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Published on July 11, 2024 - 12:15 GMT

Immunotherapy approach shows potential in some people with metastatic solid tumors

Cross-sectional CT images showing a metastatic tumor in the left lung of a patient (top image) and no tumor following treatment (bottom image). Credit: National Cancer Institute Early findings from a small clinical trial provide evidence that a new …

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Published on June 26, 2024 - 19:11 GMT

For healthy adults, taking multivitamins daily is not associated with a lower risk of death

A new study questions the benefits of regular multivitamin use. Credit: iStock/bert_phantana What A large analysis of data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults followed for more than 20 years has found no association between regular multivitamin use and …

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Published on June 19, 2024 - 22:40 GMT

Combination targeted treatment produces lasting remissions in people with resistant aggressive B-cell lymphoma

Before treatment with ViPOR, full-body and cross-sectional PET scans of a patient show large lymphoma tumors (circled in the top two panels). Following treatment, the tumors have disappeared (bottom two panels). Credit: Center for Cancer Research/National …

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Published on June 12, 2024 - 19:01 GMT

Inherited genetic factors may predict the pattern of X chromosome loss in older women

As some women age, their white blood cells can lose a copy of chromosome X. A new study sheds light on the potential causes and consequences of this phenomenon. Credit: Created by Linda Wang with Biorender.com What Researchers have identified inherited …

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Published on June 3, 2024 - 15:24 GMT

NIH scientists develop AI tool to predict how cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy

Clinical data from a simple blood test may one day be used to match patients to immunotherapy drugs. Credit: iStock/Charday Penn What In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial …

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Published on April 26, 2024 - 13:47 GMT

Analysis identifies 50 new genomic regions associated with kidney cancer risk

Researchers have identified 50 new regions across the genome that are associated with the risk of developing kidney cancer. Credit: iStock/libre de droit What In a new analysis of genetic susceptibility to kidney cancer, an international team of …

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Published on April 18, 2024 - 13:09 GMT

NIH researchers develop AI tool with potential to more precisely match cancer drugs to patients

Researchers have used high-resolution gene expression data from individual tumor cells to fine-tune the ability of an AI tool called PERCEPTION to predict drug responses. Credit: Created by Linda Wang with Biorender.com What In a proof-of-concept study, …

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Published on March 7, 2024 - 14:22 GMT

For childhood cancer survivors, inherited genetic factors influence risk of cancers later in life

Genetics may one day help inform a childhood cancer survivor’s risk of subsequent cancers. Credit: iStock/Cavan Images Common inherited genetic factors that predict cancer risk in the general population may also predict elevated risk of new cancers among …

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Published on March 6, 2024 - 19:06 GMT

Cancer Grand Challenges selects five new global, interdisciplinary teams to take on four challenges

Cancer Grand Challenges has selected five new global research teams that will address the following challenges in cancer: reducing cancer inequities, understanding the mechanisms of early-onset cancers, developing drugs for solid tumors in children, and …

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Published on February 29, 2024 - 19:41 GMT

NIH to address dwindling clinical trial patient enrollment with centralized staffing support

Remote support staff will assist with many types of clinical trials activities. Credit: iStock/shironosov What A new initiative by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, aims to tackle the steep decline in …

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Published on February 21, 2024 - 18:20 GMT

NIH launches research network to evaluate emerging cancer screening technologies

The Cancer Screening Research Network will evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening, such as blood tests that can screen for several types of cancer. Credit: iStock The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a clinical trials network …

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Published on December 18, 2023 - 19:19 GMT

W. Kimryn Rathmell begins work as 17th director of the National Cancer Institute

NCI Director Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D., began work today as the 17th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A renowned …

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Published on November 1, 2023 - 18:00 GMT

NCI researchers develop approach that could help supercharge T-cell therapies against solid tumors

Tumor cells (green) are grown in a dish with engineered T cells alone (on the top) or with engineered T cells harboring two cytokines tethered to the surface (bottom image) . The engineered T cells containing the tethered cytokines lead to greater …

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Published on October 24, 2023 - 22:04 GMT

NIH immunotherapy pioneer Steven Rosenberg awarded nation’s highest honor for technology and innovation

Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., is a recipient of the 2023 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Credit: National Institutes of Health What Immunotherapy pioneer Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the National Medal of Technology …

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Published on September 27, 2023 - 16:29 GMT

Annual Report to the Nation Part 2: New cancer diagnoses fell abruptly early in the COVID-19 pandemic

Lung cancer diagnoses fell from March 2020 to May 2020, one of six major cancer types to experience a dip during the early part of the pandemic. Credit: National Cancer Institute New diagnoses of six major cancer types in the United States fell abruptly in …

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Published on August 14, 2023 - 17:23 GMT

NCI unveils comprehensive proteogenomic dataset to help cancer researchers unravel molecular mysteries

The comprehensive proteogenomic dataset could enable many new cancer research discoveries. Credit: iStock What The National Institutes of Health is releasing a comprehensive dataset that standardizes genomic, proteomic, imaging, and clinical data from …

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Published on July 5, 2023 - 18:13 GMT

NIH study offers insights into how cells reverse their decision to divide

Breast cancer cells going through the cell cycle. Credit: Cappell Lab What A new study suggests that cells preparing to divide can reverse this process and return to a resting state, challenging long-held beliefs about cell division. If interrupted early …

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Published on June 26, 2023 - 21:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration launches initiative to improve cancer outcomes in low-income areas

Persistent poverty areas are those where, for the past 30 years, 20% or more of the population has lived below the federal poverty line. Credit: iStock Today, the Biden-Harris Administration awarded $50 million to launch the Persistent Poverty Initiative, …

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Published on June 1, 2023 - 19:31 GMT

NCI’s ComboMATCH initiative will test new drug combinations guided by tumor biology

ComboMATCH will test combinations of drugs that target specific cancer mutations. Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a large precision medicine cancer initiative to test the effectiveness of …

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Published on April 26, 2023 - 20:51 GMT

Multiple mRNA Vaccines Show Promise for Treating HPV-Related Cancers

April 26, 2023, by Edward Winstead In head-to-head comparisons, a single dose of any of three experimental mRNA vaccines eradicated HPV-related cancers in mice. Credit: iStock For more than a decade, researchers have been developing vaccines that use …

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