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Study focuses on engineering T cells to attack cancer broadly
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Richmond (Virginia) [United States], May 1 (ANI): Through T cell engineering, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center show that it's possible to arrest tumour growth for a variety of cancers and squash the spread of cancer to other tissues.
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Study: Close monitoring for heart risk needed if breast, prostate cancer t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dallas [US], April 26 (ANI): According to an American Heart Association scientific statement, the hormonal therapies used to treat many breast and prostate cancers raise the risk of a heart attack and stroke, and patients should be monitored regularly and receive treatment to reduce risk and
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Study suggests common drug could be used to prevent certain skin cancers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): A new research has suggested that an oral drug currently used in the clinical setting to treat neuromuscular diseases could also help prevent a common form of skin cancer caused by damage from ultraviolet-B radiation from the sun.
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Immunotherapy for head, neck cancers now boosted by cancer cell gene deact
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], March 28 (ANI): Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry, during a recent study, were successful in significantly slowing down the growth and spread of tumors in mice by targeting an enzyme that plays a key role in head and neck cancer cells. This also enhanced the eff
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Bariatric surgery significantly reduces cancer risk for certain patients,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], March 26 (ANI): Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of cancer--and especially obesity-related cancers--by as much as half in certain individuals, according to a study.
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Cancer cell gene deactivation boosts immunotherapy for head, neck cancers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], March 24 (ANI): Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry were able to significantly slow the growth and spread of tumors in mice by targeting an enzyme that plays a key role in head and neck cancer cells. They were also able to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherap
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Researchers analyze new drug combination to improve survival in advanced k
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Massachusetts [US], February 14 (ANI): A new clinical study published in The New England Journal of Medicine today and simultaneously presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium claims that a drug combination of Lenvatinib plus pemb
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Panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): A gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose and fine tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia, investigators repo
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Gut microbe plays key role in development of some breast cancers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): A recent study has found a new microbe in the colon which is generally associated with the development of colon cancer and colitis along with playing an important role in the development of some kinds of breast cancer. Short-term exposure to B. fragilis tox
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Gut microbe may promote breast cancers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): A microbe found in the colon and commonly associated with the development of colitis and colon cancer also may play a role in the development of some breast cancers, according to new research from investigators with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and
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Study suggests gut microbe may promote breast cancers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): A microbe found in the colon and commonly associated with the development of colitis and colon cancer also may play a role in the development of some breast cancers, according to new research.
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Single-cell analysis of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumour cel
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), defined the extensive cellular heterogeneity and identified two distinct subtypes correlated
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