Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In an analysis of 30 cancer types among men, investigators uncover substantial disparities in cancer cases and deaths by age and countries’ economic status—disparities that are…
Tag: Oncology & Cancer
Gen X and millennials at greater risk of 17 types of cancer compared to previous generations
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A worrying new study by the American Cancer Society has revealed that generation X and millennials are at more risk of developing many types of cancer…
Radiotherapy benefits last a decade, breast cancer study reveals
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Providing radiotherapy after surgery could prevent breast cancer from returning in the same place for up to 10 years, a long-term study suggests. This protective effect…
Overcoming the limits of immunotherapies
Karl Petri (left) is setting up an Emmy Noether research group at the University Hospital of Würzburg with the support of the German Research Foundation. Alexandre Trubert (centre) and Leon…
Cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but for some it gives permission to live more radically
by Kevin Dew, Alex Broom, Chris Cunningham, Elizabeth Dennett, Kerry Chamberlain and Richard Egan, The Conversation Credit: Ivan Samkov from Pexels A diagnosis of life-limiting cancer can be overwhelming and…
One type of non-statin cholesterol-lowering drug linked to lower liver cancer risk
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Past studies have suggested that taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may lower individuals’ risk of developing liver cancer. In a new study of non-statin cholesterol-lowering medications, one…
How tiny tumor models could transform drug testing
Schematic of microfluidic chip-based approach for quality assessment and screening of esophageal cancer drugs. A three-dimensional scaffold with inverse opal structure was fabricated using a single-emulsion microfluidic device. The esophageal…
Have fun in the sun, but protect your skin, expert says
Roughly 20% of Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer at some point in their lives, but it’s not inevitable. Skin cancer is not only the most common cancer, it’s also…
Weight-loss jabs linked to lower cancer risk compared with insulin—new study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Obesity increases the risk of developing a number of cancers, so it stands to reason that drugs that reduce body weight should also reduce the risk…
Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection, researchers discover
mIDH1 inhibition restores immune surveillance. Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adl6173 A number of cancers, including certain brain and liver tumors, as well as myeloid leukemias, are driven by mutations in…
