Novel nanoparticle enhances radiation tumour killing
Radiation kills tumours by creating oxygen free radicals that damage the tumour DNA. However, the…
Browsing: Head and Neck Cancers
The unanticipated early origins of childhood brain cancer
Brain tumours are the leading cause of non-accidental death in children in Canada, but little…
Discovery of oral cancer biomarkers could save thousands of lives
Oral cancer is known for its high mortality rate in developing countries, but an international…
Shutting down deadly paediatric brain cancer at its earliest moments
Cell-by-cell genetic analyses of developing brain tissues in neonatal mice and laboratory models of brain…
Cervical pre-cancer rates down 88% in decade since HPV vaccinations began – first findings
Kevin Pollock, Glasgow Caledonian University Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women…
AACR 2019: Hour of radiation treatments can affect mucositis for patients with head/neck cancers
Painful sores in the mouth and throat are one of the most common adverse side…
Helping infants survive brain cancer
Choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) is a particularly challenging type of brain cancer. The tumour most…
The evolution of brain tumours
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center found in a recent study that only three…
New microfluidics device can detect cancer cells in blood
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Queensland University of Technology of Australia,…
New machine learning technique rapidly analyses nanomedicines for cancer immunotherapy
With their ability to treat a wide a variety of diseases, spherical nucleic acids (SNAs)…