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New drug delays progression of deadly brain cancer
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A new targeted therapy medicine can extend the amount of time people with a subtype of glioma are on treatment without their cancer worsening, according to an international trial co-led by UCLA. The discovery provides a potential new therapeutic option for those suffering from the slow-growi
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Do you know cancers in distant organs change liver function? Study finds
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that cancer frequently sends substances into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, putting it in an inflammatory condition, causing fat to build up, and interfering with its regular detoxification functions.
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Researchers find how types of bacteria vary widely in tumors of people wit
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre studied the microbiome of people with colorectal cancer and discovered that the bacteria, fungi, and viruses in a person's tumour differed significantly depending on whether they were diagnosed with early-onset disease (age 45 or y
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Study reveals how cancers in distant organs change liver function
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine found that cancer often releases molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically modify the liver, sending it into an inflammatory state, causing fat accumulation, and disrupting its typical detoxification processes. This finding sheds light on one of
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Study discovers link between obesity with oral cancer immune escape
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A study discovered a method through which obesity affects the ability of some oral cancers to evade the immune system.
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Study finds link between obesity with oral cancer immune escape
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A mechanism for how obesity impacts the capacity of some oral malignancies to bypass the immune system has been uncovered in a study.
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Study finds how T cells activate themselves to fight tumors
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
When it comes to inspiration, it is frequently necessary to look within. According to a new study, cancer-fighting immune cells have discovered a method to do precisely that
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Study develops strategy cancerous tumors disrupt development of immune re
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A method that malignant tumours use to remotely prevent the emergence of an immune response that would halt their growth has been discovered by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and associated institutions.
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Patients receive lymph node sampling during kidney surgery tumor don't exp
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A study has found pediatric patients who receive more extended lymph node sampling during surgery for Wilms tumor, and other types of pediatric renal tumors, do not experience any more post-surgical complications.
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Researchers find impact of environment on neurocognitive outcomes
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researched the effect of their environment to acquire a better grasp of the disparities between juvenile cancer patients when it comes to the effects of radiation therapy on cognition. Their research found that children who grew up in suppo
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Researchers reveal how use of spinal cord stimulation for chemotherapy-rel
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study suggested that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may be effective in lowering chronic pain in persons receiving active therapy with a standard anti-cancer medicine, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Researchers reveal novel immunotherapy beneficial to children with relaps
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Children with recurrent brain tumours tolerated the first in-human trial of a novel immunotherapy well, and many were able to experience unexpected months of a more normal life, according to researchers. Immunotherapy disables a natural enzyme that tumours hijack for their defence.
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