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Why does cancer rarely spread to the heart? Researchers develop organ-on-a-chip platform to find out
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Why does cancer rarely spread to the heart? Researchers develop organ-on-a-chip platform to find out
Researchers from the University of Toronto have created a new multi-organ-on-a-chip device to investigate why the heart is one of the least common sites of cancer metastasis, creating new opportunities for cancer research ...
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Experimental drug eliminates 75% of aggressive pancreatic tumors and enhances immune system memory
Many solid tumors, including many cancers of the pancreas, breast, colon and lung, protect themselves with a dense wall of scar-like tissue. That wall keeps the immune system's cancer-killing T cells out. It is a major reason ...
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Prostate cancer drug combination adds toxicity without clear benefit for tumors lacking targetable mutations
The prospective, multicenter, randomized phase 2 ZZ-FIRST clinical trial, led by the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Prostate Cancer Group, evaluated the androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) enzalutamide ...
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Blood RNA signal may reveal ovarian cancer precursors before invasive disease develops
Hoag researchers have discovered a molecular warning signal in the blood that identifies serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC), an early, precancerous stage of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). This advance ...
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Immune proteins offer new clues to how prostate cancer could be prevented
A new study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health shows that higher levels of proteins involved in activating and coordinating the immune system were associated with a lower risk of developing prostate cancer. The ...
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Chemotherapy for breast cancer linked to accelerated biological aging
Chemotherapy helps many women survive breast cancer, but new research suggests that chemotherapy may also accelerate biological aging beyond chronological age and increase the risk of earlier death from other causes. The ...
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New MRI scan 'color codes' treatment-resistant cancer cells, sparing some patients from aggressive treatment
Scientists are developing a new MRI-based test that could spare thousands of cancer patients from aggressive radiotherapy treatment.
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Researchers identify DNA marker that could predict treatment response in myelodysplastic syndromes
DNA methylation patterns present at diagnosis could help predict which patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) will respond to azacitidine. That's the key finding of a new multicenter study involving researchers at ...
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Video-assisted informed consent helps reduce decisional conflict in cancer patients
For patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery, informed consent (IC) can involve extensive information about surgical methods, complications, risks, benefits and life after treatment. Conventional face-to-face explanations ...
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Scientists turn protein-making errors in cancer cells into a targeted kill switch
Like every other cell in the human body, cancer cells also produce their own share of proteins for survival. During this production process, cells often encounter a glitch called ribosomal frameshifting. This exceptionally ...
GLP-1 drugs show lower obesity-related cancer risk than insulin, but not all diabetes treatments
Years of research point to obesity and type 2 diabetes raising the risk of developing several types of cancer. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), a recent medical breakthrough, were originally developed ...
FDA-approved drug kills cancer cells in lab by disrupting cellular recycling
Researchers from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center recently demonstrated that the inhibition of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) can cause death in cancer cells that is independent of changes in pro-death ceramide levels. ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Cell reprogramming could make tumors more responsive to immunotherapy
In a new international study led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have uncovered how reprogrammed cancer cells can help orchestrate the immune system's attack on tumors. Experiments in mice revealed how immune cells ...
Nov 9, 2026
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New drug combination improves survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer
A new treatment approach could help people with an aggressive form of bladder cancer live longer and reduce the chances of their cancer returning or progressing, particularly those who cannot receive standard chemotherapy, ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Q&A: Researcher investigates pharmacological approaches to breast cancer prevention
In a new thesis, Mattias Hammarström studied whether lower doses of tamoxifen and also its active metabolite endoxifen for direct administration, as a preventive medication could reduce side effects while still affecting ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Scientists identify inhibition of a specific enzyme as a promising target to treat pancreatic cancer
Researchers have identified a promising new target in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. A new study in The American Journal of Pathology demonstrates that blocking complement factor B (CFB), a pivotal enzyme in the alternative ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Childhood cancers may spread by 'shape-shifting' rather than mutating
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UK) have proposed an explanation for why some childhood tumors spread aggressively around the body despite having relatively few genetic faults. For years, experts believed cancers ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Could a flu shot help fight skin cancer?
Injecting an ordinary flu vaccine straight into skin cancer tumors may help rally the immune system against the cancer, a small early trial suggests.
Nov 9, 2026
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Slow hands, quiet nights? Tai chi and a matched exercise class nudged sleep about equally in older men after cancer
Sleep disturbances affect up to 60% of people after primary cancer treatment, and they are often waved away as the price of treatment, or of age. For older men in particular, science has had little to offer. Most research ...
Nov 9, 2026
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New blood test claims to detect 50+ cancers before symptoms—but there's no proof it reduces cancer death risk
Cancer isn't the leading cause of death in the United States; heart disease ranks first in that regard. But it's cancer that strikes fear into the hearts of many Americans.
Nov 9, 2026
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Cancer patients' voices could help improve care across Australia
Australians living with cancer are increasingly being asked a simple but powerful question: How are you? A study led by Flinders University and Flinders Medical Center describes how clinicians routinely listening to cancer ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Heterogeneity in breast cancer linked to risk of metastasis and treatment response
Differences within breast tumors and between patients are associated with the risk of metastasis and response to endocrine therapy, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet. The findings also highlight ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Computer models suggest ways to reduce side effects of chemotherapy in children
A drug used to support blood cell production (hematopoiesis) could be more effective in a specific leukemia treatment if administered before chemotherapy rather than after it. This was the outcome of computer simulations ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Cancer clinical trial participants reimbursed a median $2,128 for nonmedical expenses
New research reveals that participating in cancer clinical trials can cause financial burdens that are shaped by both socioeconomic and logistical factors. The analysis published by Wiley online in CANCER, indicates the need ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Microbiome therapy shows promise for preventing deadly bloodstream infections in early trial
Researchers at City of Hope and collaborators have pioneered a new approach to preventing dangerous bloodstream infections in patients receiving donor stem cell transplants for blood cancers. The first-of-its-kind therapy ...
Nov 8, 2026
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