially in aggressive cancers like pancreatic and lung cancer, but no medicines that target RAS are available despite decades of effort.

12 Jan 2018

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Teens who watch TV shows with ads likely to eat more junk food

FDA grants approval for first drug to treat inherited breast cancer

Researchers use immune-mimicking biomaterial scaffolds to fast track T cell therapies

Researchers develop remote-controlled mechanogenetics system to target and kill cancer cells

Research sheds new light on genetic, environmental factors that promote prostate cancer metastasis

Stem cell transplant can effectively treat patients with rare autoimmune disease, study shows

Study demonstrates best path to accurately diagnose hypertension in children or teens

Researchers discover new warning system in the immune defense

U.S. FDA approves first drug for patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer

Discovery suggests new approach for targeting most-wanted molecular culprits in cancer

Exposure to estrogen-mimicking compounds may reverse effects of breast cancer treatment

Groundbreaking report highlights plan to end bowel cancer

Research provides new model to better ascertain HIV mortality rates in Zambia

Prostate cancer’s gene-determined ‘immune landscape’ dictates tumor progression

Harm minimization approach for smoking cessation with e-cigarettes

Heart failure patients who have anorexia have worse prognosis

The Virus That Causes Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease May Use Human Protein to Aid Infection

Progression and regression rates of cervical lesions depend on patient's race, study shows

Novel polygenic hazard score captures age variations of aggressive prostate cancer

RAS dimers essential for causing cancer, study shows

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