What to Know About Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common kind of lung cancer. When NSCLC spreads to other parts of the body, it’s known as metastatic NSCLC. There are four stages of NSCLC, with stage 4 being the most severe. While this cancer can spread to […]

‘Patchwork’ tumours prevalent across multiple cancer types | Crick Cancer cells. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, as part of an international collaboration of scientists through the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium, have analysed the whole genomes of tumour samples from over 2,600 patients with different types of cancer. They identified a high prevalence […]

Cancer patients could be at risk if second doses delayed beyond three weeks, oncologists say TORONTO — Experts are ringing the alarm bell over the prevailing policy of delaying the second dose of the vaccine for up to four months, saying this strategy could leave cancer patients unprotected. Citing preliminary research from the U.K., the […]

Stage 3 Prostate Cancer: What to Expect Stage 3 prostate cancer is an advanced but still treatable form of the disease. Like other types of cancer, prostate cancer is classified in stages based on how far the disease has progressed. Stage 1 prostate cancer means the cancer is still confined to the prostate gland, while […]

Wearable Fitness Trackers May Improve Health in Childhood Cancer Survivors Wearable fitness trackers have continued to grow in popularity in recent years, and they may be feasible interventions to promote fitness in childhood cancer survivors, according to recent research conducted in Australia. “Wearable activity trackers can provide objective and non-biased measures of the level and […]

Seeking to expand targeted therapy for lung cancer Hunting down RIT1-driven lung cancer’s unique vulnerabilities Berger was inspired to seek out new therapeutic targets for lung cancer by the clinical advances seen for therapies that target other lung cancer-associated mutations. She linked several new genes to lung cancer — including mutated RIT1 — while participating in The Cancer Genome […]

Wish Granted: 10-year-old Fortville girl beats cancer and gains a puppy In the offices of Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, tissue boxes are everywhere. The reason is for tears — mostly happy tears. “Eighty percent of our Wish Kids go on to beat their illness and live typical healthy lives,” Katie Ferrell of Make-A-Wish said. […]

Volastra Therapeutics Partners with Microsoft to Advance Metastatic Cancer Research NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Volastra Therapeutics today announced it will collaborate with Microsoft to develop tools that help detect drivers of cancer metastasis. These unique digital pathology tools will accelerate the development of promising new therapies for cancer and help identify the patients most likely to benefit. […]

Overview of The Current Progress of Facultative Anaerobic Bacteria in Cancer Biotherapy with TNF … [unable to retrieve full-text content] This review article focuses on the use of infectious bacteria as delivery tool for tumour necrosis factor alpha, a well-studied cytokine, in the context of …Published at Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:15:14 +0000

Oncologist gifts $2.1M to advance cancer care at Dignity Health Erica Carbajal – Monday, April 5th, 2021