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Blood test shows promise to identify Alzheimer's changes in the brain before symptom onset

The University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been around for nearly half a century. In that time, they have built an international reputation for best-in-class research into a disease that kills more people every year than breast and prostate cancer combined – Alzheimer's disease.

10 Mar 2022

Most cancer patients develop antibodies after receiving COVID-19 vaccine, study shows

Cancer patients who have compromised immune systems due to their disease or therapy remain at high risk for COVID-19 infection.

10 Mar 2022

New study analyzes COVID-19 outcomes in patients with cancer

If a cancer patient tests positive for COVID-19, are they more likely to become hospitalized from the disease?

10 Mar 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Congress shelves covid funding for now

Congress is moving toward completion of its annual spending bills for the fiscal year that started last October, but a last-minute snag jettisoned from the bill the Biden administration's requested funding for covid prevention and treatment.

10 Mar 2022

Alzheimer’s disease protein helps skin cancer cells thrive when they metastasize to the brain

Amyloid beta, a protein known to build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain, a new study finds.

10 Mar 2022

Novel strategy for data sharing may help better understand disease-causing genetic variants

Scientists may better understand and test for the genetic variations that cause cancer and other heritable diseases through the application of a novel strategy for securely sharing and analyzing genomic data developed at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute.

10 Mar 2022

Using metal oxide nanoparticles as 'radiosensitizers' for gentler cancer treatment

Radiation therapy is one of the cornerstones of cancer therapy. However, some types of tumor respond little or hardly at all to radiation. If it were possible to make tumor cells more sensitive, treatment would be more effective and gentler.

10 Mar 2022

Older female cancer survivors face challenges with physical activity due to chronic lower extremity lymphedema

A new study has found that nearly one third of older adult female survivors of colorectal, endometrial and ovarian cancer have quality of life-impacting challenges with physical activity due to chronic swelling (lymphedema) in the lower extremities.

10 Mar 2022

Scientists identify a molecular regulator involved in resistance to breast cancer treatment

A team from the UNIGE has identified a potential target for restoring the efficacy of standard treatment in resistant patients.

10 Mar 2022

Novel nanoparticles enable synergy of radiation and photodynamic therapies of deep tumor tissues

Researchers Dr Yansong Feng and Prof. Hong Zhang at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have designed and synthesized novel multi-layered, multi-functional nanoparticles that enable a combination of radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy for deep cancer tissue.

10 Mar 2022

Association of benzodiazepines with SARS-CoV-2 positivity and clinical outcomes in three patient groups

A new study has evaluated the association of BZD use with the clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients.

10 Mar 2022

'Post-apoptotic pro-metastatic cells' appear to be potential metastasis prevention targets

Researchers at UNIGE show that the experience of impending cell death within a primary tumor can lead to the development of pro-metastatic cells.

10 Mar 2022

Anti-Müllerian hormone plays an active role in polycystic ovary syndrome

High levels of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) have traditionally been thought of as merely a passive byproduct of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but a new preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers suggests that the hormone plays an active role in the disorder and may contribute to problems with ovulation and fertility.

10 Mar 2022

'Dual eligible' patients may have poorer outcomes, higher spending even in the highest-quality hospitals

They're old enough to qualify for Medicare, and their incomes are low enough to qualify them for Medicaid.

10 Mar 2022

Active compound in Chinese herbs prevents colon cancer in mice

The active compound in Chinese herbs called emodin can prevent colon cancer in mice, according to researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

9 Mar 2022

Researchers exploit cancer cells' appetite for iron to treat tough tumors

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have successfully leveraged an FDA-approved drug to halt growth of tumors driven by mutations in the RAS gene, which are famously difficult to treat and account for about one in four cancer deaths.

9 Mar 2022

NCCN publishes new resources for treating rare tumor types

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network - an alliance of leading cancer centers - today announced the publication of new NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Ampullary Adenocarcinoma.

9 Mar 2022

Novel radioligand therapy shown to increase survival of metastatic prostate cancer patients

A novel prostate cancer treatment - 225Ac-PSMA-617 radioligand therapy - has been shown to increase the progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients, according to research published by The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

9 Mar 2022

Molecular signature of microorganisms in stool samples could predict pancreatic cancer risk

Pancreatic cancer is not one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers, but it is one of the most lethal due to its early local extension and metastatic behavior.

9 Mar 2022

Mechanical stress of confined migration makes cancer cells more aggressive

Squeezing through tight spaces makes cancer cells more aggressive and helps them evade cell death, shows a study published today in eLife.

9 Mar 2022

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Blood test shows promise to identify Alzheimer's changes in the brain before symptom onset

Most cancer patients develop antibodies after receiving COVID-19 vaccine, study shows

New study analyzes COVID-19 outcomes in patients with cancer

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Congress shelves covid funding for now

Alzheimer’s disease protein helps skin cancer cells thrive when they metastasize to the brain

Novel strategy for data sharing may help better understand disease-causing genetic variants

Using metal oxide nanoparticles as 'radiosensitizers' for gentler cancer treatment

Older female cancer survivors face challenges with physical activity due to chronic lower extremity lymphedema

Scientists identify a molecular regulator involved in resistance to breast cancer treatment

Novel nanoparticles enable synergy of radiation and photodynamic therapies of deep tumor tissues

Association of benzodiazepines with SARS-CoV-2 positivity and clinical outcomes in three patient groups

'Post-apoptotic pro-metastatic cells' appear to be potential metastasis prevention targets

Anti-Müllerian hormone plays an active role in polycystic ovary syndrome

'Dual eligible' patients may have poorer outcomes, higher spending even in the highest-quality hospitals

Active compound in Chinese herbs prevents colon cancer in mice

Researchers exploit cancer cells' appetite for iron to treat tough tumors

NCCN publishes new resources for treating rare tumor types

Novel radioligand therapy shown to increase survival of metastatic prostate cancer patients

Molecular signature of microorganisms in stool samples could predict pancreatic cancer risk

Mechanical stress of confined migration makes cancer cells more aggressive

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