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Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

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DNA mutations shed in blood predicts response to immunotherapy

2 December 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Blood sample, or liquid biopsy, can reveal which patients will respond to checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapies...

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Inhibiting METTL3 destroys AML cells without harming normal blood cells

28 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

An unexpected drug target for acute myeloid leukaemia could open new avenues to develop effective treatments against the potentially lethal disease...

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Tumour environment found to trigger cells to metastasize

22 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

The environment surrounding a tumour can trigger metastatic behaviour in cancer cells...

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GDF11 protein found to inactivate triple-negative breast cancer cells

21 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers detail a possible way to re-engage a tumour suppressor protein, that has been found to be inactivated in triple-negative breast cancer cells...

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Hindering cadherin-22 may reduce the spread of cancer

20 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Scientists have made a discovery that could reduce the spread of cancer by hindering a protein that binds cancer cells together and allows them to invade tissues...

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Therapeutic target discovered for ER+ breast cancer

17 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have identified a protein that can be targeted to suppress the growth of a common type of breast cancer...

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pIC found to prevent the development of liver cancer

14 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

A synthetic double-stranded RNA has potential for use as an anti-liver cancer vaccine...

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CRISPR-dCas9 reveals surprising insight into breast cancer development

13 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Changing the epigenetic code of a single gene is enough to cause a healthy breast cell to become abnormal...

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Ancient antiviral response could help treat cancer

10 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

By stimulating a patient’s immune system, a drug already in use to treat a blood disorder can prevent the growth of a variety of solid tumours...

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FDG PET shows tumour DNA levels in blood are linked to NSCLC

8 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Insights derived from FDG PET could improve treatment selection for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer...

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New techniques give blood biopsies greater promise

6 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Improved methods validate the use of blood samples for studying patients' cancer genomes

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Theranostic system can eliminate colorectal cancer

3 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Three-step pretargeted radioimmunotherapy offers safe and effective treatment for colorectal cancer...

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Starving a childhood brain tumour of glutamine, may improve the effect of chemotherapy

1 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have shown that starving a childhood brain tumour of the amino acid glutamine may improve the effect of chemotherapy...

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Blood test developed to diagnose ovarian cancer

1 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Non-invasive diagnostic tool measures circulating microRNAs to predict ovarian cancer with specificity...

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Genistein, a component of soy foods, may suppress the development of breast cancer

31 October 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Genistein, a component of soy foods, may suppress the development of breast cancer by protecting BRCA1...

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