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Category: What is the status of cancer research?

What cancers are being studied, what we know about them, and what are the latest findings?
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Certain proteins can determine the prognosis of bile duct cancer patients

Posted on June 2, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Bile duct cancer, or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in doctor-speak, is the deadliest of the liver cancers. Bile duct cancer is very hard…

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    Does viral load matter for cancer patients with COVID-19?

    Posted on May 30, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    The SARS-CoV-2 viral loads were measured by quantitative PCR to look for a possible relationship between mortality rate and viral load in…

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      The drug cemiplimab is being studied for cervical cancer

      Posted on May 26, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Each year, roughly 600,000 women are diagnosed with new cases of cervical cancer, accompanied by 350,000 deaths worldwide. In the United…

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        Cancer patients appear to be more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2

        Posted on May 23, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        How does COVID-19 affect patients with cancer? New research performed using data from hospitals in Hubei Province, China suggest that cancer…

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          The relationship between gut microbiome and anxiety disorders

          Posted on April 28, 2022June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

          A new study in mice reveals that gut microbiome influences genetics factors which contribute to anxiety behaviors in mice.

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            Simulating cancer patients’ organs in the lab to test treatments

            Posted on April 4, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

            Scientists were able to combine the patient's cancer cells and immune cells in a culture "Petri dish" to simulate the patients’ bodies,…

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              A novel way to detect mutated DNA in blood of cancer patients

              Posted on March 31, 2022August 30, 2024 by Sciworthy

              Scientists test a new way to "type" cancers using a blood test, by irradiating the tumor to make the tumor DNA more detectable in the blood.

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                How does damaged DNA repair itself?

                Posted on November 10, 2021March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

                Our DNA is a crucial part of creating every cell in our bodies. It is the instruction manual our cells read to know exactly what to do and…

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                  Scientists analyze the domino effect of breast cancer escalation

                  Posted on June 10, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  Research conducted in China has made way for potential treatment options for treating breast cancer metastasis in lymph nodes.

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                    Shrinking ovarian tumors with personalized medicine

                    Posted on June 7, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    In a recent study, a group of scientists from the UK evaluated whether a combination of several proteins and a cancer drug that interferes…

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