Researchers have been grappling for years with the STAT5 protein as a tool to fight cancer. STAT5 is critical because it is partly responsible for the development and progression…
Researchers are closing in on cancer from every angle. Recently a team at the Colorado University (CU) Cancer Center has been focusing on p53, a common gene mutation found…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Reports by experts find approximately five to ten percent of cancers may be traced to hereditary genetic changes (germline mutations) which exist in each and every cell. Instead, research in…
According to a recent article in Medical Life Sciences, the radiation dose rates used by the new FLASH radiotherapy are over three hundred times more intense than conventional treatments. The…
A team of researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Science Institute and California University in San Diego linked fungi to approximately 35 cancers. They created a pan-cancer mycobiome atlas exposing new…
The Problem: Colorectal Cancer (CRC): It is fourth on the list of life-threatening cancers in the United States and the number of incidents is rising mostly among people under fifty…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Results of a recent study published in Medscape Medical News assessed the effect of treatment with radiotherapy on patients who have prostate cancer that is localized. Statistics show that…
This is Jason’s story as told to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s “In The News”. Jason Mascolo at 34 years of age had been living with constant leg pain for years. However,…
Written by Derek Zinser, Author Bravery Books and the story of Sir Roland's BIG Adventure came about from the loss of my father to cancer on New Year's Day in…
According to a recent article, $100 million has been given to four research teams by the Cancer Grand Challenges program for cancer research. Cancer Grand Challenges Program The Cancer…
The medical term for an “informal caregiver” describes a person who willingly takes the responsibility to help a spouse, family member, friend, or partner. The level of care and responsibility…
According to a recent press release from Biospace, the first cohort of the ReSPECT-LM trial has officially completed enrollment. This trial focuses on Rhenium-186 NanoLiposome (186RNL) as a treatment for…
We have been told occasionally that certain phrases we use when speaking with a terminally ill patient may sound insensitive. We have also been told what we should not say…
This year, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting took place from March 25-29, 2022. During the meeting, researchers and stakeholders discussed trends and research within the field of…
When a patient or caregiver speaks of immunotherapy it is often with a more confident tone than when they are speaking about chemotherapy. However, the odds of a patient going…
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
According to a recent article in Genetic Engineering and Biology News, Washington University and University of Hawaii researchers have uncovered a possible drug development candidate in soil bacterium called…
According to a recent article, scientists have discovered that epigenetic landscapes have a big role in the way cancer cells potentially respond to therapy initially. “Persisters” There are cancer cells…
According to a recent article, the Hamoui Foundation and LUNGevity Foundation granted $1 million to three researchers in order to study RET-positive lung cancer. RET-Positive Lung Cancer There are two…
Mutations in the KRAS gene are the most aggressive type of solid tumor. They are responsible for one out of every four cancer deaths. A recent article published by Genentech…
Patients with advanced kidney cancer have a new option in a combination therapy that will afford them a longer and better life. Kidney cancer can be hard to cure, but…
A new, joint research pact between Illumina and the National Cancer Center Japan aims to shed light onto the clinical information and genomics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a rare cancer. Together,…
According to a recent article, a new study shows that by increasing your alcohol intake, you may actually be increasing your risk of head and neck cancer. Head and Neck…
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