research

New funding for research investigating how breast cancer resists hormone therapy

Posted in Medicine on 20th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/248575/new-funding-research-investigating-breast-cancer/

Better treatment pathway for pancreatic cancer ‘could save thousands of lives’

Posted in Medicine on 19th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller

Modelling carried out by the charity found its proposed care pathway would increase survival rates among pancreatic cancer patients from 7.1% to 10.4% by 2028.

Cancer Cells May Share Resources When Times Are Tough

Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller

Researchers have discovered a process by which cancer cells share molecules in order to multiply when times are tough.

Study Finds Carcinogen Exposure Makes Cancer Cells More Susceptible to Immune Attack, with Implications for Treatment

Posted in Medicine on 18th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller

The researchers hypothesized that DNA-mutating carcinogens may enhance the immune response to cancer.

New prostate cancer treatment may be ‘on the horizon’, say scientists

Posted in Medicine on 18th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller

Ability to reverse cancer’s resistance to therapy opens possibility of treatment for late-diagnosed men.