The latest cancer news for cancer research. Inform yourselves about the newest technologies, best practices and studies in the field of cancer diseases and tumors.

• Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk October 11, 2019
  The risk of cancer increases considerably if you gain weight before the age of 40.
• When studying immune cells, environment matters October 10, 2019
  For years, scientists have used cells grown in petri dishes to study the metabolic processes that fuel the immune system. But a new report suggests looking outside the dish and into living organisms gives a drastically different view of the way immune cells process and use energy.
• Modelling ion beam therapy October 10, 2019
  A group of physicists have used Monte Carlo modelling to produce a consistent theoretical interpretation of accurate experimental measurements of ion beams in liquid water, which is the most relevant substance for simulating interactions with human tissue.
• Algorithm personalizes which cancer mutations are best targets for immunotherapy October 10, 2019
  As tumor cells multiply, they often spawn tens of thousands of genetic mutations. Figuring out which ones are the most promising to target with immunotherapy is like finding a few needles in a haystack. Now a new model hand-picks those needles so they can be leveraged in more effective, customized cancer vaccines.
• Virtual review of cancer clinical trial treatment options quicker than conventional method October 9, 2019
  Using virtual, cloud-based, interconnected computing techniques applied to 51,000 variables, researchers reduced the time needed to assess a cancer patient's tumor profile and suitability for clinical trials from 14 to 4 days. This method also increased two-fold, over a four-year period, the number of cases that could be assessed compared to conventiona […]
• New mechanism fueling brain metastasis October 9, 2019
  Scientists described a novel mechanism through which astrocytes, the most abundant supporting cells in the brain, also promote cancer cell growth and metastasis in the brain.
• New cancer-driving mutation in 'dark matter' of the cancer genome October 9, 2019
  A research group has discovered a novel cancer-driving mutation in the vast non-coding regions of the human cancer genome, also known as the 'dark matter' of human cancer DNA.