Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study has found some cancers to be slightly more frequent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in people without MS. The study is published…
Tag: Oncology & Cancer
Study finds common breast cancer treatments may speed aging process
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed that common breast cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery,…
Harnessing natural killer T cells to advance cancer immunotherapy for solid tumors
CAR-NKT cells target tumor cells in vitro. a, Representative flow cytometry plots illustrating the purity of NKT cells isolated from the spleen of iVα14-Jα18 transgenic mice, n = 12 with similar results.…
Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from the…
People who experience side effects from cranial radiation therapy may recover full neurocognitive function within months
Credit: Wikimedia Commons A substantial number of patients with brain metastases who experience cognitive side effects following radiation therapy may fully regain cognitive function, according to a pooled analysis of…
Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer—and that is a problem for Māori
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Surviving lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand could depend on whether you can access a GP—raising questions about equity in the country’s health system. Our new…
Omitting biopsy with negative MRI reduces detection of clinically insignificant prostate cancer: Study
Omitting biopsy in patients with negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results is associated with a significantly reduced relative risk for detecting clinically insignificant prostate cancer, according to a study published…
A microarray-based high-throughput in situ tagged immunoprecipitation sequencing technology for diffuse midline glioma
Graphical abstract. Credit: hLife (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2024.07.004 Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is a highly aggressive and fatal pediatric high-grade glioma that primarily affects critical regions of the central nervous system,…
Researchers identify role of Parkinson’s-related protein in cancer and T cell activation
Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI180983 A team from the Wistar Institute has demonstrated the role of Parkin—a protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease—in the body’s innate immune response…
Long-term metastatic melanoma survival dramatically improves on immunotherapy, clinical trial finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Long-term data from a landmark international trial show about half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors survive cancer-free for…
