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Why some cancer therapies don't work for all patients: A tumor backup survival pathway
Drugs that block enzymes called tyrosine kinases are among the most effective targeted therapies for cancer. However, they typically work for only 40% to 80% of the patients who would be expected to respond to them. In a ...
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Practical recommendations to strengthen cancer microbiome research
An international team led by researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS), has published a paper in Nature Cancer ...
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Study of 11,000 tumors maps 134 DNA damage signatures across 16 cancers
A team of cancer genomics scientists from The University of Manchester and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, forensically examined the genetic make-up of tumors in 16 different cancers. Their findings, which have ...
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MetaRing quickly identifies breast cancer drug sensitivity
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Wang Hongzhi from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a programmable plasmonic ring biosensor, MetaRing, capable of rapidly and accurately ...
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Breast cancer hijacks the lung repair system to fuel tumor growth, study finds
Researchers at the CU Anschutz Cancer Center have discovered how breast cancer cells that spread to the lungs may take advantage of the body's natural healing response and how a commonly used drug might slow that process. ...
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A machine learning model may enable liver cancer risk prediction with routine clinical information
A machine learning model that analyzes patient demographics, electronic health record data, and routine blood test results predicted a patient's risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, ...
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Common blood pressure drug can boost cancer treatment
In a new Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) study led by clinical researcher Tyler J. Curiel, MD, MPH, FACP, investigators found that the FDA-approved blood pressure drug telmisartan can significantly enhance the cancer-killing ...
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Single-cell maps show chemokine signals collapse as aggressive lymphoma spreads
Lymph nodes are key control centers in the immune system and play an important role in defending the body against infections and tumors. For these processes to function properly, immune cells (B cells and T cells) must be ...
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Brain metastasis study reveals how tumors hijack immune cells
A team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has discovered a novel way in which tumor cells alter the brain to establish themselves and spread cancer. They also demonstrate that a drug that prevents this ...
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Clinical trial finds hormone patches to be effective for locally advanced prostate cancer
Hormone patches are as good at controlling locally advanced prostate cancer as the injections typically used to deliver hormone therapy, according to the results of a large clinical trial led by UCL (University College London) ...
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Radiotherapy rather than surgery may help reduce risk of lymphedema in patients with breast cancer
Patients with breast cancer may be able to avoid lymphedema, which can occur after surgery to remove lymph nodes in the armpit (the axilla), by having radiotherapy instead. New findings, presented at the 15th European Breast ...
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Elinzanetant reduces severity and frequency of hot flashes and night sweats in breast cancer patients: Clinical trial
Results from the OASIS 4 clinical trial show that a new drug, elinzanetant, relieved hot flashes and night sweats that can occur because of the menopause or because of hormone treatment for breast cancer. Now, a new analysis ...
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Experts propose 10-year trial testing GLP-1 drugs to prevent obesity-related cancers
In new research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May), a global panel of 21 obesity and cancer experts suggest that to test the potential efficacy of the new generation ...
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How inflammation may prime the gut for cancer
Chronic inflammation can raise a person's risk of cancer, and a new study reveals key details about how that might happen in the gut and points to better ways to identify and reduce risk. Scientists at the Broad Institute ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Simple blood tests may predict response to lymphoma treatment
Many people with an aggressive blood cancer called diffuse large B cell lymphoma are cured by the current gold standard of treatment: an antibody designed to wipe out cancerous B cells plus a combination of four chemotherapy ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Researchers uncover the driving force behind a lethal infant brain tumor
An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, McGill University and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered what drives the growth of a lethal pediatric ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Immune response to cancer may cause autoimmune disorders, including anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, many of which are mutated. If cancer arises from cellular mutation, why don't we all have the disease ...
Mar 25, 2026
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ZR fusion protein sways normal brain cell development toward cancer growth, study reveals
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that drives the development ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Cellular 'atlas' of prostate cancer opens new avenues for earlier detection
Prostate cancer affects one in five Australian men, making it the most common cancer in the country. Now, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have produced the world's most detailed cellular "atlas" of ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Form of infant leukemia caused by NUTM1 gene rearrangements found to be highly treatable
Despite a host of checks and balances that usually prevent harmful genetic mutations, sometimes mistakes happen, with serious consequences. Now, researchers from Japan elucidate how a common mutation underlying a common childhood ...
Mar 25, 2026
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A protein may help revive exhausted T cells in cancer immunotherapy
Immunotherapy has been one of the most transformative treatments for cancer patients in recent decades, shifting the emphasis from the broad-spectrum approach of chemotherapy to prompting the immune system's boldest warriors—its ...
Previously unrecognized immune response could enhance defense against cancer
In a paradigm-breaking study, researchers have discovered a novel way the immune system, specifically T cells, attack their target cells, reshaping long-held assumptions in immunology and demonstrating direct implications ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Immune cell 'bloodhounds' track cancer cells' unique metabolic signatures and eliminate tumors in mice
A technique that transforms immune cells into cancer-seeking bloodhounds may overcome a roadblock that has hampered immunotherapy for solid tumors, according to a new study by Stanford Medicine researchers. The approach equips ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Before surgery, a biopsy gene test could reveal which lung tumors are likely to recur
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer. It kills more people in the U.S. than breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined. When lung adenocarcinoma, the most common primary lung cancer in the U.S., grows into ...
Mar 24, 2026
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How inflammation drives bone loss in an aggressive childhood leukemia
A rare form of leukemia known as TCF3::HLF-positive B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) sits among the most aggressive blood cancers seen in children. The disease causes a rapid buildup of abnormal blood cells, but ...
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