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Minimally invasive test offers new insights into breast cancer spread and immune response
New research led by King's College London suggests that a simple test already used in clinics could provide valuable additional insights into how the body's immune system responds to cancer, without requiring any extra procedures ...
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People who survive cancers are less likely to develop Alzheimer's. This might be why
Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. For years, epidemiologists have noticed that people with cancer seem less likely to develop Alzheimer's, ...
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An updated framework for understanding (and researching) what causes human cancers
An enduring challenge for the study of human cancer is just how complex it is: how many different ways there are for cancers to originate, progress, and spread in the people who are diagnosed with them. Biologist Douglas ...
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Immunotherapy before surgery helps shrink tumors in patients with desmoplastic melanoma
New results from a clinical trial co-led by UCLA investigators demonstrate how treating desmoplastic melanoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, with immunotherapy before surgery can dramatically shrink or even eliminate ...
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When doctors disagree: Understanding different medical opinions
Why can't doctors agree on what's best for you? If you've ever received mixed advice from doctors or seen differing opinions expressed by professionals in the news, you're not alone.
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New nanotherapy eases bone metastasis pain by disrupting tumor-nerve crosstalk
A new nano-sized drug carrier that finds bone tumors and releases treatment exactly where it's needed is here to improve the precision and comfort of cancer therapy. Designed by a team of researchers from China, this smart ...
Fecal transplant capsules show promising results in clinical trials for multiple types of cancer
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can dramatically improve cancer treatment, suggest two groundbreaking studies published in the Nature Medicine journal. The first study shows that the toxic side effects of drugs to treat ...
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Statins emerge as potential cancer immunotherapy boosters
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed modern oncology by harnessing the body's own immune system to combat malignant disease. Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway have produced durable responses in ...
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Down syndrome's unique cancer risk profile mapped across lifespan
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly increased risk of leukemia, while adults have a lower risk of several common solid tumors, according to a new register study from Karolinska Institutet published in the British ...
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Research improves risk assessment for hereditary breast cancer
Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer. By identifying which mutations affect the function of PALB2, doctors can now assess much more ...
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Novel combined PET imaging approach personalizes treatment for head and neck cancer
A new strategy that combines two types of PET scans can guide personalized radiotherapy for head and neck cancers, according to new research the published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Moving beyond the "one-size-fits-all ...
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Enzyme PARG identified as a new target to enhance chemotherapy in colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is one of the most prevalent tumors and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Despite advances achieved in recent years, resistance to available treatments remains one of the main clinical challenges, ...
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Treatment possible after positive liquid biopsy in primary central nervous lymphoma patients
A group led by the Department of Neurosurgery at the Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, has successfully diagnosed 10 primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) patients who had difficult-to-access lesions ...
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Fecal transplant can improve response to immunotherapy in advanced kidney cancer
An Italian study published in Nature Medicine provides compelling evidence that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy in patients with advanced metastatic renal cell carcinoma ...
Jan 28, 2026
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New 'lab-on-a-disc' device paves the way for more automated liquid biopsies
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny particles shed by cells that carry important molecular "clues" about the cell's identity and condition. EVs in blood vary widely and are mixed with many other particles, making them difficult ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Clinical practice guidelines on diagnosis of light chain amyloidosis published
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) released guidelines on the diagnosis of light chain (AL) amyloidosis, a rare and life-threatening disease of the bone marrow. The guidelines, published in the journal Blood Advances, ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Subcutaneous delivery of hyaluronidase may boost effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy
Monash University researchers, alongside key partner Halozyme Therapeutics, report findings in support of shifting the way anti-cancer immunotherapy is administered from intravenous administration to subcutaneous administration ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Investigational blood biomarker panel may improve detection of pancreatic cancer
A four-biomarker blood panel of aminopeptidase N (ANPEP), polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR), CA19-9, and thrombospondin-2 (THBS2) enhanced the detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared to measuring ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Novel laser therapy device generates promising results in prostate cancer clinical trial
Because treatment of the whole prostate can lead to long-term side effects in patients with prostate cancer, interest in minimally invasive, focal treatment options has been growing for certain patients. A clinical trial ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Massachusetts closest to eliminating cervical cancer, Southeastern states lag, new study finds
Eliminating cervical cancer is possible. The goal is years away and varies widely by state, according to a new paper by researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, said lead author Trisha Amboree, Ph.D., published in JNCI ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Computational method clarifies gene–drug links for precision cancer treatment
A paper published in Biology Methods and Protocols, indicates that a new computational method may help researchers identify effective precision treatments for cancer more quickly and efficiently. The paper is titled "SOLVE: ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Antibody-producing immune cells can help shape cancer immunotherapy
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified an important immune response that helps explain why some cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy while others do not.
Jan 27, 2026
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Lab-grown organoids reveal how glioblastoma outsmarts treatment
UCLA scientists have developed advanced miniature 3D tumor organoid models that make it possible to study glioblastoma tumors in a setting that closely mirrors the human brain, shedding light on how the aggressive cancer ...
Jan 27, 2026
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3D chip platform enables animal-free testing in cancer research
Cancer research laboratory tests can now be done using micro-physiological systems mimicking human physiology, allowing greater predictive accuracy for human patient responses, thanks to an international scientific team led ...
Jan 27, 2026
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Deciphering chaos: New 'fuzzy' AI predicts battle between immune system and cancer
Understanding how a tumor evolves against the attack of the immune system is one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. Current mathematical models are usually deterministic; that is, they assume fixed values that ...
Jan 27, 2026
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