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25 years of learning to combat cervical cancer
According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of…
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Scientists use catalysts to destroy cancerous cells from within
Using “Trojan horses” to combat cancer from within the tumour cells themselves without damaging healthy…
Cell death or cancer growth: A question of cohesion
Activation of CD95, a receptor found on all cancer cells, triggers programmed cell death -…
Benefits of receiving care in a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic
Newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients have multiple standard-of-care treatment options available, but many are not…
More children are surviving neuroblastoma
Both the survival rate and the incidence of neuroblastoma have increased in the last decennia,…
New screening method identifies inhibitors of cancer cell metabolism
A new screening system developed by scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center leverages…
Radiation from CT scans associated with increased risk for cancer
A new study in JNCI Cancer Spectrum finds that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated…
Important mucin link between microbial infections and many cancers
It is generally known that viruses, with their cell-invading capabilities, can be responsible for a…
Genetic alterations caused by cancer therapies identified
Living implies change. This is what happens to the cells of our bodies as we…
New candidate cancer genes identified using math models
Computational modelling is the use of computers to simulate and study the behaviour of complex…