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Improving cancer awareness among the rural American Indian communities

Phyllis Nassi, MSW, associate director of research and science, special populations, directs the American Indian program at Huntsman Cancer Institute and recently received the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research Distinguished Public Service Award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Advocacy.

6 Apr 2023

$1 million NIH grant to support UTEP's transformative pancreatic cancer research

The University of Texas at El Paso will undertake potentially transformative research on how specific risk factors promote pancreatic cancer development with support from a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute.

6 Apr 2023

Experts urge the reduction of added sugars to around six teaspoons a day

Experts recommend reducing consumption of added ("free") sugars to around six teaspoons a day and limiting sugar-sweetened drinks to less than one serving a week after a comprehensive evidence review published by The BMJ today.

6 Apr 2023

What makes blackberries a superfood?

Researchers look at the phytochemical components of blackberries.

6 Apr 2023

How nanomedicine is revolutionizing care for cardiovascular disease

Researchers review recent advancements in nanomedicine treatment options for cardiovascular disease.

6 Apr 2023

Phase 2 study shows safety and efficacy of new drug in men with high-risk prostate cancers

A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive prostate cancer and may induce clinical activity against cancer throughout the body, according to a phase 2 study led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

6 Apr 2023

Combinatorial biomarker predicts response to immunotherapy in kidney cancer patients

The number of immune cells in and around kidney tumors, the amount of dead cancer tissue, and mutations to a tumor suppressor gene called PBRM1 form a biomarker signature that can predict — before treatment begins — how well patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy, according to new research directed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

6 Apr 2023

Researchers discover and characterize a novel protein involved in tumor suppression mechanism

Understanding how cancer develops is critical for designing effective, personalized cancer therapies. Researchers have known for years that cancer begins with mutations in certain types of genes.

6 Apr 2023

Study examines the causal role of insomnia symptoms on 11,409 health related-symptoms

Researchers performed Mendelian randomization phenome-wide association study of insomnia symptoms using 11,409 outcome variables.

6 Apr 2023

The association between lifestyle changes in adulthood and cancer incidence

Researchers explored the effect of changing multiple lifestyle factors during adult life on cancer risk.

6 Apr 2023

mAb therapy reduces risk of hospitalization and death against Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants

Researchers assess the efficacy of monoclonal antibodies in treating COVID-19 caused by different viral variants.

6 Apr 2023

Does higher caffeine and coffee intake impact colonic microbiota composition and diversity?

Researchers investigated the association between caffeine and the colonic microbiome.

6 Apr 2023

Ultra-processed food and cancer: is there a link?

Researchers performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between ultra-processed food and cancer.

5 Apr 2023

Childhood cancer survivors maintaining a healthy lifestyle may have lower risk of mortality

A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study provides strong evidence of the importance of a healthy lifestyle for adults who were treated for cancer as children.

5 Apr 2023

UCI biologists discover how to ward off harmful effects caused by a high-fat diet

Eating lots of fats increases the risk of metabolic disorders, but the mechanisms behind the problem have not been well understood.

5 Apr 2023

IU study sheds new light on the development and treatment of rare form of muscular dystrophy

A study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on the development and treatment of a rare form of muscular dystrophy.

5 Apr 2023

Promising new combination of drugs identified to treat juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a promising new combination of drugs to treat juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a rare form of blood cancer that affects children.

5 Apr 2023

Novel combination treatment for head and neck cancers leads to antitumor effects

Human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and lung cancer can have disruptive mutations in TP53and/or CDKN2A tumor suppressor genes, which are associated with poor patient survival.

5 Apr 2023

Study explains why leukemia survivors experience negative effects on blood formation decades later

Contrary to previous belief, stem cells, from which all new blood cells are formed, remain in bone marrow in the blood cancer type acute lymphocytic leukemia.

5 Apr 2023

St. Jude computational biologists characterize the full spectrum of oncogenic fusions in pediatric cancer

The scientific foundation needed to work on curing a class of cancer-causing mutations is here, in the form of a tool from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

5 Apr 2023

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Improving cancer awareness among the rural American Indian communities

$1 million NIH grant to support UTEP's transformative pancreatic cancer research

Experts urge the reduction of added sugars to around six teaspoons a day

What makes blackberries a superfood?

How nanomedicine is revolutionizing care for cardiovascular disease

Phase 2 study shows safety and efficacy of new drug in men with high-risk prostate cancers

Combinatorial biomarker predicts response to immunotherapy in kidney cancer patients

Researchers discover and characterize a novel protein involved in tumor suppression mechanism

Study examines the causal role of insomnia symptoms on 11,409 health related-symptoms

The association between lifestyle changes in adulthood and cancer incidence

mAb therapy reduces risk of hospitalization and death against Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants

Does higher caffeine and coffee intake impact colonic microbiota composition and diversity?

Ultra-processed food and cancer: is there a link?

Childhood cancer survivors maintaining a healthy lifestyle may have lower risk of mortality

UCI biologists discover how to ward off harmful effects caused by a high-fat diet

IU study sheds new light on the development and treatment of rare form of muscular dystrophy

Promising new combination of drugs identified to treat juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

Novel combination treatment for head and neck cancers leads to antitumor effects

Study explains why leukemia survivors experience negative effects on blood formation decades later

St. Jude computational biologists characterize the full spectrum of oncogenic fusions in pediatric cancer

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