Each year, more than 3 million people are diagnosed with cancers driven by mutations in three RAS-family genes: KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS. RAS-family mutations are associated with numerous types of cancer.
Oct 31, 2024
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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a way that ovarian cancer tumors manipulate their environment to resist immunotherapy and identified a drug target that could overcome that resistance.
Oct 30, 2024
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Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen, and their collaborators have discovered six novel genes with rare germline variants that associate with cancer risk. The findings are published today in Nature Genetics under the title ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Asbestos may have been banned from use in the UK since 1999, but the hazardous material continues to pose a serious danger to the population.
Oct 26, 2024
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A new lung cancer screening initiative has made significant strides in overcoming barriers to care for low-income, uninsured and minority populations in Central Texas—a critical step toward reducing disparities in lung ...
Oct 25, 2024
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A study of patients with metastatic lung cancer by researchers based in Brazil and the United States has found that their performance in simple physical tests such as sitting down, standing and walking can help physicians ...
Oct 22, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a protein in a deadly type of lung cancer can control how the immune system responds to the tumor, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Oct 17, 2024
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In a potential advance for melanoma patients, researchers at ChristianaCare's Gene Editing Institute have used CRISPR gene editing tools to disable a gene mutation often seen in aggressive forms of this dangerous skin cancer ...
Oct 16, 2024
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Research published in Nature Genetics on Oct.14, by Yale Cancer Center researchers at Yale School of Medicine, found a higher concentration of a specific kind of DNA—extrachromosomal or ecDNA—in more aggressive and advanced ...
Oct 15, 2024
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When you think of lung cancer treatment, what comes to mind—chemotherapy, radiation, surgery? While these can be crucial, there's another powerful tool that's often overlooked: exercise.
Oct 14, 2024
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