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Machine learning creates opportunity for new personalized therapies
In cell-line and mouse models of ovarian cancer, researchers developed an interdisciplinary approach to identify metabolic vulnerabilities in certain genes that could be targeted to kill cancer cells.
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Mathematics enable scientists to understand organization within a cell’s nucleus
A clearer picture of how a cell is organized could help biologists learn how to reprogram a cell to halt cancer or other diseases.
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Study suggests commonly used prostate cancer treatment rewires engine of prostate tumors
Biopsies from the same patients before and after treatment reveal how a specific drug reprograms prostate tumors.
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What clinical trials can teach us
A clinical trial in head and neck cancer explored ways to improve clinical outcomes for patients. Although the trial failed, researchers found insight into new ways to address treatment resistance.
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New clues to how the tumor microenvironment impacts pancreatic cancer
GOT2 causes metabolic changes that pancreas tumors overcome.
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Changing the treatment of cancer
Breakthroughs in the field of genomics are revolutionizing prevention, diagnosis and care.
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Researchers find link between genetic mutations and cancer treatment resistance
Patients with relapsed multiple myeloma are resistant to commonly used treatments. Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic reason why.
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One mother’s journey with melanoma
Leah Koskinen shares her experience of being a new mom while managing the stresses of diagnosis, treatment and recovery from skin cancer.
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Dynamic cells linked to brain tumor growth and recurrence
In mice, researchers have discovered the presence of oncostreams, highly active cells connected to how brain tumors grow and invade healthy tissue.
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How MRI and CT predict flap failure after head and neck reconstructive cancer surgery
The findings could help shorten hospital stays for cancer patients.
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High fat diet, unregulated athletic exercise endurance enhancers linked to risk of pancreatic cancer
A study suggests substances touted to improve athletic performance can activate a receptor that accelerates the progression of pre-cancerous lesions to pancreatic cancer in mice.
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Man with end-stage colon cancer seeks to share knowledge with fellow patients
Steve Keating will likely die from his end-stage colon cancer. But he’s using whatever time he has left to share his knowledge of the cancer experience with other patients.
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Common prostate cancer medications may be less safe than previously thought
Men with advanced prostate cancer taking abiraterone or enzalutamide plus hormone therapy were at higher risk of serious medical issues than their peers undergoing hormone therapy alone.
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Early study finds new lymphoma drug effective
Eighty percent of patients with a subset of lymphoma saw their cancers shrink after taking zanubrutinib in a clinical trial.
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Study finds nanomedicine targeting lymph nodes key to triple negative breast cancer treatment
In mice, nanomedicine can remodel the immune microenvironment in lymph node and tumor tissue for long-term remission and lung tumor elimination in this form of metastasized breast cancer.