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Why Is This Bacterium Hiding in Human Tumors?
Whether Fusobacterium nucleatum causes colon tumors is unknown. But a new study hints that it may be “an integral part of the cancer.”
How Deadly is a Brain Tumor? Now the DNA Can Tell
Researchers have come up with a new way of classifying brain tumors that can more accurately predict how serious one is.
Increased detection of low-risk tumors driving up thyroid cancer rates
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Low-risk cancers that do not have any symptoms and presumably will not cause problems in the future [...]
Brain Tumor’s Genetic Makeup Critical in Treatment, Research Finds
Two teams of doctors, in an important advance for precision medicine, say that traits should be looked at first, not tissue samples.
What I Learned From a Tumor
What we thought was a cyst is actually a rare, locally aggressive, but non-metastasizing malignant tumor.
What is the Difference Between Cancer and a Tumor?
What Causes Brain Tumors?
A brain tumor is defined as an abnormal growth of cells within the brain or inside the skull. The growth can be benign or malignant. It is further defined as any intracranial tumor created by abnormal
One in Five Cancer Tumors Grow Before Shrinking: Nivolumab
Immunotherapy can cause tumors to grow before they decrease in size, so patience is needed for the treatment to work, new research shows.
AI predicts how breast tumors will respond to chemotherapy
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help predict how a breast tumor will respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), according to new findings published in the Journal of Digital Imaging.
What Are the Differences Between Adult and Childhood Brain Tumors?
Brain tumors are relatively rare for people of any age, but they can occur in both children and adults. In fact, tumors of the spinal cord and brain are the second most common types of cancer in children, after leukemia. But there are some key differences between brain tumors that …
What are the Most Common Brain Tumor Symptoms?
Headaches are very common and usually don’t signal a serious illness. Learn about the other most common types of brain tumor symptoms.
What Are Neuroendocrine Tumors?
Once considered rare, the incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has risen over the past few decades. More than 100,000 people in the United States have neuroendocrine tumors, which exceeds the incidence of both pancreatic cancer and stomach cancer in the U.S. NETs are tumors that originate from neuroendocrine cells, which …
Researchers Reveal How Tumors Manipulate Certain Immune Cells to Their
Researchers are exploring a mysterious population of immune cells that live within tumors and can help the cancer grow and spread.
Brain tumors and cancer: what you need to know
Say the words “brain tumor” and most people will likely think of cancer. But the truth is, having a brain tumor doesn’t always lead to a cancer diagnosis. Learn more from a City of Hope cancer expert.
Research Suggests How Tumors Evolve to Become Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
The genetic changes that underlie an especially lethal type of prostate cancer have been revealed in...
How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies
Cancer may use a molecule found in animal products to trick our immune system into feeding it with inflammation.
5 Key Facts about Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
About 6 percent of pancreatic cancer diagnoses are neuroendocrine tumors – learn more about symptoms, treatments and resources PanCAN can provide.
Bacterial colonies of tumors could guide cancer care
The human body is teeming with bacteria, and a new study finds the same is true of many cancers -- raising questions about what role microbes might play in the diseases.
Dying Cancer Cells “Teach” Remaining Tumor How To Survive During Chemo
Research performed during the last 50 years has led to great progress in the therapy of cancer. Scientists were able to dramatically increase both the
