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Scientists use AI to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer that can predict whether the cancer will return after treatment - and which can be identified from routinely acquired tissue biopsy samples of early-stage breast cancer.

6 Aug 2021

New cargo-carrying nanocontainer constructed entirely from biological components

Nanocontainers can transport substances into cells where they can then take effect. This is the method used in, for example, the mRNA vaccines currently being employed against Covid-19 as well as certain cancer drugs.

6 Aug 2021

Learn & Lounge helps AYA patients, survivors to connect with peers and get support

Young cancer patients face unique challenges. That's why the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center started an Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program in 2020.

6 Aug 2021

New study offers insight into how high-risk form of blood cancer can develop in children

In some children with acute myeloid leukemia, cancer cells have the same amount of DNA changes as healthy blood stem cells.

6 Aug 2021

Topical cream shows signs of clinical efficacy in patients with basal cell carcinoma

Remetinostat, a topical cream and first-in-class inhibitor of histone deacetylation, showed signs of clinical efficacy in patients with basal cell carcinoma.

6 Aug 2021

Many men with prostate cancer may be making treatment choices without understanding all options

One of the bi-products of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a decrease in the number of patients seeing or talking to their GPs, as findings from a Institute of Fiscal Studies report identified late last year.

6 Aug 2021

King Edward VII’s new approach reduces damaging side effects of breast cancer surgeries

Independent charitable hospital King Edward VII’s, based in Harley Street Medical Area, is incorporating two new innovations to combat some of the damaging long-term side effects of breast cancer surgeries.

6 Aug 2021

Using circulating tumor DNA to detect urothelial cancer relapse could help improve treatment

Using circulating tumor DNA to identify patients at risk of urothelial cancer relapse after surgical resection could help improve post-surgery treatment.

6 Aug 2021

Researchers create new model for studying earliest stages of retinoblastoma

Scientists at St. JudeChildren's Research Hospital have created a laboratory model for studying retinoblastoma driven by inherited mutations in theRB1gene.Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer of the retina, the thin tissue inside the back of the eye.

6 Aug 2021

Magnetic nanoparticles could enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

Boosting the function of natural killer cells with magnetic nanoparticles could make cancer immunotherapy more efficient.

6 Aug 2021

Full dose anticoagulation with heparin improves outcomes for moderately ill COVID-19 patients

Collaborative international clinical trials testing full dose anticoagulation with heparin (a blood thinner) in both moderately ill and critically ill patients has found the treatment improves outcomes and reduces the need for vital organ support such as mechanical ventilation in moderately ill patients.

6 Aug 2021

Researchers identify genetic markers linked to COVID-19 severity and susceptibility

In collaboration with Northwestern Medicine investigators, an international multi-center study has identified genetic factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity, according to findings published in Nature.

6 Aug 2021

PD1 gene deletions associated with worse prognoses of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas

Immunohistochemistry staining showing PD1 expression on tumor cells in a skin biopsy from a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patient.

5 Aug 2021

Combination therapy improves outcomes for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Shuo Ma, MD, '00 PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, was co-first author of the clinical trial published in Blood.

5 Aug 2021

Research suggests potential new treatment strategy for phenylketonuria

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a critical new factor in regulating phenylalanine metabolism and, therefore, in preventing the inherited metabolic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU).

5 Aug 2021

Researchers develop the most comprehensive molecular map of lung squamous cell carcinoma

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-associated death in the United States and worldwide. Patients with a subtype called lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) have benefited from the development of new targeted medicines, but the search for effective new therapies for another subtype called lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) has largely come up short.

5 Aug 2021

Scientists urge increased attention to persistent COVID-19 infections in immunocompromised people

In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine, the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina urged increased attention to persistent COVID-19 infections in immunocompromised people.

5 Aug 2021

Specific and sensitive biomarker in the blood predicts symptomatic COVID-19 infection

Researchers remain perplexed as to why some patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, remain asymptomatic while other patients develop severe disease symptoms.

5 Aug 2021

Experimental drug combination extends survival in mice with lung cancer, study finds

A combination of experimental drugs increased the attack of immune cells on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to extend survival in mice, a new study found.

5 Aug 2021

UAB researchers identify potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer

A gene called DOT1L appears to play a role in progression and severity of ovarian cancer, and inhibitors of the DOT1L enzyme may offer a new therapeutic approach for the disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers say in a study published in the journal Oncogenesis.

5 Aug 2021

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Scientists use AI to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer

New cargo-carrying nanocontainer constructed entirely from biological components

Learn & Lounge helps AYA patients, survivors to connect with peers and get support

New study offers insight into how high-risk form of blood cancer can develop in children

Topical cream shows signs of clinical efficacy in patients with basal cell carcinoma

Many men with prostate cancer may be making treatment choices without understanding all options

King Edward VII’s new approach reduces damaging side effects of breast cancer surgeries

Using circulating tumor DNA to detect urothelial cancer relapse could help improve treatment

Researchers create new model for studying earliest stages of retinoblastoma

Magnetic nanoparticles could enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

Full dose anticoagulation with heparin improves outcomes for moderately ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers identify genetic markers linked to COVID-19 severity and susceptibility

PD1 gene deletions associated with worse prognoses of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas

Combination therapy improves outcomes for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Research suggests potential new treatment strategy for phenylketonuria

Researchers develop the most comprehensive molecular map of lung squamous cell carcinoma

Scientists urge increased attention to persistent COVID-19 infections in immunocompromised people

Specific and sensitive biomarker in the blood predicts symptomatic COVID-19 infection

Experimental drug combination extends survival in mice with lung cancer, study finds

UAB researchers identify potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer

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