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Breaking the shield that protects pancreatic cancer from immunotherapy
Scar-like cells that make up a sizeable portion of malignant pancreatic tumours and shield these…
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Stem cell therapy protects against the side effects of cancer drugs
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are widely used to treat a variety of cancers; however, one serious…
Starting screening before age 50 is found to significantly reduce the risk and incidence of colorectal cancer in women
Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in women before the age of 50 can significantly reduce…
Overweight and obesity may exacerbate harmful effects of alcohol on cancer risk
New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands,…
Targeting interleukin-6 could help relieve immunotherapy side effects
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, have identified a novel…
Failed clinical trial leads to scientific breakthrough
It’s not often that a failed clinical trial leads to a scientific breakthrough. When patients…
Breast cancer: Why metastasis spreads to the bone
When cancer cells break away from a primary tumour and migrate to other organs, it…
Could exercise counteract cardiotoxic chemotherapy for women with breast cancer?
When you’re a breast cancer survivor, the last thing you need is another health scare.…
All cells are important: A roadmap to characterise lymphoma stroma
Lymphomas are blood cancers that often start from lymph nodes. Lymph nodes contain not only…
Radiologists, AI systems show differences in breast-cancer screenings, new case study finds
Radiologists and artificial intelligence systems yield significant differences in breast-cancer screenings, a team of researchers…