An ‘AI scientist’, working in collaboration with human scientists, has found combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high cholesterol and alcohol dependence – could also be effective at treating cancer…

'Liquid biopsies' alert advanced breast cancer patients when new drugs are needed

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Alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: An analysis from 30 prospective studies across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable

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A new microneedle-based smart patch shows real-time melanoma diagnosis with over 95.5% accuracy, while also delivering targeted therapy and achieving >70% tumor inhibition with minimal side effects.

Over half of doctors surveyed would consider assisted dying if they had advanced cancer or Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer Disease in Breast Cancer Survivors

Compared to childhood cancer survivors consuming a plant-based diet, those who consume a fast-food, a Western contemporary, or an animal-based diet had approximately a twofold higher odds of being in the high Deficit Accumulation Index group (a proxy measure of premature aging)…

Cigarette smoke and decreased DNA repair by Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C use a double hit mechanism for epithelial cell lung carcinogenesis

A new trial shows mailing cervical cancer self-test kits doubled screening rates in underserved communities.

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Significant gaps in testing for genetic cancer risk, study finds: Although 91 % of womb tumors are screened for Lynch syndrome markers, less than half of patients receive the necessary follow‑up blood testing…

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccines Eradicate Disease in Preclinical Studies

Colon cancer is rising in young people. There is a strong link between childhood exposure to colibactin (a toxin produced by E

Common ingredient (Taurine) in energy drinks linked to blood cancer growth, study finds

Microplastics and the Rising Tide of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Exploring the Environmental Gut Connection

A study found that "cannabidiol potentiates p53-driven autophagic cell death in non-small cell lung cancer following DNA damage."

Exercise can counter side-effects of cancer treatment, biggest review of its kind shows

NHS offers ‘revolutionary’ blood test for cancer in world first

Cancer Therapy Shows Zero Toxicity at 100× Dose—Sona Nanotech's Gold Nanorod Technology Clears Major FDA Hurdle

A large study comparing various types of scans reports that mammography enhanced with iodine-based dye can detect three times as many invasive cancers in dense breast tissue as ultrasound

Cancer during young adulthood carries long-term mental toll

Scientists have found a new cause for muscle loss in cancer. Tumors destroy blood vessels in muscles, this could lead to new treatments for cachexia.

Advancements in bladder cancer treatment: The synergy of radiation and immunotherapy

New antibody-drug bexmarilimab can activate the body's defense system against cancer

Leukaemia patients have 61% lower death risk with statins

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