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Head, neck cancer cells hijack nearby healthy tissue, promote further inva
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Up to half of the patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will experience tumour recurrence or new tumours- tumours that often spread and are difficult to treat.
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New research optimizes body's own immune system to fight cancer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies can overcome physical barriers to allow a patient's own immune system to fight tumours.
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Switch of breast tumors to HER2-low might provide greater therapeutic opti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lugano [Switzerland], May 9 (ANI): The finding that breast tumours can evolve to express low HER2 potentially widens the number of patients who can benefit from new investigational agents, typically novel antibody-drug conjugate therapies, that are currently in clinical trials for HER2-low t
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Scientists discover way to trick cancer cells into consuming toxic drugs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): A new research led by a team at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost tumours' intake of cancer drugs, thereby increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments.
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Study reveals cellular 'hotspots' in brain may signify earliest signs of c
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 15 (ANI): A team of researchers have found small clusters of cells in the brain that identify locations where tumours could become malignant.
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Researchers discover new way to starve brain tumours
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 12 (ANI): Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent further growth.
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Scientists discover drug that can stop tumours from growing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): Cancer doctors may soon have a new tool for treating melanoma and other types of cancer, thanks to work being done by researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center who claimed to have found a drug that can reduce inflammation and the resultant tumour
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Delhi: 12-year-old girl with five kg tumour gets new life after surgery
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): A 12-year-old girl from Delhi got a new life after a team of doctors of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital removed two football-sized tumours weighing five kg from her stomach which she was carrying for the past few years.
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Study claims membrane surrounding tumours might prevent metastasis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently characterized properties of the protective membrane around tumours and discovered that this lining might be a good target for therapies in order to prevent metastasis.
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Membrane around tumors may prevent metastasis, claims study
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have characterized the properties of the protective membrane around tumours and found that this lining may be a good target for therapies to prevent metastasis.
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Study suggests liquid biopsy for colorectal cancer could guide therapy for
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrates that a liquid biopsy examining blood or urine can help gauge the effectiveness of therapy for colorectal cancer that has just begun to spread beyond the original tumour.
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Scientists acquaint new methodology with improved treatment of brain tumou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], January 19 (ANI): Scientists of Medical College of Georgia claim that looking directly at the Ribonucleic acid (RNA) of brain tumour cells appears to provide objective, efficient evidence to better classify a tumour and the most effective treatments.
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