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Researchers discover how cancer evades immune system detection, spreads
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A team of researchers has uncovered how cancer evades the immune system and spreads throughout the body and is investigating ways to disable this potentially harmful trait.
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Study reveals how novel protein helps to suppress tumour growth
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Understanding how cancer develops is necessary for designing efficient, individualised cancer medicines. Scientists have known for many years that certain types of gene mutations are the cause of cancer.
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Researchers find protein that helps to suppress tumour growth
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Designing efficient, individualised cancer medicines requires an understanding of how cancer develops. For many years, scientists have understood that certain kinds of gene mutations are the origin of cancer.
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Study finds biomarker can predict how kidney cancer patients respond to im
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According to new research, a biomarker signature can predict how well kidney cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy before treatment even starts. This biomarker signature is made up of the number of immune cells in and around kidney tumours, the volume of dead cancer tissue, and mutat
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Researchers develop new approach to customize treatments for various forms
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A team from UNIGE has created a novel technique for testing various medications without using animals or the body of the patient. Organoids, which are tiny replicas of organs and tissues made from patients exposed to therapies, were used by the researchers
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Study reveals how microbiome might affect pancreatic cancer outcomes
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Despite advances in pancreatic cancer treatment, only around 9% of patients live beyond five years. Researchers have failed to identify genetic distinctions that explain why some patients live for a long time and others do not, so they have moved their focus to the gut microbiome.
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Study suggests how cancer spreads to the brain
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Options for treatment are limited when cancer spreads to the brain. The majority of medications made to fight metastases either cannot penetrate the blood-brain barrier or are ineffective against brain metastases.
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Researchers find how new strategy to treat cancer
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The University of Cincinnati's researchers have created a similar strategy for treating cancer, connecting cancer cells to potent radiation therapy with bacteria acting as the adaptor.
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Researchers reveal how some skin cancer resist treatment
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Researchers have discovered why some skin tumours cease responding to therapy as they age.
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Cervical cancer risk twice as high in women with mental disorder: Study
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Women suffering from mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance addiction are less likely to undergo gynaecological screening tests for cervical cancer and are more than twice as likely to develop the disease.
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Obesity might increase breast cancer risk in women with BRCA mutations
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According to a new multi-institutional translational study headed by Weill Cornell Medical experts, obesity may cause DNA damage in the breast tissue of women who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, potentially adding to breast cancer development in an already high-risk group.
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Study finds how lymph nodes boost tumor cells after success of immunothera
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According to new research, therapies may cause lymph nodes to produce tumour-fighting T cells.
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