Cancer

There is much to commend about Australia’s lung cancer screening program, which started on July 1.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain immune cells in humans are less effective at fighting solid tumors compared to non-human primates. This insight […]

A new radiotracer developed at the University of Alberta and soon to be tested in human clinical trials in Europe could make medical imaging of breast cancer tumors quicker and more accurate, and could one […]

As brain tumors grow, they must do one of two things: push against the brain or use finger-like extensions to invade and destroy surrounding tissue.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Updated threshold values of preoperative serum calcitonin predict different extents of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), according to a study published in the August issue of JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & […]

Researchers at McMaster University, Cleveland Clinic and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered how a protein long associated with Alzheimer’s disease helps lung cancer spread to the brain—a discovery that offers hope that existing Alzheimer’s […]

A team of researchers from the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET, Milan), led by Nadia Coltella and Luigi Naldini, has unveiled a powerful strategy to rejuvenate the effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) […]

Adding targeted radiation to chemotherapy prior to surgery may offer better control of pancreatic tumors—potentially reducing the rate of recurrence after treatment, according to a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Published in Clinical […]

A new hydrogel-based platform to preserve live patient-derived tumor tissues in the lab could pave the way for faster, more accurate testing of cancer treatments for patients with peritoneal metastases, a hard-to-treat and often deadly […]

A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cancer in people with no or hardly any […]