Cancer clinical trial research rapidly adapted to the circumstances of enrolling and treating patients on clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the conclusion drawn by authors of a study of cancer trial enrollment during 2020 and early 2021. The…
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Gateway for Cancer Research funds EORTC 1634-BTG trial in post-pubertal brain tumor patients
Gateway for Cancer Research℠ awards grant to the EORTC 1634- Brain Tumour Group (BTG) academic trial in Post-Pubertal Patients with Newly-Diagnosed Medulloblastoma (PersoMed-I). Medulloblastoma is a rare brain tumor. In the US, it affects 550 adults, and in Europe around…
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Genomic test may help identify prostate cancer patients at high risk of disease progression
After a biopsy comes back positive for prostate cancer, patients and their doctors are often left with a choice between taking a watch-and-wait approach, known as active surveillance, or proceeding with surgery or radiation. And identifying which patients will benefit…
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Researchers identify new type of nanoclusters for targeted imaging-guided combined cancer therapy
As a minimally invasive method for cancer therapy at precise locations, NIR-induced photothermal therapy (PTT) has drawn extensively attention. The therapeutic mechanism is the use of photothermal agents (PTAs) in the treatment of tumors,and its therapeutic effect happens only at…
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Antibiotics may be the new weapon to fight against melanoma
Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the effect of these antibiotics on patient-derived tumors in mice. Their findings were published in the Journal of Experimental…
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Cancer: Information theory to fight resistance to treatments
One of the major challenges in modern cancer therapy is the adaptive response of cancer cells to targeted therapies: initially, these therapies are very often effective, then adaptive resistance occurs, allowing the tumor cells to proliferate again. Although this adaptive…
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Genetic map reveals potential new treatment for aggressive childhood brain tumor
A genetic map of an aggressive childhood brain tumor called medulloblastoma has helped researchers identify a new generation anti-cancer drug that can be repurposed as an effective treatment for the disease. This international collaboration, led by researchers from The University…
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Womens cancer screenings plummeted during pandemic
(HealthDay)—Breast and cervical cancer screenings dropped sharply among low-income minority women during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. That could lead to delayed cancer diagnoses, health consequences and an increase in existing disparities, the…
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American Cancer Society Drops Ideal Screening Age at 45
According to the recent statistics, more and more people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. However, not everyone is actually as aware or know enough about it. This type of cancer actually started from the colon. If it begins with…
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Discovery provides new target to make melanomas more vulnerable to anti-cancer treatments
Hypoxia, or the inadequate oxygenation of a tissue, is a condition occurring frequently in all solid tumors such as melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma cells are not only able to survive oxygen deprivation, but also to use it to their own…
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