3-D mammography improves cancer detection in dense breasts
Breasts are considered dense if they have a lot of fibrous or glandular tissue but not much fatty tissue. …
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Stressed-out cancers may provide drug target
The researchers showed that chromosomal instability — which is a hallmark of rapidly dividing cancer cells — makes them stressed and vulnerable to mild metabolic disruption. Metabolism is the normal process by which the body turns food into energy…
People putting their lives at risk by dismissing cancer symptoms
More than half (53 per cent) of 1,700 people who completed a health questionnaire said they had experienced at least one red-flag cancer ‘alarm’ symptom during the previous three months. But only two per cent of them thought that cancer was a possible cause…
Novel type 1 diabetes treatment shown to work on human beta cells transplanted into mice
GABA, or gamma-aminobutryic acid, is an amino acid produced by the same beta cells that make and secrete insulin. Drs…
Breast cancer vaccine shows promise in small clinical trial — ScienceDaily
The study appears Dec. …
Gene associated with an aggressive breast cancer uncovered
TNBC is deadly because, unlike other types of breast cancers such as estrogen receptor (ER) positive or HER2 amplified breast tumours which have effective targeted therapy, TNBC tumours do not respond to targeted therapy. Breast cancer has many subtypes, each with its own genetic makeup. As such, different subtypes behave differently in invasion and metastasis. …
Immunotherapy set to revolutionize cancer treatment, experts say
“We expect that the new possibilities of immunotherapy will substantially change the treatment of cancer,” said Stahel, who is also Scientific Co-Chair of the meeting. “And this is not just in one disease, but across the board in many types of cancer…
Scientists deliver a promising one-two punch for lung cancer
Lung cancer, which affects nonsmokers as well as smokers, is the most common cancer worldwide, causing 1.6 million deaths a year, far more than pancreatic, breast and colon cancer combined. About 30 percent of the most common type of lung cancer (non-small) contains a mutation in a gene called KRAS. …
Power behind ‘master’ gene for cancer discovered
In bean sprouts, a collection of amino acids known as a protein complex allows them to grow longer in the darkness than in the light. …
Immune checkpoint inhibitors may work in brain cancers
The novel research shows that brain metastases have dense concentrations of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes, providing an immunoactive environment. Moreover, both primary and secondary brain cancers often exhibit high expression of the immunosuppressive factor programmed cell death ligand 1 (PDL1), which can be inhibited by new treatments, thus activating the immune system. …