A new computer program can analyze images of patients’ lung tumors, specify cancer types, and even identify altered genes driving
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Shedding light on 100-year-old cancer mystery
For almost a century, scientists have observed a strange behavior in cancer cells: They prefer a less-efficient pathway to produce
Read more‘Evil’ proteins a force for good in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, striking 1 out of 8 women. About
Read moreOptimizing technologies for discovering cancer cell mutations
Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started or which
Read moreUnexpected cell population key to blood cancer relapse: Cancer regenerating cells responsible for the return of acute myeloid leukemia after remission
McMaster University researchers have provided evidence of new cancerous cells they have termed cancer regenerating cells, which are responsible for
Read moreVariation in cancer-causing KRAS mutations greater than thought
The effects of KRAS mutations underlying many different types of cancer are more diverse than previously thought, according to a
Read moreOvarian cancer: Quick steps to widespread disease: Blocking glycogen, a key energy source, could slow or prevent tumor spread
In nearly 80 percent of women with ovarian cancer, the disease has already spread to the omentum before it was
Read moreA ‘homing system’ targets therapeutic T-cells to brain cancer
A multi-institution international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new strategy to overcome one
Read moreUnlocking the secrets of cell division in cancer
Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that some cells can divide without
Read moreAdditional inhibitor can help anti-VEGF therapy overcome resistance in deadly brain cancer: Study identifies target, shows proof-of-concept in mice
Adding another inhibitor to therapies that cut off a tumor’s access to blood vessels could be the key to helping
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