Tumor cells circulating in blood are markers for the early detection and prognosis of cancer. However, detection of these cells is challenging because of their scarcity. In the journal Angew... Read more
Loyola University Medical Center has launched the first clinical trial in the Midwest of an experimental melanoma treatment that genetically engineers a patient’s immune system to figh... Read more
Can shrink or even get rid of a wide range of human cancers In a potential breakthrough for cancer research, Stanford immunologists discovered they can shrink or even get rid of a wide range... Read more
It significantly boosts our ability to monitor, predict, and understand cancer progression Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians... Read more
Enabling the destruction of the most highly proliferative tumors Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center ha... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) is a promising new cancer treatment that essentially “fries” cells inside tumors. The procedure has been used successfully i... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Unique Triggering Device Delivers Antitumor Drugs Nine years ago, scientists at Cedars-Sinai’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute detected a subtle shift occurri... Read more
Statistics indicate that complete removal, or resection, of a tumor is the single most important predictor of patient survival for those with solid tumors. So, unsurprisingly, the first thin... Read more