Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Treatment with a combination of haloperidol and lorazepam reduced symptoms of agitated delirium, a common end-of-life condition for patients with advanced cancers, compared with haloperidol alone,…
Tag: Oncology & Cancer
Sex matters in how, when, and where melanomas develop
Fitted temporal trend of invasive cutaneous melanoma incidence (1982- 2018) for males vs. females from three populations (Queensland, US Whites, Scotland), by body site. Credit: Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2024).…
Study identifies five key factors that predict response of cancer patients to immunotherapy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at IRB Barcelona has identified five independent factors that predict cancer patients’ response to checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs). The study, which has been…
Protein NSD2 found to drive early prostate cancer development
Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image Gallery Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have uncovered a key reason that a typically normal protein goes awry and…
PanCan nodule management protocol found more effective than LungRADSv1.1 method
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New data presented today reveals that the PanCan nodule management protocol demonstrates superior performance in triaging lung cancer screening participants compared to the LungRADSv1.1 approach. Specifically,…
Bioengineers develop lotus leaf-inspired system for cancer research
Alexandria Carter. Credit: Gustavo Raskosky The lotus leaf is a pioneer of self-cleaning, water-repellant engineering. Water droplets all but hover on its surface, whose unique texture traps air in its…
Novel PET/CT technique accurately detects neuroblastoma in children with short scan time and no anesthesia
[18F]MFBG LAFOV PET/ULD CT (top) and [123I]MIBG scintigraphy with SPECT/LD CT images (bottom) of 7-wk-old girl with neuroblastoma. [18F]MFBG image shows intraspinal and bone marrow involvement not seen on [123I]MIBG…
Ovarian cancer is hard to detect—focusing on these four symptoms can help with diagnosis
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ovarian cancers are often found when they are already advanced and hard to treat. Researchers have long believed this was because women first experienced symptoms when…
Adults with learning disabilities three times more likely to die from cancer, researchers find
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Glasgow have found that adults with learning disabilities are more likely to die from cancer compared to the general population. The…
