Some untreatable cancers could soon be held in check by an experimental drug that targets not only the tumour itself, but also how it evolves to spread through the body. The new drug, Cabozantinib, or cabo for short, simultaneously neutralises two mechanisms cancers need to survive. First, it chokes each tumour’s blood supply by blocking [...]
Older age at diagnosis of postmenopausal, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer may independently worsen outcomes, researchers found. Breast cancer-specific mortality was 25% higher for women 65 to 74, and 63% higher for women 75 or older, compared with those under 65 (both P
Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed critical steps in what happens next – how these cells reverse the process, morphing back into classical cancer [...]