cancer

Cancer survivors are at increased risk of disease throughout life

Swedish researchers have surveyed all people under the age of 25 who have had cancer since 1958. The study, led…

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Fasting primes the immune system’s natural killer cells to better fight cancer, new study in mice finds

Periods of fasting reprogram the immune system's natural killer cells to better fight cancer, according to a new study in…

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Proton therapy demonstrates advantages in Phase III head and neck cancer trial

According to preliminary data from a multi-institution Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson…

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Scientists create tailored drug for aggressive breast cancer

Scientists have used breast cancer cells' weakness against themselves by linking a tumour-selective antibody with a cell-killing drug to destroy…

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Geologists, biologists unearth the atomic fingerprints of cancer

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and Princeton University have, for the first time, employed a tool often used…

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Newly discovered mechanism of T-cell control can interfere with cancer immunotherapies

Activated T cells that carry a certain marker protein on their surface are controlled by natural killer (NK) cells, another…

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Breast cancer rates rising among Canadian women in their 20s, 30s and 40s

Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in Canada according to a study which…

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New urine-based test detects high-grade prostate cancer, helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem…

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Genomic research may help explain cancer resistance in Tasmanian devils

Over the past 30 years, Australia's Tasmanian devil population has been afflicted with an infectious cancer that has pushed the…

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New insights into immune system role in lung cancer risk

Recent developments in cancer research have highlighted the vital role of the immune system, particularly in the notable successes of…

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