Blood test could provide rapid, accurate method of detecting solid cancers
A blood sample could one day be enough to diagnose many types of solid cancers, or to monitor the amount of cancer in a patient’s … Read more
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Surprising new way to kill cancer cells
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that cancer cells – and not normal cells – can be killed by eliminating either the FAS receptor, also known … Read more
Disrupted sleep found to accelerate cancer growth in mice
Here’s another reason you might want to make sure you sleep well. Researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of Louisville have shown … Read more
Using magnets and iron nanoparticles to cook cancer
A combination of iron-oxide nanoparticles and an alternating magnetic field, which together generate heat, have activated an immune system response to tumors in mice according … Read more
Scientists develop new nanoscale method to fight cancer
Researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative cancer-fighting technique in which custom-designed nanoparticles carry chemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells and … Read more
New computer model may aid personalized cancer care
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have developed a mathematical model to predict how a patient’s tumor is likely to behave and which of several possible treatments … Read more
New drug for cancers caused by viruses
A new paper is the first to report that specialized fat (lipid) molecules, called sphingolipids, play a key role in the survival of aggressive lymphomas … Read more
One Protein, Two Personalities: New Mechanism of Cancer Spread
Cancer involves a breakdown of normal cell behavior. Cell reproduction and movement go haywire, causing tumors to grow and spread through the body. A new … Read more
Investigational cancer drugs unintentionally may result in tumor growth
Researchers studying how cancer spreads into bone have made a surprising discovery that suggests several investigational anti-cancer therapies just entering the drug-development pipeline may not … Read more
Diabetes Drug May Help Lung Cancer Patients
Treating aggressive lung cancer with the diabetes drug metformin along with radiation and chemotherapy may slow tumor growth and recurrence, suggests new preliminary findings from … Read more
New biomarker may help guide treatment of skin cancer
A functional biomarker that can predict whether BRAF-mutant melanomas respond to drugs targeting BRAF could help guide the treatment of patients with these cancers, according … Read more
