5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (617+ words) A landmark multi-institution study has revealed that the neighborhood a patient with metastatic breast cancer lives in may be written into the biology of the tumor itself....

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (671+ words) Pediatric radiology is, by almost any measure, deeply meaningful work. Radiologists, technologists, nurses, and child life specialists spend their careers peering inside the bodies of sick children, catching diseases early, guiding treatment decisions, and supporting families through some of the…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (625+ words) Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most formidable diagnoses in modern medicine, and a new case report is drawing attention for a strikingly inventive solution to one of its most stubborn clinical problems....

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (431+ words) Photodynamic therapy, or PDT, has long been regarded as a precisely local cancer treatment: a photosensitizing drug is delivered to a tumor, light of a specific wavelength activates it, and the resulting reactive oxygen species destroy the illuminated cells....

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (81+ words) Bladder cancer remains one of the most challenging malignancies in modern urology, and a newly published comprehensive review in the Journal of Translational Medicine argues that the field is standing at the threshold of a diagnostic revolution. The review, led…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (55+ words) Hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of primary liver cancer, remains one of the world’s most lethal malignancies, and its treatment options have changed surprisingly little over the past two decades. Now, a review published in Medical Oncology argues that…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (650+ words) A closely watched Phase 3 clinical trial has delivered a sobering verdict on one of the most anticipated treatment strategies in lung cancer medicine....

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (661+ words) A single protein called BAX sits at the gateway between life and death for human cells. When tissues are injured, stressed, or deprived of oxygen, BAX springs into action, punching holes in the outer membrane of mitochondria and triggering the…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (69+ words) Small-cell lung cancer has long been one of oncology’s most punishing adversaries. It grows with astonishing speed, spreads early, and presents a treatment paradox that has frustrated clinicians for decades: at diagnosis, tumors melt away under platinum-based chemotherapy, yet relapse…...

7+ hour, 41+ min ago   (672+ words) For decades, surgeons have operated on the assumption that when it comes to removing lymph nodes in cancer surgery, more is better. A thorough lymph node dissection has long been considered the gold standard, ensuring accurate staging and reducing the…...