News • "In-beam MRI"
Radiation therapy: proton trajectory made visible
For proton radiation therapy against cancer, there is yet no direct method for mapping the beam range during dose delivery. A new method devised by Dresden scientists could help.
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News • Precision oncology
Genomic sequencing benefits only 5% of cancer patients
Genomic sequencing panels as part of personalised cancer treatment have been found to only benefit one in 20 patients they are currently used for, according to a study by CNIO.
News • Folate receptor exploitation
PET imaging: new discovery to help detect brain tumours
Folate-based radiopharmaceuticals can be used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to detect folate receptors in brain tumours, researchers from the University of Turku report.
News • Brain cancer breakthrough
Can a virus help beat glioblastoma?
US researchers identified a potential breakthrough in glioblastoma treatment. Using a modified virus, they created a treatment that specifically attacks tumor cells, while leaving normal cells intact.
News • Conveying probability
“You (might) have cancer” – Pitfalls in doctor-patient communication
A new study from Munich reveals: Whether patients are able to correctly assess risks depends partly on how physicians convey statistical information to them.
News • Potential blood cancer treatment
CAR T cell therapy: study shows remote destruction of tumor cells
French scientists discovered that CD4 T cells generated during immunotherapy are capable of remotely neutralizing tumor cells by producing interferon gamma (IFN-γ).
Article • Progress, limitations, and opportunities
Precision oncology: incredible potential, but not a miracle cure
Unanswered questions are hampering clinicians in their efforts to get the best out of a precision medicine approach for their patients. Speaking at the Genomics and Precision Medicine Expo in London at the end of May, cancer educator Dr Elaine Vickers said the benefits of being matched to an investigational drug remain questionable for most people with advanced cancer.
News • Targeted therapy
Biliary duct cancer: the future of precision oncology
Gene alterations in biliary tract cancer offer potential targets for current or future precision therapies. This is demonstrated by a new study from Vienna.
News • Potential for new treatments
Researchers find new subtypes for ovarian cancer
New research from the University of Helsinki increases the understanding of ovarian cancer: the identification of new subtypes could help discover new treatments.
Article • 21-day radiotherapy
A safe and effective “shortcut” for early breast cancer treatment
Patients with early-stage breast cancer who have an elevated risk of having tumour recurrence now have the option to take a course of radiotherapy following breast conservation surgery that is only three weeks long, half the time of conventional radiotherapy treatment.
News • Independent genes
Cancer: Study sheds light on mysterious DNA rings
Tumors sometimes seem to take on a life of their own, with cancer genes “striking out” in ring shapes. An international research team has new insights into this phenomenon.
News • Oncology & Biomedical Technology
New treatment option in bone cancer: gene therapy combined with chemotherapy
New research has identified a potential therapeutic target and developed a unique delivery system to treat osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that primarily affects children and adolescents.
News • Oncology & Immunology
Study shows mechanism of PTEN-deficient breast cancer
A group of researchers has illustrated the mechanistic pathway for PTEN-deficient breast cancer and successfully tested a method of countering the downstream effects of immune system evasion by tumors.
News • Chemotherapy, testicular cancer
Gene scissors find target for testicular cancer therapy
Bonn researchers uncover contribution of protein degradation processes to cisplatin resistance in germ cell tumors: Cisplatin is used successfully in the chemotherapy of testicular cancer.
News • Radiotherapy trial
Prostate cancer: radical approach greatly reduces treatment visits
A new clinical trial has shown that men diagnosed with prostate cancer can benefit from ‘radical radiotherapy’ that delivers treatment in five hospital visits instead of the typical 20.
News • Metabolic activity diffusion imaging
New MRI technique reveals cells’ energy activity in organs and tissues
US researchers have developed a way to use MRI scanning to map body cell metabolism, opening up new possibilities for detecting cancers and revealing if a tumor is responding to treatment.
News • SWIR for intraoperative tumor delineation
Combining machine learning with multispectral infrared imaging to guide cancer surgery
A UK research team has developed a new technique that combines machine learning with short-wave infrared (SWIR) fluorescence imaging to detect precise boundaries of tumors.
News • Fluorescence-guided surgery
"Lighting up" brain tumours for better surgical removal
A new real-time imaging technique that uses a type of infrared light has, for the first time, been used during surgery to differentiate between cancerous tumours and healthy tissue.
News • MR-Linac measures oxygen levels
One step closer to targeted real time treatment of hypoxic cancers
Imaging researchers have taken a major step towards their ultimate goal of identifying cancers that are starved of oxygen so that altered treatment can be used to target them more effectively.
News • Secondary tumours
Scientists discover new way to help prevent breast cancer ‘time bomb’
Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may ‘wake up’ following years of sleep - forming incurable secondary tumours.
News • Randomness as resistance strategy
Cancer response to chemotherapy: a game of chance?
Cancer cells have an innate randomness in their ability to respond to chemotherapy, which is another tool in their arsenal of resisting treatment, new research shows.
News • Research on iron-dependent cell death
Liver cancer: Ferroptosis could open new therapeutic avenues
Researchers in Frankfurt have now been able to show how ferroptosis can be used to make immunotherapies against liver cancer more effective in mice.
News • Targeted LED research
One step closer to new light-activated cancer therapy
Scientists are developing a new kind of light-activated cancer treatments. This would work by switching on LED lights embedded close to a tumour, which would then activate biotherapeutic drugs.
News • Optional treatment
Radiotherapy: no benefits for older patients with early breast cancer
Radiotherapy does not improve survival rates in older patients with early breast cancer, new research suggests.
News • Fluorescence-guided surgery
Leading bone cancer scientists aim to improve surgical techniques
New research will bring together scientists from across the globe to accelerate fluorescence-guided surgery for bone cancer patients. The upcoming trial is focused on the dye indocyanine green (ICG).