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Liquid biopsy as effective as tissue biopsy for non-small cell lung cancer
A multi-centre study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre…
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Increased muscle mass improves response to cancer treatment
As far back as Ancient Greece, a sculptured physique has been heralded as the pinnacle…
New microfluidics device can detect cancer cells in blood
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Queensland University of Technology of Australia,…
Suspicious spots on the lungs do not behave like metastases of rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumour in the muscle tissue of children and adolescents.…
Small cell lung cancer may respond to combination of immunotherapy and DNA damage repair inhibitors
Researchers have discovered that a combination of immune checkpoint blockade and targeted therapies that block…
Bacteria promote lung tumour development, study suggests
MIT cancer biologists have discovered a new mechanism that lung tumours exploit to promote their…
High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers
The first report from a phase II, multi-centre clinical trial indicates that a newer and…
Study increases check-ups for smokers at risk of lung cancer by 40 per cent
Researchers at the University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia and their collaborators have found…
New findings may help oncologists determine effectiveness of checkpoint inhibitors
In a study published in JCI Insight, researchers have identified checkpoint inhibitor resistance mechanisms in many…
New findings may help oncologists determine effectiveness of checkpoint inhibitors
In an article recently published in JCI Insight, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham…