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Smart learning bridges training gaps in cervical cancer prevention

China Anti-Cancer Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cervical cancer, one of the most preventable yet lethal malignancies among women, continues to threaten lives globally due to unequal access to quality screening and diagnosis.

Journal: Cancer Biology & Medicine

$2.2M NIH grant fuels next-gen cancer treatment at Corewell Health

Corewell Health
Grant and Award Announcement

Corewell Health physicians are researching cancer treatment advancements with a new, nearly $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The four-year grant will help doctors potentially bring a type of proton beam technology, called dynamic SPArc (Spot-Scanning Proton Arc), into everyday patient care.

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Two-drug combination could improve colorectal cancer therapy

University of Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common tumours among people over the age of 50. Although it is known to develop from small lesions or polyps, its exact causes are unknown — only a few risk factors are known — and it is usually treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, or biological therapies. Now, a study by the University of Barcelona reveals that the combination of palbociclib and telaglenastat, two drugs with complementary actions, could help improve the clinical treatment of this type of cancer, the third most common worldwide.

Journal: Oncogene

Researchers develop wearable patch for early skin cancer detection

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have developed a groundbreaking, battery-free wearable patch that could help detect skin cancer earlier and more accurately, potentially saving lives by making screening more accessible and less invasive.

Journal: npj Biomedical Innovations

How mathematical models shape the endgame of cervical cancer

China Anti-Cancer Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mathematical modeling is transforming how the world fights cervical cancer.

Journal: Cancer Biology & Medicine

Rethinking how bone marrow works

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New study led by researchers at Cincinnati Children’s proposes a way to combine previously separate data gathering approaches and concepts about blood cell formation into a more unified whole

Journal: Nature Immunology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

How is radiation therapy portrayed in art?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Analysis in the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences found that overall, novels, poems, music, film, and paintings tend to depict radiation therapy as associated with fear, mystery, and fascination.

Journal: Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences

New drug combinations pave the way for personalised leukaemia therapies

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have published a landmark review on BH3 mimetics—a new class of drugs that are reshaping the treatment landscape for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant blood cancers.

Journal: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Strong evidence supports skin-to-skin contact after birth as standard care

Cochrane
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Researchers find a new targeted approach to shut down prostate cancer growth

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have discovered histone H2B N-terminal acetylation (H2BNTac), an essential chemical mark of these enhancers. They further implicate two proteins, p300 and CBP, that add these marks and, along with androgen receptor, turn on enhancers and promote prostate cancer growth. The study is published in Nature Genetics.

Journal: Nature Genetics
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

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