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New Tumor Maps Give an Unprecedented Look at Colorectal Cancers

Researchers are creating maps of colorectal cancers in unprecedented detail to increase our understanding of the dynamics of the disease.
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New Targets Discovered To Overcome Radioresistance in Brain Cancer Cells

Researchers have unveiled a plausible mechanism underlying the radioresistance of glioblastoma cells that involves regulating an internal steady state of lipid within the cells.
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Laser Treatments Show Potential To Help Prevent Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

Simple laser treatments have shown potential as a treatment for keratinocyte carcinomas, one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the US.
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A New Fluorescent Dye Could Put Brain Tumors Under the Spotlight

A new fluorescent dye that can cross the blood–brain barrier has been developed that can be used to differentiate between healthy brain cells and cancer cells.
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Nail Polish Dryers Damage DNA and Cause Mutations in Cell Lines

Nail polish dryers that use UV light to cure gel manicures have been shown to damage DNA and cause cell death in cell lines, after just 20 minutes of exposure.
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Study Links Salmonella Exposure to Colon Cancer Risk

According to a study, exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew larger in human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models.

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Ovarian Cancer Tied to Bacteria Colonization of Microbiome

Researchers have found that a specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer.
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Can We Use Machine Learning To Predict the Spread of Brain Tumors?

Researchers have created a computational model that uses machine learning to fully analyze a patient’s tumor and better predict glioblastoma multiforme progression.
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How Specialized Immune Cells Can Detect "Invisible" Tumors

Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Leiden University Medical Center have discovered the way in which specialized immune cells can detect and remove cancers that are "invisible" to the conventional defense mechanisms employed by the immune system.
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Precision Medicine Program Helps To Guide Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment

A new program has been used to provide expert treatment guidance for more than 500 patients over a six-month evaluation period and has identified clinical trials appropriate for most of them.
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