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Huntsman Cancer Institute receives $3 million CDC grant to improve colorectal cancer screening

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve Utah's colorectal cancer screening rates.

14 Dec 2020

Multisystem immune-related adverse events linked with improved survival from immunotherapy in NSCLC

The results of a large, retrospective study of patients who received a form of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) revealed that patients may get more than one immune-related side effect, and identified a correlation between these multisystem immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and improved patient survival.

14 Dec 2020

New combination therapy has potential to treat aggressive cancers with common mutations

Scientists have long known that therapies that target the cancer-driving MAPK pathway are only effective in a handful of cancers with specific mutations in a cancer gene called BRAF, and these cancers that initially respond to the therapy often end up developing resistance to the treatment, resulting in relapse for many patients.

14 Dec 2020

Moffitt Cancer Center finds a way for researchers and patients to engage with each other

Behind every new cancer treatment and scientific breakthrough is a research team. However, because they spend most of their time in their labs, basic science researchers rarely get to meet the patients who benefit most from their work.

14 Dec 2020

Children with cancer do not appear to be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Results from the first national study of children with cancer who test positive from COVID-19 has found that these patients do not appear to be at any increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection compared to healthy children.

14 Dec 2020

Researchers in Canada explore risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in retirement homes

Researchers at the McMaster University, Canada, have found that the higher the population in retirement homes, the higher the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks. Moreover, they found that retirement homes in a community with a higher ethnic concentration are also more likely to face COVID-19 outbreaks.

14 Dec 2020

Extensive genomic data can improve breast cancer risk assessment

Findings from the FinnGen study encompassing 120,000 women indicate that inherited breast cancer risk should be assessed in an increasingly comprehensive manner.

14 Dec 2020

Households are a high-risk setting for SARS-CoV-2 transmission

The results of a new study have confirmed that households, and other crowded indoor environments, are high-risk settings for SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

14 Dec 2020

Study shows how STAT5 optimizes function of CD4+ T cells to drive antitumor immunity

Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells, a type of white blood cell, are collected from a patient's blood and subjected to genetic engineering to produce T cells carrying a synthetic molecule termed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that is designed to enable T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells.

14 Dec 2020

GlobalData: U.S. cannot wait on vaccines to fight COVID-19

Following the news that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended emergency approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and that the US has reported its highest one-day COVID-19 death tally;

14 Dec 2020

Digital chest drainage systems could help reduce COVID-19 spread, research shows

Pioneering research, which reveals digital chest drains generate and distribute less aerosol generated particles compared to traditional water seal systems, has been published in the Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery journal.

14 Dec 2020

Study unlocks some muscle cell secrets

A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the MDC led by Professor Carmen Birchmeier has now shown just how varied these nuclei are.

11 Dec 2020

Research provides new insights into Glioblastoma invasiveness

One of the hallmarks of Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive type of brain cancer, is its high invasive capacity, which leads to its expansion into the normal brain tissue.

11 Dec 2020

UCLA researchers identify gene that could help predict cervical cancer treatment response

UCLA researchers have identified a potential diagnostic marker that could help predict how likely someone with cervical cancer is to respond to the standard treatment of chemotherapy and radiation.

11 Dec 2020

New AI tool could make breast cancer treatment less expensive and more readily available

Imagine being a doctor and having a precocious resident permanently by your side, giving you brilliant insight into disease and helping you to identify the best treatment path for your patients.

11 Dec 2020

Financial toxicity correlated with worse psychological well-being among breast cancer surgical patients

Financial toxicity among breast cancer patients is independently associated with worse psychological well-being following a mastectomy or lumpectomy operation.

11 Dec 2020

Combination of baricitinib and remdesivir could benefit some COVID-19 patients

The combination of baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug, and remdesivir, an antiviral, reduced time to recovery for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

11 Dec 2020

High expression of VRK1 protein can reduce survival in neuroblastoma patients

Researchers from the Departments of Cell Biology and Medical Physiology at the University of Seville have identified that a high expression of the human protein VRK1 is associated with tumour aggressiveness and low survival among neuroblastoma patients.

11 Dec 2020

Scientists use human stem cells and bioengineered scaffold to build whole functioning thymus

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have rebuilt a human thymus, an essential organ in the immune system, using human stem cells and a bioengineered scaffold.

11 Dec 2020

Researchers to investigate why exercise makes some people healthier than others

Why do some people benefit so much from exercise while others enjoy few health gains or even suffer harm? Does age matter when it comes to exercise's health benefits? Are there "molecular signatures" - sets of genes, proteins and other variables ¬- that reveal the answers?

11 Dec 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Huntsman Cancer Institute receives $3 million CDC grant to improve colorectal cancer screening

Multisystem immune-related adverse events linked with improved survival from immunotherapy in NSCLC

New combination therapy has potential to treat aggressive cancers with common mutations

Moffitt Cancer Center finds a way for researchers and patients to engage with each other

Children with cancer do not appear to be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Researchers in Canada explore risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in retirement homes

Extensive genomic data can improve breast cancer risk assessment

Households are a high-risk setting for SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Study shows how STAT5 optimizes function of CD4+ T cells to drive antitumor immunity

GlobalData: U.S. cannot wait on vaccines to fight COVID-19

Digital chest drainage systems could help reduce COVID-19 spread, research shows

Study unlocks some muscle cell secrets

Research provides new insights into Glioblastoma invasiveness

UCLA researchers identify gene that could help predict cervical cancer treatment response

New AI tool could make breast cancer treatment less expensive and more readily available

Financial toxicity correlated with worse psychological well-being among breast cancer surgical patients

Combination of baricitinib and remdesivir could benefit some COVID-19 patients

High expression of VRK1 protein can reduce survival in neuroblastoma patients

Scientists use human stem cells and bioengineered scaffold to build whole functioning thymus

Researchers to investigate why exercise makes some people healthier than others

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The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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