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Two new studies highlight possible treatment options for patients with neuroendocrine tumors
Two new studies led by Renuka Iyer, MD, Section Chief for Gastrointestinal Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, highlight possible new treatment options for...
1 hour ago - News Medical
UVA scientists identify oncogene responsible for deadliest brain tumor
Scientists have identified an oncogene responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor.
2 hours ago - News Medical
Study identifies molecular differences between individual tumor cells in ependymomas
For the first time in the world, an international study team with substantial participation from researchers from the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna...
8 hours ago - News Medical
Nano-radiomics unveils treatment effect on tumor microenvironment
Researchers have developed a novel noninvasive approach called nano-radiomics that analyzes imaging data to assess changes in the tumor microenvironment that are not detected...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily - 3 articles
Researchers develop new approach to assess changes in tumor microenvironment
Research has shown that the tumor microenvironment can help cancers grow and evade the immune response. The TME has even been shown to inhibit cellular immunotherapy, a novel...
2 days ago - News Medical
Newly identified gene variants in Black Americans could lead to precision prostate cancer therapies
Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors...
3 days ago - News Medical
Despite treatment advances, ‘much to improve upon' in high-risk neuroblastoma
An estimated 800 new cases of neuroblastoma are diagnosed in the United States each year. Although rare, it is the third most common cancer among children - behind only...
3 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
Researchers gain insight into factors influencing immunotherapy response in kidney cancer
Tumor mutational burden is considered a hallmark indicator of a tumor's potential for response to immunotherapy. PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab and nivolumab...
3 days ago - Healio
We Need To Normalize Checking In With Our Kids - It's A Game-Changer
My kids and I are generally good communicators. That's less a result of good parenting on my part and more a result of the trauma we've been through as a family of four that...
4 days ago - Scary Mommy
Mirror image tumor treatment
Our immune system ought to be able to recognize and kill tumor cells. However, many tumors deceive the immune system. For example, they induce the so-called immune checkpoints...
4 days ago - ScienceDaily
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