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Origins of Glioma Brain Cancer Found to be in the Epigenome
While cancers often originate from mutations and other alterations of cells' DNA, researchers in the Bernstein Laboratory at Dana-Farber and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have found that gliomas – incurable brain tumors – can arise due to changes in the epigenome, the collection of compounds that are deposited on DNA and alter gene activity without changing the sequence of DNA itself.
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Prostate Cancer Disparities Drive Quest for Equity
Black men, particularly men of West African descent, are nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than Caucasian men, and three times more likely than Asian men.
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New Targeted Treatments Emerge for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer
For years, patients with advanced forms of gastric and esophageal cancer have had relatively few treatment options.
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Obesity and High Weight Linked to Adverse Outcomes In Leukemia Treatment
As the United States faces a growing obesity epidemic, scientists are taking a closer look at how body weight can affect health outcomes.
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ChatGPT and Medicine: The Good, the Bad, and the Bizarre
The artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has wowed users with its seemingly human-like ability to generate and respond to language, and worried others by that very same ability.
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Making Natural Killer Cells Smarter to Improve Cell Therapy
Could natural killer cells build the foundation for a new vision of immunotherapy?
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Treatment Guideline: Elacestrant for Advanced Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
The Breast Oncology Center at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center held multidisciplinary meetings on February 24 and May 5, 2023 to discuss recommendations for the use of elacestrant in patients with advanced estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
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ASCO 2023: Prostate Cancer Highlights Presented By Jacob Berchuck, MD
The Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute presents a succinct summary of all the prostate cancer clinical updates you need to know from ASCO 2023.
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ASCO 2023: Kidney Cancer Highlights Presented By Vincent (Wenxin) Chu, MD
The Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute presents a succinct summary of all the kidney cancer clinical updates you need to know from ASCO 2023.
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ASCO 2023: Bladder Cancer Highlights Presented By Charlene Mantia, MD
The Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute presents a succinct summary of all the bladder cancer clinical updates you need to know from ASCO 2023.
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Breast Cancer: New Horizons, Current Controversies
July 20-22, 2023 Live Virtual and In Person Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
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Dana-Farber Research Publication, 7.1.2023
This twice-monthly newsletter highlights recently published research where Dana-Farber faculty are listed as first or senior authors. The information is pulled from PubMed and this issue notes papers published from June 1 through June 15.