News • Promising prototype
A “diagnostic wand” to detect oral cancer
Liverpool physicists have developed a “diagnostic infrared wand” to more accurately predict the prognosis of oral cancer lesions than current H&E staining techniques.
Cancer
News • Osteosarcoma research
Driver behind aggressive bone cancer identified
By analysing the largest collection of whole-genome data from osteosarcoma patients, researchers identified a driving mechanism behind the aggressive development of these bone cancer tumours.
News • Surprising insights
Research explains how tumor cells die after radiotherapy
Why does radiation therapy kill cancer cells from the same tumour in different ways? This has long remained poorly understood. Now, new findings open up opportunities to improve treatment.
News • Research on MRD in tongue cancer
Understanding chemotherapy resistance in oral cancers using organoids
Tongue cancer cells can become resistant to chemotherapy under certain circumstances. Investigating these mechanisms, researchers shed light on promising avenues toward new treatments for this cancer.
News • Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy efficacy
AI tool uses routine blood tests to predict cancer immunotherapy response
Researchers have developed an AI-based model to better predict whether cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy — using only routine blood tests and clinical data.
News • Pandemic-induced treatment delays
“Heartbreaking”: the impact of Covid on children with brain tumours
Paediatric brain tumours are difficult to diagnose and treat – especially, when delays occur. A new study explored the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children with brain tumours.
News • Immunology
Researchers discover new type of anticancer T-cell
A molecule called MR1 (MHC Class I-related Molecule 1) enables a newly-discovered type of T-cells to sense differences in the metabolism that occur when cells become cancerous.
News • Ultrasound-based lesion detection
Ovarian cancer diagnosis improved by AI
Ovarian cancer is common and often only detected by chance. A newly developed AI-based model could help differentiate between benign and malignant ovarian lesions.
News • Driving mechanism identified
Why the lung is a frequent site of cancer metastasis
More than half of cancer patients in whom the cancer spreads beyond the primary site have lung metastases. What makes the lungs such a tempting place for cancer cells? New research may have an answer.
News • Research into new therapies
How natural killer cells could fight leukemia more effectively
Researchers now succeeded in making leukemia-specific immune cells less sensitive to the influence of tumor cells, thereby significantly increasing their effectiveness.
News • PET compound
New radiotracer lights up aggressive cancer tumours
A new radiotracer – an injected compound used in PET scans – could help inform doctors that a patients aggressive cancer will not respond to chemotherapy before treatment is given.
News • DTI reveals intraepithelial neoplasia
Detecting pre-malignant pancreatic lesions with diffusion tensor MRI
In a new study, researchers have shown, for the first time, that a particular form of MRI, called diffusion tensor imaging, is capable of robustly detecting pre-malignant lesions in the pancreas.
News • Human papillomavirus infection
Cervical cancer: improved screening through HPV risk groups
Analyses of self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to divide HPV-positive women into three risk groups, according to a new study. This could enhance cervical cancer screening.
News • Cancer development research
Exploring the role of sex in tumor growth
Tumors in female fruit flies grow significantly larger than in male ones, a new study finds. The findings could lead to a better understanding of how the biological sex impacts cancer development.
News • Reduction of severe side-effects
A 'kinder' chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma
Treating patients with Hodgkin lymphoma with a different form of chemotherapy shows promise to reduce severe side effects, shorten hospital time and increase likelihood of recovering fertility.
News • New approach to combat treatment resistance
How chemotherapy affects ovarian cancer tumours
Research offers new insights into harnessing the immune system to combat ovarian cancer. The findings could lead to personalized therapies that target the right patients at the right time.
Sponsored • Collaboration in pathology
MEDIPATH makes a step towards lab automation with the help of Sakura Finetek Europe
Sakura Finetek Europe and MEDIPATH, a group of independent French pathologists, announced their collaboration to enhance cancer diagnostics and thus contribute to improved patient therapeutic management. This decision is part of an ongoing commitment to improving the quality of care provided to patients and in response to the significant increase in cancer cases over the last years.
News • Hyperpolarised carbon-13 imaging
Metabolic MRI imaging distinguishes ovarian cancer subtypes
A new MRI-based imaging technique predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working, in patient-derived cell models.
Article • AI-assisted image analysis
More accuracy in brain tumour segmentation
Precise segmentation of anatomical structures greatly benefits cancer diagnosis. Using AI and deep learning methods, researchers are developing a high-precision 3D viewer software for medical image data.
News • Tumour movement across tissues
Understanding metastasis: migration strategies of ovarian cancer
A new study shows how inherent variations in a cancer cell and its interactions with its surroundings mould its migration. The findings provide valuable insights into the processes behind metastasis.
News • New therapy approach for brain tumors
Attacking glioblastoma from multiple angles
A new approach to fight glioblastoma: Swiss researchers have now developed an immunotherapy that not only attacks the brain tumor—it also turns its microenvironment against it.
News • Incidentaloma detection
Liquid biopsy as diagnostic tool for pancreatic lesions
New research highlights the potential of liquid biopsy in diagnosing pancreatic incidentaloma - lesions which can occasionally signal pancreatic cancer in its earliest stages.
News • Microgravity-induced changes
How cancer cell cultures in space can help defeat cancer on Earth
New insights gained from 3D cell cultures of breast and prostate cancer grown on the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory could lead to a way to treat not just these but all cancers.
News • Research on "double strike" mechanism
Induction of defective cell division could improve blood cancer therapy
Tumor cells are notorious for their rapid and uncontrolled division, and many cancer therapies aim to disrupt this. New findings suggest potential applications of apoptosis in blood cancer treatment.
News • Catch some EVs
Liquid biopsy to improve cancer diagnosis
A new method could open new avenues to quick, affordable cancer diagnosis, US researchers report. The method uses ultrathin membranes to capture extracellular vesicles.
