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Study: Radiation pre-T cell therapy could alleviate need for chemo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI): According to a study by the University of California-Los Angeles Health Science, before a patient can undergo T cell therapy designed to target cancerous tumours, the patient's entire immune system must be destroyed with chemotherapy or radiation.
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Researchers find drug combination shows promise for treating pancreatic ne
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Haven [US], June 6 (ANI): Patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) have few treatment options, but researchers at Yale Cancer Center and Yale-New Haven Health's Smilow Cancer Hospital discovered that patients who received a combination of capecitabine and temozolom
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Study: Outsmarting brain cancer, nanoparticle and inhibitor trigger the im
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): A small molecule has been identified that blocks a key pathway in brain tumours, according to the scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.
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Nanoparticle triggers the immune system, outsmarting brain cancer: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): According to the scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, a small molecule has been identified that blocks a key pathway in brain tumours. But there was a problem: How to get the inhibitor through the bloodstream and into the brain to reach
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Study finds breast cancer risk in males may be linked to male infertility
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 17 (ANI): According to a new study, the risk of invasive breast cancer in men may be associated with self-reported infertility in the male partner.
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Researchers find new approach for treatment of devastating brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): The findings from a seven-year research project suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults, Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
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Scientists aim to make cancer immunotherapy safer and more effective
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Louisiana [US], May 9 (ANI): According to new research, scientists are working to improve immune checkpoint inhibitors to better target tumours and reduce their impact on healthy tissues.
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Colorectal cancer can be treated and prevented by 'Keto' molecule: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], May 01 (ANI): Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine suggested that a molecule produced in the liver in response to a low-carbohydrate "ketone body-producing" diet has a powerful effect on suppressing the growth of colorectal tumours and may help pre
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Scientists develop model to predict patients with poor lung cancer outcome
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have been working to improve the ability to recognize patients with poor survival through radiomics, a scientific discipline that uses imaging, such as CT scans and MRIs, to uncover tumoral patterns and characteristics
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Study details gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], April 28 (ANI): According to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, about one-fifth of the often fatal head and neck cancers contain gene mutations in pathways important for normal cell proliferation, and scientists say these mutations that cause cancer
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Study suggests 'Keto' molecule may help in preventing, treating colorectal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], April 28 (ANI): According to a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, a molecule produced in the liver in response to a low-carbohydrate "ketone body-producing" diet have a powerful effect on suppressing the growth of colorectal tumou
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Cellular exosomes might improve delivery of anticancer drugs to tumours: R
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], April 25 (ANI): Exosomes or small bubbles that transport molecules from one cell to another can be effective vehicles for delivering cancer treatments to tumours, according to a recent study.
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