Study finds chemotherapy fails for some blood cancer patients because of crucial gene mutations
Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients…
Browsing: mutations
Zooming in on breast cancer reveals how mutations shape the tumour landscape
Scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of breast cancer ever achieved, revealing…
Women carrying rare breast cancer variants more likely to develop interval breast cancers
While the presence of common breast cancer mutations was indicative of increased breast cancer risk,…
Researchers solve a central mystery of a baffling high-risk leukemia
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have unraveled the origins and identified mutations associated with…
Long Read: Same mutations underpin spread of cancer in individuals, study finds
Scientists have arrived at a key understanding about how cancers in individual patients spread, or…
New research reveals cancers need a ‘perfect storm’ of conditions to develop
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the ‘perfect storm’ of conditions that cells need to…
Long read: Taking aim at rare cancer variants
Leah Eisenstadt If you walked into a cancer clinic ten years ago as a newly…
Test run finds no cancer risk from stem cell therapy
Therapeutic stem cells can be made without introducing genetic changes that could later lead to…
Pancreatic cancer is really four separate cancers: study
By Ivy Shih, The Conversation. A landmark seven year study has identified that pancreatic cancer is…
Laws of nature predict cancer evolution
Cancers evolve over time in patterns governed by the same natural laws that drive physical…