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Early periods and changing fertility patterns may influence ovarian cancer risk
Ovarian cancer is still one of the deadliest gynecological cancers affecting women around the world, especially in East Asian countries, where the numbers keep rising year after year. A new nationwide study in South Korea ...
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Cancer virus imaging helps uncover potential therapeutic targets
New research from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Masonic Cancer Center is providing important new insights into the structure of a human virus that causes blood cancer. In their study published in Nature ...
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Sensing local fibers in pancreatic tumors, cancer cells 'choose' to either grow or tolerate treatment
A feature of pancreatic cancer cells' surroundings determines whether they grow fast or become resistant to chemotherapy, a new study shows. The ability of these cancer cells to adapt quickly and toggle between biological ...
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Earlier immunotherapy is spreading in cancer care: Who benefits and what are the risks?
Immunotherapy given before or after surgery is increasingly used across several cancer areas. In an article published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers at Karolinska Institutet present a comprehensive review ...
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How bacteria may promote breast cancer
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered how certain pathogenic bacteria in gut and breast tissue can promote breast cancer development and progression by hijacking a key metabolic enzyme known ...
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Optimizing CAR T-cell therapy to tackle solid tumors
In 2024, Professor Sebastian Kobold's research group at LMU University Hospital had already shown that the metabolite prostaglandin E2 can block T cells—the killer cells of the immune system—in the vicinity of a tumor, ...
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NSMF protein identified as key regulator in colorectal cancer
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel approach to halt the progression of colorectal cancer by inducing irreversible cellular aging. Their findings demonstrate that suppressing a neural protein called ...
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Researchers identify key mechanism driving progression of fatty liver disease to cancer
According to recent reports from the Korean government, the incidence of alcoholic liver disease—previously the leading indication for liver transplantation—has been decreasing. This trend initially raised expectations ...
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Machine learning model predicts serious transplant complications months before symptoms appear
A powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tool could give clinicians a head start in identifying life-threatening complications after stem cell and bone marrow transplants, according to new research from MUSC Hollings Cancer ...
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Why chemo causes unwanted side effects and how to treat them
Chemotherapy is one of the most common weapons in the cancer-treatment arsenal, but its side effects are well known. Hair loss. Nausea and vomiting. Mouth sores. Fatigue.
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IBD study tracks 54,000 patients, links dysplasia grade to cancer risk
Precancerous colorectal lesions, or dysplasia, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) confer markedly different risks of future colorectal cancer depending on dysplasia grade, according to a comprehensive registry ...
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AI model flags insulin resistance as a risk factor for 12 cancers
Insulin resistance—when the body doesn't properly respond to insulin, a hormone that helps control blood glucose levels—is one of the fundamental causes of diabetes. In addition to diabetes, it is widely known that insulin ...
Feb 16, 2026
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Predicting cancer: This AI startup aims to upend cancer treatment
The best shot at curing cancer is catching it early, doctors say, but that doesn't always happen. Between 80% and 85% of pancreatic cancer cases aren't diagnosed until the aggressive and lethal disease has already reached ...
Feb 16, 2026
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Combining GLP-1 drugs with hormones may lower uterine cancer risk
Adding GLP-1 medications like Ozempic to progestin therapy could cut the risk of developing endometrial cancer. A retrospective study published in the journal JAMA Network Open found that women using this combination had ...
The 'zombie cell' effect: New study explains chemotherapy resistance in lung and ovarian cancers
Researchers have identified a biological mechanism that helps explain why some lung and ovarian cancers become resistant to chemotherapy, offering insight into why cancers recur. The study, published in Nature Aging this ...
Feb 13, 2026
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How pancreatic cancer prepares the tumor environment: A possible biomarker for the earliest stage of development
Even before a tumor in the pancreas becomes discernible, an activated cancer gene actively remodels its future environment and creates an inflammatory and immune-defensive microenvironment in which the carcinoma can grow. ...
Feb 13, 2026
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Combating leukemia by stopping stem cells from turning cancerous
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer. It affects people of all ages but is most common in those over 65. Around 150 people are diagnosed with the disease each year in Norway. Men are affected ...
Feb 13, 2026
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Study identifies a new class of drug targets for aggressive leukemia
Hyperactive signaling pathways of some aggressive blood cancer cells can be tamped down by a previously unrecognized protein complex, ensuring the cancer's survival. If one component of the complex is deleted or removed, ...
Feb 13, 2026
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What telehealth changes for adult survivors of childhood cancers: More genetic testing, earlier screening options
Adult survivors of childhood cancers are at higher risk for another cancer—such as breast, colorectal, sarcomas and thyroid cancer—that is not a relapse of their original illness. Previous cancer therapies are largely ...
Feb 13, 2026
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Colorectal cancer is increasing among young people, James Van Der Beek's death reminds
An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2026, bringing ...
Feb 13, 2026
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Unraveling the mystery of why some cancer treatments stop working
Cancer researchers working on immunotherapies have made a big discovery: SLAMF6, a molecule on the surface of immune cells that prevents T cells from effectively attacking tumors—and, in mice, they've found a way to neutralize ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Light-based sensor detects early molecular signs of cancer in the blood
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive light-based sensor that can detect extremely low concentrations of cancer biomarkers in the blood. The new technology could one day make it possible to spot early signs of cancer ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Lung cancer drug offers a surprising new treatment against ovarian cancer
A new study published by Mayo Clinic researchers suggests that ovarian cancer cells quickly activate a survival response after PARP inhibitor treatment, and blocking this early response may make this class of drugs work better. ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Cancer cell study sheds light on cachexia's origins
New research from the University of Oklahoma, published today in Cancer Cell, describes for the first time a "triangle regulation theory" of cancer-induced cachexia and anorexia. Cachexia is a muscle-wasting and fat-loss ...
Feb 12, 2026
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New characteristics of aggressive prostate cancer identified
For the first time ever, NTNU researchers have identified new characteristics of aggressive prostate cancer. The research lays a foundation for the possibility that aggressive prostate cancer can probably be detected through ...
Feb 12, 2026
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