Researchers Explore How to Protect Gut Integrity to Improve Outcomes in Blood Cancers
Medical University of South Carolina via EurekAlert – MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers found that a single strain of bacteria may be able to reduce the severity of graft-versus-host disease…
Researchers Discover Protein Function That Could Improve Chemotherapy in the Future
University of Copenhagen the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences via EurekAlert – Chemotherapy attacks all cells in our body and not just cancer cells, which is why patients undergoing the…
Breakthrough Discovery Could Turn Cancer into a Treatable Disease
University of Salford via News-Medical Net – Professor Michael Lisanti and Professor Federica Sotgia have made a discovery that could turn cancer into a treatable disease and remove the fear from a…
Scientists Discover a Way to Stop the Spread of Devastating Childhood Cancer
University of East Anglia via EurekAlert – Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children…
Vitamin D Could Help Mitigate Chemotherapy Side Effects
University of South Australia via Newswise – As many cancer patients will confirm, the chemotherapy prescribed to kill the disease is often more debilitating than the cancer itself, with a range…
Diet, Gut Microbes Affect Cancer Treatment Outcomes, Research Suggests
University of Virginia Health System via EurekAlert – What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy – and likely many other medical treatments – because of ripple effects that begin in…
The Fight Goes On: Clinical Trial Shows Promising New Treatment for Rare Blood Cancer
Nagoya University via EurekAlert – Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that develops from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). It has many subtypes. A rare subtype, called intravascular large…
Breakthroughs in Prostate Cancer Treatments
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD viaNews-Medical Net– Prostate cancer is being diagnosed in an increasing number of men, but many of them will be non-aggressive forms that run an indolent course…
CBD Could Help Doctors Use Lower Doses of Chemotherapy
Israel21c Staff – New technique from Israel uses cannabidiol to open a channel for drugs to target cancer cells only, potentially enabling a gentler course of chemo. Researchers led by…
Neurons Promote Growth of Brain Tumor Cells
German Cancer Research Center via EurekAlert – Glioblastomas invade the healthy brain in a diffuse pattern like a fungal network. As a result, they cannot be completely removed by surgery,…
