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Anti-nausea drug may help some cancer patients survive longer
Patients with breast, pancreatic and certain other types of cancer may survive longer if given…
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Measuring the generation rate of circulating tumour cells may shed light on how cancer spreads
MIT engineers have developed a technique that, for the first time, allows them to measure…
New method used to study how cancer cells are organised
Changes in individual cancer cells over time may explain why brain tumours develop so differently,…
Scientists find a pair of proteins control supply lines that feed cancer cells
In human cancer cell and mouse studies, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA, have found…
New study shows that different types of cancers are likely to spread to specific areas of the brain
Brain metastasis occurs when cancer in one part of the body spreads to the brain.…
Scientists find DNA ‘switch’ in fight against cancer and dementia
Scientists from the University of Bradford, UK, have discovered a DNA protein ‘switch’ that could…
Highlighting new innovations in early cancer detection
The latest special issue of PLOS Medicine features five studies outlining novel strategies for detecting cancer…
Discovery offers insight for development of cancer therapies targeting mutant p53
The tumor suppressor protein p53 is mutated in more than half of all human cancers.…
New textbook explains cancer and how to fight it
Half of us will face a cancer diagnosis during our lifespan, but the good news…
Widespread tumour suppression mechanism unveiled that stops cancer progression by interfering with cancer cell metabolism
According to a study by The Wistar Institute, USA, the tumour suppressor Parkin, whose levels…