cancer
Brain radiotherapy 'no benefit' for lung cancer spread
Posted in Medicine on 6th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Whole brain radiotherapy is of no benefit to people with lung cancer which has spread to the brain, says research in the Lancet.
Step toward eliminating cancer recurrence
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Dormant cancer cells that are not killed and become resistant to additional chemo, but when combined with immunotherapy, dormant cells are destroyed.
New method of cancer immunotherapy developed
Posted in Science on 26th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scientists have long known that if certain sugars are present on a tumor, it is less likely to respond well to therapies.
Decoy drug could prevent cancer's spread
Posted in Medicine on 23rd Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Creating a molecular snapshot of the way proteins interact could help development of new cancer drugs.
AI Saves Woman's Life By Identifying Her Disease When Other Methods (humans) Failed
Posted in Science on 7th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Reports assert that Japanese doctors have, for the first time in history, used AI to detect a type of leukemia, which helped to save a patient's life.