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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 ...

Melanoma vaccine reduces death or cancer recurrence by 42%

In a world-first international trial, adding intismeran, a type of personalized therapeutic cancer vaccine made from each patient's own tumor, to pembrolizumab immunotherapy after surgery for high-risk melanoma reduced the ...

Comprehensive DNA sequencing reveals hidden drivers of cancer

Michigan's Oncology Sequencing Program, or MiOncoSeq, was the first of its kind in the nation to sequence patient tumors. Launched in 2010, the program analyzes DNA and RNA from normal tissue and tumors to identify alterations ...

Male breast cancer: Risk rises with age, expert explains

Male breast cancer is far less common than breast cancer in women, but it is usually discovered later: Men with breast cancer often receive the diagnosis after finding a breast lump on their own. Kathryn Ruddy, M.D., an oncologist ...

Researchers show how leukemia cells 'hide' from treatment

In a first-of-its-kind study collaboration, new research has uncovered that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells may switch between different survival signals, helping explain why treatments work well for some patients ...