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24-Nov-2025

Gut microbiome connects obesity to cancer, impacting public health

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new review was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on November 7, 2025, titled “From obesity to cancer: Gut microbiome mechanisms, biomarkers, and U.S. public health strategies.”

Journal: Oncoscience

24-Nov-2025

NRG Oncology adds new leadership members to Developmental Therapeutics, Patient Centered Outcomes Research, Protocol Operations Management, Head and Neck Cancer, and Translational Science committees

NRG Oncology
Business Announcement

NRG Oncology (NRG), a National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) group focused on improving outcomes for adults with cancer through multi-center clinical research, recently announced changes in leadership across multiple committees.

24-Nov-2025

Shapeshifting cancers’ masters, unmasked

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research from the Vakoc lab, published in Nature Communications and Cell Reports, provides new insights into the master regulators of two severe forms of lung and pancreatic cancer, which can morph in response to treatment. The discoveries could someday lead to safer therapies with fewer and less harmful side effects.

Journal: Cell Reports
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Northwell Health, Treeline Biosciences, NIH/National Institutes of Health, DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program

24-Nov-2025

Particle accelerator waste could help produce cancer-fighting materials, study suggests

University of York
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Energy that would normally go to waste inside powerful particle accelerators could be used to create valuable medical isotopes, scientists have found.

Journal: Physical Review C

24-Nov-2025

Blood protein profiles can predict mortality

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Elevated levels of five proteins in our blood can help predict risk of mortality, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Scientists believe the proteins (PLAUR, SERPINA3, CRIM1, DDR1 and LTBP2), that play key roles in the development of diseases such as cancer and inflammation, may also contribute to the risk of dying. Findings could help clinicians identify individuals most at risk from mortality and lead to earlier medical interventions.

Journal: PLOS One

24-Nov-2025

Synthetic stress hormone dexamethasone could reduce breast cancer metastases

University of Basel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The drug dexamethasone supplements cancer treatments to alleviate side effects of chemotherapy such as nausea or inflammation. Researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have now discovered that it also fights metastases in certain types of breast cancer.

Journal: EMBO Molecular Medicine

24-Nov-2025

Novel liver cancer vaccine achieves responses in rare disease affecting children and young adults

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An experimental cancer vaccine developed at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy has shown early promise in a phase I clinical trial for a rare form of liver cancer that primarily affects children and young adults.

Journal: Nature Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation, ASCO Career Development Award, BSM Rare Cancers, TIRTL Blue Sky Initiative, ALSAC at St. Jude

24-Nov-2025

Which social determinants of health have the greatest impact on rural–urban colorectal cancer mortality disparities?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research published by Wiley online in CANCER reveals that certain social determinants of health—such as socioeconomic status, household characteristics, and racial/ethnic minority status—have significant effects on rural–urban disparities in colorectal cancer mortality rates.

Journal: Cancer

23-Nov-2025

New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer

Cochrane
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Funder: National Institute for Health Research

23-Nov-2025

Pleural cavity macrophages promote lung tumor establishment through tissue invasion

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Preclinical studies indicate that cavity-resident macrophages in the peritoneal and pleural spaces contribute to immunosuppression and cancer progression. While these macrophages typically accumulate on organ surfaces rather than deeply infiltrating into tissues, their behavior and function in tumors remains unclear. Using dual recombinase-mediated genetic lineage tracing in a B16F10 melanoma lung metastasis model, this study demonstrated that pleural cavity macrophages (GATA6⁺CD45⁺) infiltrate lung tumors and contribute to a significant proportion of tumor-associated macrophage. Genetic ablation or sequestration of these macrophages markedly suppressed tumor growth, underscoring their pro-tumorigenic function.

Journal: Protein & Cell