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Researchers find new approach for treatment of devastating brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): The findings from a seven-year research project suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults, Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
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Scientists aim to make cancer immunotherapy safer and more effective
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Louisiana [US], May 9 (ANI): According to new research, scientists are working to improve immune checkpoint inhibitors to better target tumours and reduce their impact on healthy tissues.
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Datar cancer genetics announces foray into the United States with a $250m
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 9 (ANI/PR Newswire): Datar Cancer Genetics ("Datar"), a world-leading cancer research corporation today announced a $250 million contract with Artemis DNA, a leading USA-based diagnostic laboratory company that provides proprietary Next Generation Sequencing
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Study finds patients with metastatic prostate cancer live notably longer
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Salt Lake City (Utah) [US], May 3 (ANI): Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network have significantly extended median survival for patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. This result comes from a large randomized clinical trial aimed at testing a new treatment for the
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Esophageal cancer develops in patients facing genetic changes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], May 01 (ANI): Genetic changes in Barrett's oesophagus (BE) cells are an indication of oesophageal cancer that can be detected many years before cancer develops as per a new study.
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New model developed to predict patients with poor lung cancer outcomes: Re
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have been working to improve the ability to identify patients who are at a higher risk of poor survival through radiomics, an area of science that uses imaging, such as CT scans and MRIs, to uncover tumoral patterns and chara
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Excess weight almost doubles risk of womb cancer, researchers find
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 19 (ANI): New research shows that lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman's risk of developing womb cancer.
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Study finds tumours spread more effectively by changing their metabolism
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): According to a new research, led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine, cancer cells can disrupt a metabolic pathway that breaks down fats and proteins to boost the levels of a byproduct called methylmalonic acid, thereby driving metastasis.
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Researchers find ketogenic diet with triple drugs may prevent pancreatic c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Phoenix (Arizona) [US], March 26 (ANI): The new study has suggested that a ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and protein and high in fat, helps to kill pancreatic cancer cells when combined with a triple-drug therapy.
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Study shows keto diet could enhance pancreatic cancer therapy
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 14 (ANI): A diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates (sugars) that causes the body to break down fat into molecules is called ketones, or 'keto' diet. A recent preclinical study led by Ludwig Cancer Research has demonstrated that a common weight-loss diet could
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New research sheds light on how lactic acid weakens anti-tumour defences
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ixelles [Belgium], January 31 (ANI): In cancer research, it has been a long-known fact that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quantities by cancer cells and that this lactic acid disrupts our defence against tumours. Now, a recent study has shed light on exactly "how" this happen
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Study examines if coffee helps protect against endometrial cancer
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): A new study has found that higher coffee consumption is linked to a lower risk of endometrial cancer. Along with that, caffeinated coffee may provide better protection than decaffeinated coffee.
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