Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and More
Targeted breast cancer therapies are treatments that target specific characteristics of cancer cells. Learn more about targeted therapies for breast cancer. Source: Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and...Is a diabetes drug the key to aggressive breast cancer?
New research finds that the diabetes drug metformin changes stem cancer cells in a way that makes them easier to target with a new form of treatment. Source: Is a diabetes drug the key to aggressive breast...Behind the Scenes of a Radical New Cancer Cure
What if we could genetically engineer a patient’s own immune cells to spot and fight cancer, as a sort of “best hits” of genetic therapy and immunotherapy?Enter CAR-T. The technology uses T-cells, which are like the bouncers of the immune system. Source: Behind the...Cancer: How close are we to curing it?
Below, we review some of the most recent cancer research breakthroughs that give us renewed hope that better therapies and prevention strategies will soon follow suit. Source: Cancer: How close are we to curing...Black female physicist pioneers technology that kills cancer cells with lasers
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is one of fewer than 100 black female physicists in the country, and the recent winner of $1.1 million grant to further develop a technology she’s pioneered that uses laser-activated nanoparticles to treat cancer. Source: Black female...Is it better to ‘contain’ rather than destroy cancer?
A new approach to cancer therapy suggests that doctors may be able to keep cancer in check by placing metastatic cells in a state of dormancy, thus blocking them from giving rise to new tumors. A recent study in mice has found that an existing drug could effectively...Identifying Breast Cancer Subtypes Associated With Late Recurrence
Researchers have developed a multistate model to identify 11 integrative subtypes of breast cancer with different risks of recurrence, according to the findings of a study published online in Nature. Source: Identifying Breast Cancer Subtypes Associated With Late...Altering Diet to Enhance Cancer Treatment Response
Cancer cells can alter their metabolism to survive, so targeting cancer cell metabolism has become of great interest to researchers. Questions being asked include: Is it possible to attack a tumor’s nutritional needs as part of cancer treatment? And could this be done...Checkpoint Inhibitors Boost Cancer Vaccine Research
Researchers are excited about the prospect to use vaccines in combination with checkpoint inhibitors to improve the body’s cancer-fighting ability. Source: Checkpoint Inhibitors Boost Cancer Vaccine Research – Cancer Therapy...Newly Discovered Mechanism Helps Our Own Immune Systems Fight Cancer
“When the mechanism is deactivated, the immune system becomes much more aggressive against the tumor cells,” scientist says. Source: Newly Discovered Mechanism Helps Our Own Immune Systems Fight...Yes, Breast Cancer Can (and Often Does) Spontaneously Regress: Confirmed by Case Reports and Meta-Analyses
A powerful case study and literature review published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology highlights a phenomenon which is rarely if ever acknowledged by the conventional medical establishment, namely, a case of the spontaneous...Research Areas: Cancer Genomics
The study of cancer genomes has revealed abnormalities in genes that drive the development and growth of many types of cancer. This knowledge has improved our understanding of the biology of cancer and led to new methods of diagnosing and treating the disease. Source:...New molecule stops cancer from ‘tricking’ the immune system
Scientists reveal how cancer ‘tricks’ immune cells into working for tumors rather than against them, and a molecule that may stop this deceptive mechanism. Source: New molecule stops cancer from ‘tricking’ the immune...Breast cancer: Blood test may predict relapse
Using data from a person’s immune response, researchers have devised a blood test that may accurately predict the risk of breast cancer recurrence. Source: Breast cancer: Blood test may predict...New Medicare-Covered Genetic Cancer Screening Test Could Save Your Life
Medicare now covers new genetic cancer screening at little or no out-of-pocket cost.This genetic screening allows your DNA to be analyzed to help determine your cancer risk and match you with your best options for preventing and treating illness. Source: New...Infections and cancer: The link could be stronger than we think
Study reveals a common cellular mechanism through which bacterial infection could promote cancer and increase resistance to anticancer drugs. Source: Infections and cancer: The link could be stronger than we...Could gut bacteria drive the spread of breast cancer?
New research in mice finds that having an unhealthful balance in the gut microbiome can cause breast cancer to spread more aggressively. Source: Could gut bacteria drive the spread of breast...How Artificial Intelligence could help with early detection of breast cancer
“Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, we can personalize screening around a woman’s risk of developing cancer,” senior study author Regina Barzilay, an MIT professor who is also a breast-cancer survivor, said in a statement. “For example, a doctor might...Treating Cancer Based on Its Genetics, Not Its Location
Most people still think of cancer as related to one organ, like breast, prostate or lung cancer. The idea that cancers that arise in different places could have similar, if not identical, causes is a surprise to most people.
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