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Discovery of how colorectal cancer drug works will help more patients

September 24, 2019 Global Cancer News

Some colorectal cancer patients with a certain gene mutation benefit from a chemotherapy drug called cetuximab, although the mechanism of how this drug worked was unknown. Scientists have combined computational biology with experimental investigations to discover, for the first time, the mechanism…

BRACE Program Launched by Asian Fund for Cancer Research

September 23, 2019 AFCR News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2019 CONTACTS: Asian Fund for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Global Programs & Communications E-mail: bgillenwater@afcr.org Hugill & Ip Solicitors Marco Raccuia, Operations & Marketing Specialist E-mail: marco.raccuia@hugillandip.com Inaugural BRACE Award Competition winner F. Joel Leong, flanked by…

4 gold molecules point to the future of cancer treatment

September 21, 2019 Global Cancer News

For the past few decades, platinum based cisplatin has been a compound of choice in the treatment of many cancers. It is especially effective at halting testicular cancer, with a success rate of more than 90%. However, the usefulness of cisplatin and other metal…

Prostate Cancer Risk Spikes In Men With IBD

September 17, 2019 Global Cancer News

A recent study has found that men with inflammatory bowel disease may be up to five times more likely to have prostate cancer than those without the condition, and when they have it, the cancer is more aggressive. The findings, from a…

Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

September 11, 2019 AFCR News

Given recent innovation in cancer research and public awareness, most cancers are declining in frequency. Unfortunately, thyroid cancer is not following this trend. Thyroid cancer has actually seen an increase in frequency of about 4% every year throughout the last 10 years.…

Breast cancer metastasis: Immune cells called PoEMs promote spread of cancer cells

September 6, 2019 Global Cancer News

When breast cancer cells spread through the body, they do so mainly through the lymph system that normally removes excess fluid and waste products from our tissues. Now, scientists from the group of Professor Massimiliano Mazzone (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology)…

Breast cancer: Hormone therapy may only put some cells to ‘sleep’

September 6, 2019 Global Cancer News

Why does breast cancer sometimes recur after treatment? A new study suggests that in part, the answer may lie in the effect of adjuvant hormone therapy on some cancer cells. Luca Magnani, who is a principal research fellow in the Faculty of…

Synthetic biologists extend functional life of cancer fighting circuitry in microbes

September 6, 2019 Global Cancer News

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to significantly extend the life of gene circuits used to instruct microbes to do things such as produce and deliver drugs, break down chemicals and serve as environmental sensors. Most…

Harvard Study Say Cannabis May Help Fight Pancreatic Cancer

September 6, 2019 Global Cancer News

Marijuana has long been used to manage pain from cancer treatments. The study from Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is different because it discovered cannabis might go beyond treatment for cancer-related pain and nausea. The study found that flavonoids in cannabis show potential in…

Removing cancer’s protective barrier could boost immunotherapy treatments

August 31, 2019 Global Cancer News

Scientists may have found a way to pull down the protective wall that surrounds tumors, potentially re-exposing them to the killing power of the immune system and immunotherapy treatments, according to a study part funded by Cancer Research UK and published in EBioMedicine.…