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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 ...

How mental health and cancer survivorship intersect

A Stanford Medicine study identified an often-overlooked period of vulnerability for cancer survivors: Mental health disorders identified two to five years after a cancer diagnosis were associated with a 119% higher rate ...

Blood test offers new way to track lung cancer

Northwestern Medicine scientists and collaborators have demonstrated a novel liquid biopsy technique that can measure cancer burden and reveal molecular characteristics of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to a new ...

Smarter CAR-T cells could beat a deadly pediatric brain cancer

Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered CAR-T cells that stay dormant until they reach the brain, where they switch on and destroy tumor cells. In mice, these CAR-T cells were able to clear diffuse midline glioma (DMG), ...

Wider surgical margins may not mean better cancer control

It's a question that surgeons often face: How much surrounding healthy tissue should they take out when removing a patient's cancer to be sure it is fully eliminated? Removing more can sacrifice nearby nerves, blood vessels, ...