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Study finds liquorice may aid cancer treatments
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, liquorice, popular in the form of candy, may play a role in preventing or treating certain types of cancers.
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Study finds importance of malaria drug in treating neck cancers
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Do you know malaria drugs work against some cancers? According to a new study, the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisp
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Exposure to phthalates may increase children's cancer risk, reveals study
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Burlington [US], March 17 (ANI): According to research led by the University of Vermont Cancer Center, has linked phthalates, commonly called the 'everywhere chemical' to a higher incidence of specific childhood cancers.
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Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head, neck cancers: Study
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.
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Colorectal cancers raise defensive barrier in response to chemotherapy: St
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], February 8 (ANI): Colorectal cancer occurs when tumours develop in the colon or rectum. Adenocarcinomas are the most common type of colorectal cancer, often growing from the cells that constitute the mucous lining of the tissue. A new study has said that drugs that are com
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Faulty BRCA genes, known to increase breast cancer risk, now linked to pro
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Cambridge [England], January 26 (ANI): If outside factors like exposure to pesticides, smog and pollution weren't enough, internal factors like faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, have now been linked to several other cancers, including those that affect men.
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Research suggests blood cancer can be stopped by targeting bone cells
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): To stop acute myeloid leukaemia, one of the deadliest blood cancers, targeting neighbouring bone cells can be a better strategy, suggests a recent study.
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Study finds blood cancer may stop by targeting bone cells
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study has found that to stop acute myeloid leukaemia, one of the deadliest blood cancers, targeting neighbouring bone cells may be a better strategy.
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Study suggests lymphoma cell metabolism might provide new cancer target
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): According to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell's Ithaca campus, aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick thes
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Lymphoma cell metabolism may provide new cancer target: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Me
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Researchers classify breast cancer into 12 unique biological groups
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): The researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centre have developed a classification method that divides breast cancers into 12 distinct biological groups.
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Study finds 1 out of 5 future thyroid cancers associated with obesity
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kensington [Australia], December 10 (ANI): A new study has found that in order to prevent thyroid cancer, one should avoid excess weight or obesity.
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