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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...