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Functional Limitations Are Increasing in Cancer Survivors, Study Finds

In a study of 51,258 survivors weighted to represent a larger population of approximately 178.8 million people, 3.6 million survivors reported a functional limitation in 1999, and that number increased to 8.2 million in 2018.
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Unexpected Link Found Between Chromosomal Instability and Epigenetic Alterations

New research has uncovered an unexpected link between two hallmarks of cancer: chromosomal instability and epigenetic alterations.
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Changing Identities May Allow Aggressive Cancer Cells To Grow

Not all cancer metastases have the same destructive effect. Researchers demonstrate different mechanisms in experiments.
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Novel Resin Enables Generation and Purification of Radium and Actinium for Cancer Therapeutics

Zirconium-based materials have been shown to effectively separate radium and actinium, which could enable the large-scale production of radioisotopes for cancer therapy.
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Lung Cancer Drug Cuts Risk of Death by 51% in Clinical Trial

Results of a large Phase 3 clinical trial reveal that a targeted cancer drug, osimertinib, cut the risk of death by 51% for patients following surgery to remove non-small cell lung cancers harboring a specific mutation.
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Mutation Burden of Tumors Predicts Patient Survival

Tumors of different types, stages and microscopic aggressiveness can have different outcomes in patients with the same presentation. Researchers have discovered that this may be due to differences in tumor mutation burden.
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AI Beats Standard Risk Model for Predicting Future Breast Cancer

AI algorithms identify both missed breast cancers and tissue features may predict future cancers.
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Biosimilar Drugs Are Starting To Bring Competition to the Market, Study Finds

The U.S. biosimilar drug market emerged in 2015 to provide safe, effective and more affordable alternatives to existing biologic drugs, but it has been slow to develop compared with Europe.
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Molecular Chain Reaction Helps Breast Cancer To Spread

Researchers have pinpointed a molecular chain reaction that helps breast cancer to metastasize, suggesting a way of preventing secondary tumors.
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Improving How Lab-Grown Mini Tumors Predict Cancer Therapy Responses

Researchers develop new way to grow and measure how tumor organoids respond to therapy.
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