by drstegallio | Apr 14, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment
There is a significant difference between standard (x-ray) radiation treatment and proton therapy. If given in sufficient doses, x-ray radiation techniques will control many cancers. But, because of the physician’s inability to adequately conform the irradiation...
by drstegallio | Apr 13, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
Scientists at The Wistar Institute have unveiled part of the protein complex that protects telomeres — the ends of our chromosomes. The study, published online in Nature Communications, explains how a group of genetic mutations associated with this protein...
by drstegallio | Apr 12, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Treatment
Vaccines, also called vaccinations, are medicines that help the body fight disease. They help train the immune system to recognize and destroy harmful substances. There are 2 types of cancer vaccines: Prevention vaccines Treatment vaccines Cancer prevention vaccines...
by drstegallio | Apr 11, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
A nanoscale product of human cells that was once considered junk is now known to play an important role in intercellular communication and in many disease processes, including cancer metastasis. Researchers at Penn State have developed nanoprobes to rapidly isolate...
by drstegallio | Apr 10, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
There’s a reason why melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is so aggressive. You just need to watch the cells in action. Researchers at the University of Iowa did just that, documenting in real time and in 3-D how melanoma cells form tumors. The cells...
by Jonathan Stegall | Mar 30, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
Study identifies how cancer cells may develop resistance to FGFR inhibitors A mechanism by which cancer cells develop resistance to a class of drugs called fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors has now been uncovered by investigators. The researchers...
