Genetic pathway of rare liver cancer intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma identified
1/05/2015
An international research team, including four Simon Fraser University scientists, has identified the "mutational landscape" of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), a rare, highly fatal form of...
Researchers confirm whole-genome sequencing can successfully identify cancer-related mutations
1/05/2015
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers have demonstrated that whole-genome sequencing can be used to identify patients' risk for hereditary cancer, which can potentially lead to...
Researchers map paths to cancer drug resistance
1/05/2015
A team of researchers led by Duke Cancer Institute has identified key events that prompt certain cancer cells to develop resistance to otherwise lethal therapies.
Researchers discover new genetic anomalies in lung cancer
1/05/2015
Developing effective treatments for lung cancer has been challenging, in part because so many genetic mutations play a role in the disease.
Better communication needed between breast cancer patients and professionals
1/05/2015
We report from the 37th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas, and look at the results of a survey into breast cancer patient and caregiver expectations.
Reprogramming stem cells may prevent cancer after radiation
1/04/2015
The body has evolved ways to get rid of faulty stem cells. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Stem Cells shows that one of these ways is a "program" that makes...
Cancer-causing mutation discovered in 1982 finally target of clinical trials
1/04/2015
In 1982, the gene TRK was shown to cause a small percentage of colon cancers.
Locking mechanism found for 'scissors' that cut DNA
1/03/2015
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered what keeps an enzyme from becoming overzealous in its clipping of DNA.
Mutation role involved in 75 percent of glioblastomas, melanomas
1/03/2015
Researchers at the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center have identified for the first time mutations that destabilize a DNA structure that turns a gene off.
Risk for leukemia after treatment for early-stage breast cancer higher than reported
1/03/2015
The risk of developing leukemia after radiation therapy or chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer remains very small, but it is twice as high as previously reported, according to results of a...