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Abbreviated MRI may be a valuable tool for supplemental screening of women with dense breasts

Beth Reisboard, 76, was relieved in 2018 when she received the results from her annual mammogram: "Negative." But her OB-GYN suggested she have a second screening. Reisboard has dense breasts, which means there are certain cancers that mammography may not be sensitive enough to detect.

27 Oct 2020

UVA research sheds light on how cancer remodels our chromosomes

Cancer remodels the architecture of our chromosomes so the disease can take hold and spread, researchers at the University of Virginia have revealed.

27 Oct 2020

Dietary 1H-NMR “Fingerprints” Could Help Fight Against Chronic Disease

Metabolic urine profiling could provide an approach to understand what people have been eating, without them needing to tell you. Here, researchers from Imperial College London, Prof Gary Frost, Prof Elaine Holmes, and Dr. Isabel Garcia-Perez, explain why this could be invaluable to both nutritional research and individuals.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 27 Oct 2020

Phase II NRG Oncology trial evaluates two regimens for muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Bladder preservation with trimodality therapy can be a safe and effective alternative to cystectomy for selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

27 Oct 2020

Study shows ultrasound treatment can destroy cancer cells without surgery

Focusing ultrasound energy on a target site in the body to generate heat can burn and destroy the tissue in the site without a surgical procedure.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2

To identify new potential therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2, a team of scientists at the New York Genome Center, New York University, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, performed a genome-scale, loss-of-function CRISPR screen to systematically knockout all genes in the human genome.

27 Oct 2020

Study: Ketogenic diets can prevent or reverse heart failure caused by metabolic process

Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or "ketogenic" diets could completely prevent, or even reverse heart failure caused by a metabolic process.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers recommend breast cancer screening for Black women aged 40 or below

Though Black women get breast cancer at a 3% lower incidence rate than white women, they are 42% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women.

27 Oct 2020

Radiation therapy before CART-BCMA appears to be a safe option for multiple myeloma patients

Administering radiation therapy to multiple myeloma patients waiting for CAR T cells to be manufactured was found to be safe and undisruptive to CAR T therapy, according to a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania to be presented Tuesday, October 27, at the virtual American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting (Abstract #35562).

27 Oct 2020

Cellular senescence variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases

Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could lead to control of health and onset of age-related diseases.

27 Oct 2020

Preliminary analysis of photon therapy treatment group 1 shows no significant differences between arms

A preliminary analysis of photon therapy treatment group 1 from the phase II NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-BN001 indicates that there is no statistically significant overall survival (OS) or toxicity differences between dose-intensification radiation therapy (DI-RT) using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and standard-dose radiation therapy (SD-RT) with temozolomide treatments for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM).

27 Oct 2020

Tiny gold nanotubes could help treat mesothelioma

Gold nanotubes - tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair - could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, according to a team of researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Leeds.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers identify a new way to prevent skin reactions in cancer patients

Using the body's immune system to fight cancer has great potential, but can also bring serious side effects, including itchy and painful skin reactions.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers identify effective way to protect vulnerable people from COVID-19

T-cells taken from the blood of people who recovered from a COVID-19 infection can be successfully multiplied in the lab and maintain the ability to effectively target proteins that are key to the virus's function, according to a new study published Oct. 26 in Blood.

27 Oct 2020

Multimodal mapping of immune landscape in pancreatic cancer could guide personalized therapies

Pancreatic cancer has remained resistant to immunotherapies that are revolutionizing the treatment of many types of cancer.

27 Oct 2020

Metastasis-free survival is strongly linked to overall survival of men treated for prostate cancer

An analysis of the phase III NRG Oncology clinical trial RTOG 9601 on men receiving salvage radiotherapy (SRT) following prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer indicated that, while biochemical failure (BF) was not a strong surrogate endpoint to determine overall survival (OS), metastasis-free survival (MFS) was in this patient population.

27 Oct 2020

New approach can prevent aggressive operation in certain rectal cancer patients

A nonsurgical treatment option for rectal cancer that preserves quality of life is safe for carefully selected patients, according to a new study comparing it with the standard operation.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists identify new target for developing novel drugs against several types of cancer

The Bcl-2 protein family comprises anti- and proapoptotic members, i.e. they protect the cell from death or favour it.

27 Oct 2020

Study analyzes link between clonal hematopoiesis and treatment-related blood cancer risk

In recent years, improvements in cancer therapy have led to a significant increase in cancer survivorship. Experts estimate that by 2022, the United States will have 18 million cancer survivors, but a subset of those survivors will have long-term health problems to be addressed.

27 Oct 2020

Study better reveals the function and behavior of macrophages in cancer growth

Macrophages, cells that help engulf and destroy harmful organisms in the body, tend to be characterized as the Jekyll and Hyde of the immune system.

27 Oct 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Abbreviated MRI may be a valuable tool for supplemental screening of women with dense breasts

UVA research sheds light on how cancer remodels our chromosomes

Dietary 1H-NMR “Fingerprints” Could Help Fight Against Chronic Disease

Phase II NRG Oncology trial evaluates two regimens for muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Study shows ultrasound treatment can destroy cancer cells without surgery

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2

Study: Ketogenic diets can prevent or reverse heart failure caused by metabolic process

Researchers recommend breast cancer screening for Black women aged 40 or below

Radiation therapy before CART-BCMA appears to be a safe option for multiple myeloma patients

Cellular senescence variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases

Preliminary analysis of photon therapy treatment group 1 shows no significant differences between arms

Tiny gold nanotubes could help treat mesothelioma

Researchers identify a new way to prevent skin reactions in cancer patients

Researchers identify effective way to protect vulnerable people from COVID-19

Multimodal mapping of immune landscape in pancreatic cancer could guide personalized therapies

Metastasis-free survival is strongly linked to overall survival of men treated for prostate cancer

New approach can prevent aggressive operation in certain rectal cancer patients

Scientists identify new target for developing novel drugs against several types of cancer

Study analyzes link between clonal hematopoiesis and treatment-related blood cancer risk

Study better reveals the function and behavior of macrophages in cancer growth

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