It's been a team effort for the Rivera family, navigating life after Ron was diagnosed in August with squamous-cell cancer detected in a lymph node.
Related topics: Cancer, Lymph Nodes
(MedPage Today) -- Incidence of breast and colorectal cancers was similar between people with and without multiple sclerosis (MS), but MS patients had a higher incidence of other cancers, including bladder cancer, according to a population-based...
Related topics: Medical Research, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis
A comprehensive "proteogenomic" analysis of the proteins, genes, and RNA transcription involved in pediatric brain tumors has yielded a more complete understanding of these tumors, which are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children....
Related topics: Brain Tumors, Cancer, Proteins, Genetics
(MedPage Today) -- Detection rates for advanced adenomas and colorectal cancer (CRC) were superior with three cumulative rounds of biennial fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) versus once-only sigmoidoscopy, baseline results from a randomized,...
Related topics: Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Cancer
Plasma medicine is an emerging field, as plasmas show promise for use in a wide range of therapies from wound healing to cancer treatment, and plasma jets are the main plasma sources typically used in plasma-surface applications. To better...
Related topics: Cancer
Researchers have discovered new clues into why some people with head and neck cancer respond to immunotherapy, while others don't.
Related topics: Cancer, Medical Research
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25, 2020 -- Men with COVID-19 and cancer run a greater risk for severe symptoms and death than women with both conditions, a new study finds.
Researchers concluded that male cancer patients are 60% more likely to have severe...
Related topics: Cancer, Medical Research
CRISPR-Cas9 combined with a new delivery system shows promise in treating some of the most deadly cancers.
The post CRISPR Treatment for Cancer first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
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In the Netherlands, lung cancer gives way for cardio-friendly commutes.
There are few less appealing items in the universe than the ashtray. It’s literally a container for soot, carcinogens, and the occasional whiff of menthol. But in train...
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A transmissible cancer in the Tasmanian devil has evolved over the past two decades, with some lineages spreading and replacing others, according to a new study in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Young Mi Kwon, Kevin Gori, and Elizabeth...
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Story of a man who celebrated his five-year survival with GBM. He received 5-ALA prior to surgery, which helps the surgeon see more of the tumor for removal, and he was in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Related topics: Cancer, Clinical Trials
Plasma medicine is an emerging field, as plasmas show promise for use in a wide range of therapies from wound healing to cancer treatment, and plasma jets are the main plasma sources typically used in plasma-surface applications. To better...
Related topics: Cancer
TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2020 -- Rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have slowed in urban areas but continue to increase in rural areas, particularly among Black and Hispanic residents, according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting, the annual...
Related topics: Liver Cancer, Cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Medical Research
Stephen Baylin, M.D., the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, professor of oncology and medicine, and co-director of the Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, has been elected by his...
Related topics: Cancer, Medical Research, Genetics
Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey identified a novel enhancer that interacts with a tumor suppressor gene and explored its involvement in normal T-cell development as well as in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL).
Related topics: Cancer, Leukemia, Medical Research, Genetics
Medical mistrust is one reason why African American patients are more likely to have regrets about their choice of treatment for prostate cancer, suggests a study in The Journal of Urology(r), Official Journal of the American Urological Association...
Related topics: African-American, Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Medical Research
Sarah: “Before COVID-19 I would have heard something by now”
Sarah, aged 37, was diagnosed with bowel cancer that’s spread to nearby lymph nodes (stage 3) in 2018. She had surgery and 6 months of chemotherapy.
Sarah.
Since that initial...
Related topics: Cancer, Lymph Nodes, Chemotherapy
One of the people I credit with extending my life as a cancer patient is now struggling with her own diagnosis of advanced lung cancer.
Related topics: Nursing, Cancer, Lung Cancer
Regional centre aims to improve historically low rates of detection.
When 46-year old Darejan Berishvili made a routine visit to the newly-opened cancer screening centre in her home town of Zugdidi, she expected to receive a clean bill of...
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CRISPR/Cas9, or clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats, is a technique that involves identifying the location of mutations in genes and then using Cas9, a gene-editing enzyme, to cut and remove unwanted portions of DNA along a gene...
Related topics: Medical Research, Genetics, Cancer, Enzymes, DNA