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Some ketogenic diets found to cause mitochondrial stress and lead to inflammation

New University of Cincinnati Cancer Center research found that a ketogenic diet high in long-chain saturated fatty acids can increase inflammation.

What men need to know after a major update to prostate cancer guidelines

Middle-aged men should undergo regular screening for prostate cancer, the American Cancer Society said Thursday in a major change to its guidelines.

Why exercise has become a key part of cancer treatment

Scientists have long known that regular exercise decreases the risk of developing many types of cancer. But last year, results from a large, randomized clinical trial of patients with colon cancer definitively showed what ...

Cancer vaccines show promise for treatment and prevention

For more than three decades, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have pursued an ambitious idea: that vaccines could train the immune system to recognize and fight cancer. Now, a landmark phase ...

Rethinking the road to cancer care in Rwanda

While studying health systems around the world during a yearlong fellowship, Abel Sapirstein traveled to northern Rwanda to visit Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, which at the time was the country's only publicly accessible ...

Surveyed cancer patients say cannabis improves symptoms

A new study by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the Kentucky Cannabis Center provides insight into how some cancer patients are using cannabis, the benefits they report and how physicians can help patients ...

AI may help tailor treatment for childhood brain tumors

Choosing the right treatment for a child with a malignant brain tumor requires a careful balance. Therapy must be strong enough to keep the cancer from coming back, but it can also cause lasting side effects that affect learning, ...

In the future, a blood test may be able to replace a biopsy

Doctors often have to take a tissue sample to understand what is happening inside a tumor or another affected organ. Biomedical scientist Danilo Mladenović is working to find the same information from a blood sample. Research ...

Cervical cancer cases and deaths forecast to rise

Global cervical cancer cases and deaths could rise by 20.2% and 39.3%, respectively, by 2050, according to a modeling study published in Nature Medicine. The findings suggest that the burden of cervical cancer will remain ...

Tumor index can identify breast cancer patients' drug response

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed an imaging biomarker, the Tumour Heterogeneity Index (THI), which enables noninvasive assessment of breast cancer patients' response to AKT inhibitors ...

Reversing radiation-activated immune suppression in cancer

Researchers at the University of Chicago have identified a mechanism to make immune cells reprogrammed by radiation therapy attack tumors rather than protect them. The study, published in Cancer Cell, shows that radiation ...