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Overcoming resistance in pancreatic cancer
Cancer is relentless and resilient. When a drug blocks a cancer cell’s main survival pathway, the cell avoids the obstacle
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HRT link to 3,000 cases of breast cancer a year
It is thought higher levels of hormones generated by the therapy can cause some breast cancers to grow. Around one million
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Depression, anxiety linked to opioid use and reduced survival in women with breast cancer
Elderly women battling breast cancer who have anxiety, depression or other mental health conditions are more likely to use opioids
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Researchers convert pro-tumor macrophages into cancer killers
Epithelial cancers, such as cancers of the lung and pancreas, use the ανβ3 molecule to gain drug resistance to standard
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Aspirin may help some breast cancer survivors, but changes in DNA may mean harm for others: Chemical changes in DNA — called methylation — in blood and breast cancer tumors may modify aspirin’s role in mortality risk
Previous studies have shown that some women who use aspirin and are later diagnosed with breast cancer may live longer,
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Artificial intelligence could yield more accurate breast cancer diagnoses: System can interpret images that are challenging for doctors to classify
UCLA researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that could help pathologists read biopsies more accurately and to better detect
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Gene mutation combo linked to common cancer in women
Michigan State University researchers, in collaboration with the Van Andel Institute, have identified a combination of two gene mutations that
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Shrinking brain tumors and opening the door for targeted cancer therapies
A new drug, known as IP1867B, could be used for future treatments of brain tumours. Dr Richard Hill led the
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AI reveals new breast cancer types that respond differently to treatment: Revelations could personalize treatment, including picking out those likely to benefit from immunotherapy
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to recognise patterns in breast cancer — and uncovered five new types of the disease
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