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Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with recurrent ER-positive endometrial cancer

A combination therapy that targets cancer cells from within and without caused tumors to shrink or stabilize in 75% of patients with recurrent or persistent estrogen receptor- (ER-) positive endometrial cancer, results from a recent clinical trial show.

19 Mar 2022

Study finds significantly poorer outcomes among the youngest patients with brain tumor

A University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher has found, through extensive data analysis, that the youngest patients with brain tumors – those ages birth to 3 months – have about half the five-year survival rate as children ages 1 to 19.

18 Mar 2022

New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

New research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia - an uncommon type of cancer of the bone marrow - have distinctive epigenetic changes that can activate harmful genes and cause the cancer to grow faster.

18 Mar 2022

New 'Shared Commitments' set out priority actions across the UK to improve healthcare through genomics

The UK government, Welsh and Scottish Governments and Northern Ireland Assembly have today (Friday 18 march) agreed a series of commitments to improve outcomes for patients through better genomic testing and access to clinical trials.

18 Mar 2022

Urgent action needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa

Urgent measures such as taxes and restrictions on sugary foods and drinks are needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

18 Mar 2022

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

A study published in the journal Nature Cancer, carried out within the Cancer Programme at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) by the Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis Dynamics Laboratory, led by Dr. Toni Celià-Terrassa, and the Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Therapy, coordinated by Dr. Joan Albanell, with the participation of international centers, has discovered an approach that radically increases the success of immunotherapy in one of the most aggressive types of tumors, triple-negative breast cancer.

17 Mar 2022

Study finds high rates of cancer among men living with HIV

Researchers with Case Western Reserve University have found that there are nearly twice as many men with cancer among men living with HIV (MLWH) compared to men who do not have the human immunodeficiency virus.

17 Mar 2022

Research demonstrates within-host seasonal immunity

Researchers investigate the association between seasonal flu changes and gene expression to determine the ‘within-host’ immunity concept.

17 Mar 2022

RNA-chopping enzyme Dicer stabilizes mammalian chromosomes with the help of BRD4 activator

Cells use RNA as a versatile tool to regulate the activity of their genes. Small snippets of RNA can fine-tune how much protein is produced from various genes; some small RNAs can shut genes off altogether.

17 Mar 2022

OU student wins NIH Award for a technique that may help improve pancreatic cancer detection

A University of Oklahoma engineering student has received the rare honor of being awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

17 Mar 2022

Discovery may open novel avenues to prevent or treat hematological malignancies

Scientists at Yale Cancer Center have discovered new consequences of specific gene mutations that play a role in the development of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

17 Mar 2022

Study reports thiopurines inhibit the replication of the betacoronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2

Researchers demonstrated that the thiopurines block coronaviruses spike protein assembly and integration into progeny virions.

17 Mar 2022

Mayo Clinic researchers report differences in genomic data quality among racial groups

Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas.

17 Mar 2022

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers identified independent factors associated with early and late deaths in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

17 Mar 2022

Lateral flow assays: The possibilities beyond COVID-19

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Andre Alfaro from nanoComposix (now a Fortis Life Sciences company) about the possibilities lateral flow assays offer in the post-covid healthscape.

From nanoComposix 17 Mar 2022

Study highlights the economic burden of excessive sugar consumption in Canada

Imagine if the real cost to society of the food you buy at the grocery store was built right into each product's price. Everything with added sugar would cost a whole lot more, according to University of Alberta researchers in a new study in The Canadian Journal of Public Health.

16 Mar 2022

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with recurrent ER-positive endometrial cancer

Study finds significantly poorer outcomes among the youngest patients with brain tumor

New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

New 'Shared Commitments' set out priority actions across the UK to improve healthcare through genomics

Urgent action needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

Study finds high rates of cancer among men living with HIV

Research demonstrates within-host seasonal immunity

RNA-chopping enzyme Dicer stabilizes mammalian chromosomes with the help of BRD4 activator

OU student wins NIH Award for a technique that may help improve pancreatic cancer detection

Discovery may open novel avenues to prevent or treat hematological malignancies

Study reports thiopurines inhibit the replication of the betacoronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2

Mayo Clinic researchers report differences in genomic data quality among racial groups

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Lateral flow assays: The possibilities beyond COVID-19

Study highlights the economic burden of excessive sugar consumption in Canada

Transcription factors work together to drive cancer cell proliferation

Study links phthalates to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers

Novel oncogenic gene fusions identified in lung and pancreatic cancer

Discovery of how NK cells are regulated in peripheral tissues could help combat cancer, other diseases

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