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Study finds how statins associated with lower risk of colorectal cancer in
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Statins that decrease cholesterol may protect individuals with ulcerative colitis from developing and dying from colon cancer. In individuals with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, statin medication was also related to a decreased risk of death regardless of reason. This is according to
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Researchers shed light on why certain brain tumors don’t respond to immuno
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A study performed by UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre researchers gave new light on why tumours that have spread to the brain from other parts of the body react to immunotherapy whereas glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, does not.
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Cancer-infecting virus ‘warms up’ cold tumors, boosts immunotherapy: Resea
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to recent research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, equipping cancer-infecting viruses with tumor-inhibiting genetic cargo boosts the immune system and supports immunotherapy in reducing or totally eradicating aggressive tumours in mice. The findings pave the path
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Lorazepam treatment associated with worse outcomes for pancreatic cancer p
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Patients with pancreatic cancer who took the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan), commonly prescribed to treat anxiety during cancer treatment, had a shorter progression-free survival than patients who did not, according to the study.
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Cancer-infecting virus ‘warms up’ cold tumors, improves immunotherapy: Stu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, equipping cancer-infecting viruses with tumour-inhibiting genetic cargo promotes the immune system and aids immunotherapy in shrinking or completely clearing aggressive tumours in mice. The findings pave the way f
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Research shows new approach to target deadly form of prostate cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new mechanism has been discovered to explain why some prostate tumours move from a common, treatable form to a more rare and severe form of prostate cancer, according to a study from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Centre.
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Study finds how body’s invisible scalpel removes brain cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Glioblastoma, the most prevalent and lethal type of brain cancer, spreads quickly, invading and destroying healthy brain tissue. The tumour shoots malignant tendrils into the brain, making surgical removal of the tumour extremely difficult or impossible.
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AI model may help determine where a patient's cancer arose: Research
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Doctors are unable to establish the cause of cancer in a small percentage of cancer patients. This makes choosing a treatment for those patients considerably more challenging, because many cancer medications are often produced for specific cancer types.
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Study reveals image-guided adaptive radiation treatments linked to short-t
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Radiation therapy for patients with prostate cancer can be made safer by a method that uses imaging technology as a guide. This method enables doctors to precisely direct radiation beams towards the prostate while avoiding adjacent tissue in the bladder, urethra, and rectum.
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Researchers discover new approach for predicting resistance against cancer
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The most prevalent form of blood cancer in Singapore and the world, diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), has been linked to an unusual combination of oncogenes that may predict treatment resistance and consequently unfavourable outcomes in patients. This research was conducted by a team fr
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Study reveals how skin cancer virus outcompetes DNA replication in host ce
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer known as Merkel cell carcinoma, begins DNA replication in host cells
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Five-year survival rate for children with acute lymphatic leukemia has inc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The five-year survival rate for all children with acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL) has risen to 94 per cent. A study of 800 Dutch youngsters demonstrates this. Modified treatment procedures for four subgroups were investigated in the research. The changes were discovered to have a favourable
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