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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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Immunotherapy for lung cancer patients improves long-term survival: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab1 significantly increased the overall survival of patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer who were unable to receive platinum-containing chemotherapy when compared to single-agent chemotherapy, according to a global study conducted by UCL
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Here's how cancer cells repair DNA damage
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A team of scientists led by Dr Kei-ichi TAKATA from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI) discovered a new type of DNA repair mechanism that cancer cells use to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy.
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Researchers using cancer cells as logic gates to determine what makes them
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Cancer cells migrate through the body for multiple reasons; some are simply following the flow of a fluid, while others are actively following specific chemical trails. So how do you determine which cells are moving and why? Purdue University researchers have reverse-engineered a cellular si
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Study shows how liver cancer hijacks circadian clock machinery inside cell
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is already the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally--and cases are on the rise, both in the U.S. and worldwide. While chemotherapy, surgery and liver transplants can help some patients, targeted treatments
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Delaying antibiotics for neutropenic fever may not affect survival of canc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Neutropenia--low levels of white blood cells called neutrophils, which fight infection--develops in more than 80 per cent of patients who receive chemotherapy for blood cancer. It occurs because chemotherapy destroys neutrophils along with tumour cells.
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Workout can lessen severity of breast cancer treatment side effects
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Breast cancer is the most common form of the disease among women; in Australia, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the age of 85. Radiotherapy has emerged as an important component of breast cancer treatment but can lead to cancer-related fatigue and negatively impac
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Tumour matrix profiling can predict some lung cancers' progression
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have identified molecular profiles of the surrounding matrix of a common type of lung cancer that might indicate which patients are likely to develop aggressive tumours.
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Researchers find treatment options for patients whose blood cancer relapse
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have identified therapies that can help patients with multiple myeloma blood cancer who try an immunotherapy known as CAR-T only to find their cancer returning afterwards.
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Surviving cancer as child has lifelong effects on health, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 20 (ANI): A new study by researchers at University College London found that people who survived cancer had five times as many GP or hospital visits relating to cardiovascular disease by age 45, as a matched control group of people who had not had cancer early in life.
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Cervical cancer survival may improve by targeting senescent 'zombie' cells
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 7 (ANI): How well women with cervical cancer respond to treatment and survive correlates with the level of 10 proteins in their blood that also are associated with a "zombie" cell state called senescence, Medical College of Georgia scientists report.
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Even a little physical activity pays big dividends to high-risk breast can
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 22 (ANI): The results of a study on breast cancer patients show that women who exercise not only live longer, but also are more likely to remain cancer-free after their treatment.
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