By simultaneously tackling two mechanisms for cancer’s growth, an experimental therapy reduced the spread of triple-negative breast cancer in a
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Cancer cells steer a jagged path: Researchers define a small protein’s central role in tumor mechanics
A jagged little protein appears to be key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, according to researchers
Read moreRevolutionary cancer diagnostics: blood test to detect all cancers at the same time within a few minutes
Can this revolutionize the fast test, the cancer diagnosis? A new type of blood or tissue test can diagnose within
Read moreCirculating tumor cell count could help choose treatment for metastatic breast cancer patients
Circulating tumor-cell (CTC) count could be used to choose hormone therapy or chemotherapy as frontline treatment for patients with estrogen
Read moreNew drug combination could be more effective against melanoma: Chemists discover an unexpected synergy between two types of cancer drugs
A class of cancer drugs called protein kinase inhibitors is one of the most effective treatments for melanoma. However, in
Read moreCancer stem cells get energy from protein, and it’s proving to be their Achilles’ heel
Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip apart
Read moreAggressive prostate and lung cancers are driven by common mechanisms, researchers find
UCLA researchers have discovered a common process in the development of late-stage, small cell cancers of the prostate and lung.
Read moreWhat can salad dressing tell us about cancer? Think oil and vinegar
Researchers led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have identified another way the process that causes oil to form
Read moreIn zebrafish, a way to find new cancer therapies, targeting tumor modulators: Rapid drug testing with zebrafish may soon lead to clinical trial of retinoic acid for adenoid cystic carcinoma:
The lab of Leonard Zon, MD, at Boston Children’s Hospital has long been interested in making blood stem cells in
Read moreShedding 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
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