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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Slow Spread of Cancer
According to research, statins, which are prescribed as cholesterol-lowering drugs, inhibit the expression of a metastasis-associated gene in tumor cells.
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Precision Medicine Tech Could Help To Improve Immunotherapies
Researchers have developed a new precision medicine technology that can carry out comprehensive mapping of the whole cell surface tumor antigen landscape in patients. The technology could help to create new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer.
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Immunotherapy Plus Standard Treatment Improves Survival of Head and Neck Cancer Patients
A clinical trial that added an immunotherapy drug to standard of care treatment regimens has shown increased survival rates for head and neck cancer patients with intermediate risk features.
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How Do Changes to Asbestos Inside the Cell Cause Cancer?
Using cutting-edge techniques, researchers are looking at the changes that occur to asbestos inside the cell, at the nanoscale and atomic scale.
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Immune Response to Tissue Damage Influences Cancer’s Spread
Researchers have uncovered how a process involved in the regeneration of tissue damaged by radiation can aid the spread of cancer.
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Team Targets Protein To Prevent Spread of Prostate Cancer
A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that by targeting a specific protein that is often overexpressed in prostate cancer it is possible to prevent prostate cancer from spreading to other parts of the body.
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Stopping the Spread of Cancer by Repurposing Existing Drugs
The treatment of cancer could be revolutionized by the discovery that existing drugs, used to treat depression and heart disease, could reverse key changes in cancer cells that are associated with their ability to spread.
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Pancreatic Cancer: Cellular Process Points To Potential Treatment Target
Researchers show that inhibition of a key protein limits growth of pancreatic cancer cells.
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Team Halts Development of Small Cell Lung Cancer in Mice
Researchers have investigated the role of a mutation in the EP300 gene in the formation of small cell lung cancer tumors. Their experiments, performed using a mouse model, revealed that the gene codes for a protein that can both foster or prevent the development of cancer.
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Cellular Stress Predicts a Poor Chemotherapy Response in Ovarian Cancer
Researchers have investigated how the tumors changed during chemotherapy and identified a new cancer cell state associated with poor treatment response.
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