Medicine Oncotarget: Genomic and Neoantigen Evolution in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Medicine) 17 Mar 2021 Oncotarget published "Genomic and neoantigen evolution from primary tumor to first metastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma" which reported that prior work has characterized changes in the mutation burden…
Medicine Researchers Reveal Mechanism of Hepatitis B-induced Venous Metastasis & Immune Escape of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Medicine) 13 Mar 2021 In China, about 70 million people are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and more than 80% of liver cancer is caused by HBV. HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is often…
Medicine Physics of Tumours: Cancer Cells Become Fluidised and Squeeze Through Tissue (Medicine) 18 Feb 2021 Hope for improved diagnosis and therapy of cancer Working with colleagues from Germany and the US, researchers at Leipzig University have achieved a breakthrough in research into how cancer cells…
Medicine A Very Aggressive Cancer Defeated In Three Months (Medicine) 14 Feb 2021 A team from UNIGE and HUG managed to save a woman whose aggressive cancer left her with only five months to live. This “miracle” highlights the importance of treatments based…
Food Vegan Diets Improve Liver Function (Food) 13 Feb 2021 Vegan diets improve liver function in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to research published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. Researchers followed 26 participants with NAFLD…
Medicine Yale Researchers Develop Injection to Treat Skin Cancer (Medicine) 3 Feb 2021 Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a two-pronged approach, as a potential alternative to surgery. The results…
Medicine Liver Cancer Cells Manipulate Stromal Cells Involved in Fibrosis to Promote Tumor Growth (Medicine) 6 Jan 2021 Researchers led by Osaka University find that liver cancer cells cause local liver cells to produce a growth factor that enhances tumor growth. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), frequently seen in patients…
