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Study finds how to treat aggressive cancers
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a recent study, scientists from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and UConn Health not only show how cancer hijacks this tightly regulated splicing and rearranging of RNA but also introduce a potential therapeutic strategy that could slow or even shrink aggressive and hard-to-treat tumors. Thi
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Here is how cancer cells fend off starvation, death from chemotherapy, fin
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Laboratory experiments with cancer cells reveal two ways in which tumors evade drugs designed to starve and kill them, a new study shows. While chemotherapy successfully treats tumours and extends patients' lives, it is known that they do not work for everyone for long, since cancer cells re
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Study: Biomarker may predict response to immunotherapy in liver cancer
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
According to a preclinical study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, it may soon be feasible to detect whether individuals with hepatocellular carcinoma, a kind of liver cancer, may benefit from immunotherapy.
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Study finds how antidepressants have potential for treating brain tumours
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Glioblastoma is an extremely aggressive brain tumour that is currently incurable. Cancer doctors can increase their patients' life expectancy with surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy, or surgical procedures. Nonetheless, half of patients die within a year of diagnosis.
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Study finds how cancer develops when immune system fails
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
It has been suggested that the immune system is unable to eradicate invasive tumour cells by referring to cancer as "a wound that does not heal."
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Malla Reddy Cancer Hospital and Research Institute Aims to Provide Advance
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 30: Malla Reddy Cancer Hospital and Research Institute (Not only adding Days to Life but also adding Life to Days) is setting a new standard in cancer care by providing state-of-the-art, integrated cancer treatment under one roof. With a patient-centric
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Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road appoints renowned ENT and Head Neck Onco
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 21: Dr Satish Nair is a highly acclaimed ENT and Head Neck Onco-surgeon who has recently joined Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. With over 3 decades of experience across premier national institutes, Dr Nair's areas of expertise include mi
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Study team finds method for early detection of pancreatic cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Mostly because it is discovered much later in life, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of the disease. For screens aimed at early detection, the current markers are too ambiguous and insensitive. Now, a study team has published a novel technique in the journal Angewandte Chemie
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Study finds how blood cancer medication makes radiotherapy on brain tumour
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
According to a recent study, medications intended to treat blood and other malignancies may also increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy for low-grade brain tumours in adults.
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New Israeli MRI Technique Offers Hope for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detectio
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pancreatic cancer is notorious for its late detection and high mortality rate, but a new Israeli approach to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that illuminates pancreatic tumors offers hope for earlier diagnoses and treatment.
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Zumutor Biologics Announces Dosing of First Patient with ZM008, a First-in
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US]/ Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 12: Zumutor Biologics Inc. "Zumutor", a Boston-based clinical stage Oncology Company developing first-in-class monoclonal antibody molecules targeting innate immunological pathways, today announced that the first patient was do
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Study reveals key role of Galectin-3 in brain tumour development
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A research group at the University of Seville's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has achieved great progress by identifying the critical role of the protein Galectin-3 in the progression of several forms of brain tumours.
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