It’s unclear whether all patients with advanced rectal cancer need chemoradiotherapy, or whether some can forego the treatment and therefore
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Depleted metabolic enzymes promote tumor growth in kidney cancer: Study identifies new renal cancer targets based on tumor metabolism
Kidney cancer, one of the ten most prevalent malignancies in the world, has increased in incidence over the last decade,
Continue reading »Racial-ethnic disparities in the quality of end-of-life care among lung cancer patients
Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of experiencing
Continue reading »Sweet Photo of Man and Great-Grandchildren Leads to His Skin Cancer Diagnosis: 'I Was Amazed'
When Sarah Frei shared a sweet Instagram photo of her grandpa holding his two infant great-grandsons in November, she never
Continue reading »Shooting the Achilles heel of drug-resistant cancer: New treatment strategy exploits acquired vulnerability in drug-resistant melanoma
Cancer cells that develop resistance to drugs, pay a price for this, by simultaneously developing a new vulnerability. If this
Continue reading »Does HPV vaccination prevent the development of cervical cancer?
New evidence published today in the Cochrane Library shows that human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines protect against cervical lesions in
Continue reading »Metastasis enablers: Findings could unlock new ovarian cancer treatments
In order to spread their destruction, ovarian cancer cells must break free from their tumor home, travel through the fluid
Continue reading »Study confirms curable state between single and widespread cancers: Molecular subtypes distinguish low from intermediate and high risk patients
In 1995, two University of Chicago-based cancer specialists suggested there was an intermediate state — somewhere between curable localized cancers
Continue reading »Expert panel highlights patient choice for prostate cancer screen (Update)
(HealthDay)—More men could receive PSA blood tests for prostate cancer under revised guidelines released Tuesday by the nation’s leading panel
Continue reading »Amplification of key cellular organizer may initiate cancer, study suggests
Cells begin to accumulate centrosomes—organelles that play a vital role during cell division—before they transform into cancer cells, according to
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