Breast cancer hijacks the lung repair system to fuel tumor growth, study finds

Researchers at the CU Anschutz Cancer Center have discovered how breast cancer cells that spread to the lungs may take ...
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Cancer: this new process causes cancer cells to self-destruct, and it's effective

What if cancer cells became their own enemies? A team from Stanford seems to have found a way to achieve this goal. In our bodies, billions of cells are destroyed daily thanks to a process called ...

New study uncovers mechanism explaining how obesity increases cancer risk

Scientists at City of Hope and TGen (part of City of Hope) are the first to explain a major mechanism for why gaining excess ...
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How breast cancer cells become dormant and remain undetected for years, and why they later wake up and metastasize

Breast cancer is becoming increasingly treatable, but in some cases the disease can resurface even decades after a patient has been declared cancer free. This is because of cells that detach from the ...
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Breast cancer month highlights early risk assessment, screenings importance

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink ribbons are everywhere in an effort to draw attention to a disease that affects more than 2 million women around the ...
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Aggressive skin cancer driven by mitochondrial processes –existing drugs offer promising treatment path

Short facts about the study: basic research // preclinical, quantitative study // in vitro with cell samples from cancer patients // A new study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, ...