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Being diagnosed with potentially fatal metastatic breast cancer inspired one man to gather a team of diverse professionals to create an AI-based tool that analyzes a patient’s symptoms using a smartphone, providing oncologists with a means of providing… Continue reading One man’s breast cancer diagnosis inspires groundbreaking treatment tool
Researchers have developed an automated platform that they’ve used to screen thousands of drugs and identify those that can be used to interrupt the spread of melanoma, one of which they successfully trialed on mice. The approach could help identify pr… Continue reading New tech screens & identifies drugs capable of stopping melanoma spread
Researchers have identified the gene responsible for setting off a cellular chain reaction that causes prostate cancer to metastasize to the bone, making it almost impossible to treat. The discovery could have significant implications for treating pros… Continue reading Genetic ringleader responsible for prostate cancer spread identified
Researchers have found that a now-discontinued drug used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may be effective at treating metastatic breast cancer and the brain metastases that can often result. The repurposed drug has the potential to be a no… Continue reading Repurposed Parkinson’s drug found to be effective against brain cancer
Spanish researchers have created the world’s first biobank of living brain tissue collected from patients with metastatic brain cancer. The biobank provides a library of samples upon which research can be done and drugs tested, with the data collected … Continue reading Spanish researchers open first biobank for living human brain samples
Researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which a protein facilitates the spread of breast cancer cells from the primary tumor into healthy tissue. The discovery not only improves our understanding of the metastatic process but is the first step to d… Continue reading Protein discovery could be used to stop breast cancer in its tracks
A new study has found that antioxidants like vitamins C and E activate a mechanism that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels in cancer tumors, helping them to grow and spread. The researchers say their findings highlight the potential risk of tak… Continue reading Antioxidants such as vitamin C found to spur cancer growth & metastasis
Metastatic cancer accounts for up to 90% of all cancer deaths in the US annually. But with researchers developing a first-of-its-kind drug that inhibits the process by which cancer cells spread around the body, it’s hoped that this number will soon go … Continue reading First-of-its-kind cancer drug targets mechanism that causes metastasis
Most people with breast and other cancers die not from the primary tumor but from metastasis, when the cancer spreads throughout the body. Researchers have developed a compound that blocks the actions of a metastasis-causing protein, potentially reduci… Continue reading Novel compound stalls the spread of breast cancer
It’s one of the most exciting areas of cancer research, but identifying the tumors through blood tests remains difficult, particularly for early-stage detection.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Cancer, Metastasis, Biotechnology, Tumors, … Continue reading This device can easily, cheaply detect cancer cells in a blood sample