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Microbial patterns in colorectal tumors may predict patient survival and disease progression
A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how the disease progresses and patient outcomes. These "tissue-resident" microbes appear to play an integral ...
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Higher intake of food preservatives linked to increased cancer risk
A higher intake of food preservatives, widely used in industrially processed foods and beverages to extend shelf-life, is associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, finds a study from France published in The BMJ.
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An electronic health record-integrated AI agent advances personalized prostate cancer education
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed and evaluated MedEduChat, an electronic health record (EHR) that works with a large language model to provide accurate, patient-specific prostate cancer education.
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Young cancer survivors may face faster aging and possible early-onset dementia
Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors age faster than their peers who did not have cancer, according to a new study, which also describes how accelerated aging occurs both at the cellular level and in brain function, ...
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Q&A: How tumor support cells help lung cancer evade targeted therapy
A study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center found that normal cells surrounding a tumor, known as cancer-associated fibroblasts, can help lung cancer cells survive targeted drug therapy by activating multiple survival ...
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Cholesterol-lowering drug can overcome chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer, researchers discover
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is among the most aggressive types of breast cancer, lacking estrogen, progesterone, and HER2 receptors and thus relying primarily on cytotoxic chemotherapy. Despite initial responsiveness, ...
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Algorithm matches drugs to glioblastoma's diverse cell types, offering hope for individualized therapies
Researchers have developed a new computational approach that uncovers possible drugs for specific cellular targets for treating glioblastoma, a lethal brain tumor. This approach enabled them to predict more effective treatment ...
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Cracking prostate cancer's code: An enzyme's central role in controlling subtypes and improving therapeutic response
A large team of researchers led by Wouter Karthaus, head of the Endocrine Therapy Resistance and Molecular Genetics Lab at EPFL, and Eneda Toska at Johns Hopkins University have identified the enzyme KMT2D as a key epigenetic ...
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A cancer 'flashlight' helps physicians determine who can benefit from targeted treatments
To determine who could benefit from targeted cancer treatments, a researcher at the University of Missouri has put tumors under a spotlight.
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Ozempic, Wegovy might lower colon cancer risk
Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.
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Treatment developed for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate severe side effects
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate a side effect so debilitating that patients often refuse the life-saving therapy.
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Colon cancer rates are spiking among young people: Here's why, and how to lower the risk
Dr. Bethany Malone has treated a lot of colorectal cancer patients. The youngest, not counting those with genetic conditions, was 19 years old.
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Seeing thyroid cancer in a new light: When AI meets label-free imaging in the operating room
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer, affecting more people each year as detection rates continue to rise. During tumor excision, surgeons often struggle to determine exactly how much tissue should be removed, ...
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Targeting epigenetic modifiers and splicing regulators together may offer new acute myeloid leukemia treatment paths
Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic mutations—IDH2 and SRSF2—work cooperatively to mis-splice RNA messages and change how blood ...
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Immune sabotage: How a Vitamin A byproduct compromises the body's normal anti-cancer response
Scientists at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified novel mechanisms by which a metabolic derivative of vitamin A—all-trans retinoic acid—compromises both the body's ...
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Study confirms high cost effectiveness of prostate cancer screening
A research team from the Department of Surgery and the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has demonstrated that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ...
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Study underscores role of sleep in reducing toll of social adversity on breast cancer survivors' health
Where someone lives can affect their health. For breast cancer survivors, their neighborhood can influence their recovery from treatment.
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Novel analysis shows promise for revealing early ovarian cancer signals
University of Manchester researchers have shown that analysis of fluid flushed through a fallopian tube holds promise for providing insights into molecular changes linked to early ovarian cancer development.
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How a rare genetic variant protects some people from developing blood cancers
Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most cancers, the cause is usually mutations in the DNA, which are genetic errors that accumulate as ...
Fatigue before cancer treatment linked to adverse events
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center-led investigators found that higher patient-reported fatigue before cancer treatment aligned with higher odds of severe, life-threatening, and fatal treatment-related toxic effects.
For the first time, a mechanism enabling breast cancer to metastasize to the brain has been deciphered
A large-scale international study, led by researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University, has uncovered a mechanism that allows breast cancer to send metastases to the brain—a highly ...
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Combination therapy against brain cancer proves effective in preclinical models
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have made a breakthrough that could modernize treatment for glioblastoma. In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
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Ovarian cancer alters the abdominal cavity to aid tumor spread, study reveals
Ovarian cancer often goes undetected for a long time. In seven out of 10 patients, the tumor has already formed secondary tumors in the abdominal cavity at the time of diagnosis. These metastases are particularly common in ...
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Lifting cancer's invisibility cloak: Dying tumor cells alert the immune system
The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or cancerous cells. But tumor cells develop many features that help them hide from the immune system to ...
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