Researchers at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center have found that a shorter course of radiation therapy after mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery provides the same protection against breast cancer recurrence and equivalent ...
Oct 1, 2023
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Loss of the "housekeeping" gene methylthioadenosine phosphorylase, or MTAP, is a common event in cancer. Patients with melanoma or bladder cancer whose tumor cells lack a functioning version of the gene tend not to respond ...
Sep 28, 2023
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A team of Dana-Farber researchers has identified a potential new way to assess clinically valuable features of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), a form of kidney cancer, using image processing with deep learning. Their ...
Sep 19, 2023
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An innovative phase 2 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in collaboration with 10 major brain tumor centers around the country and designed to find new potential treatments for glioblastoma, has reported ...
Sep 18, 2023
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According to the study "Being Breastfed in Infancy and Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Precursor Lesions" published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, rates of young-onset colorectal cancer have been on the rise since ...
Sep 6, 2023
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A new agent that subverts myeloma cells from within while also subjecting them to an immune system attack produced impressive responses in combination with dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma that had relapsed ...
Aug 30, 2023
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A novel antibody-drug conjugate continues to demonstrate superior benefit for patients with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer when compared to standard chemotherapy, according to a new study in The Lancet.
Aug 24, 2023
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Evidence suggests that allogenic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) improves overall survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a serious blood disorder, when compared with best available supportive care. ...
Aug 23, 2023
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In a new study published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 in vivo somatic engineering to make mouse models of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that either expressed KDM6A (KDM6A-WT) or were inactivated for ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Penile cancer is a rare disease with approximately 2,070 new cases each year in the U.S. Treatment options are limited and typically begin with platinum chemotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are novel therapies ...
Aug 11, 2023
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