CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab(livescience.com)

158 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 25 comments

Tumor-derived erythropoietin acts as immunosuppressive switch in cancer immunity(science.org)

137 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 36 comments

Global cancer cases will jump 77% by 2050, WHO report estimates(cnn.com)

25 points by rntn 2 years ago | 9 comments

Cancer DNA is detectable in blood years before diagnosis(sciencenews.org)

258 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 125 comments

A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque was found in 50% of colon cancers(nbcnews.com)

102 points by _xerces_ 2 years ago | 63 comments

A vaccine for pancreatic cancer treatment?(science.org)

153 points by dcminter 3 years ago | 118 comments

1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds(cbc.ca)

217 points by colinprince 27 days ago | 122 comments

CBC News article on a Lancet Oncology study estimating that infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, about 1 in 8.

We’re secretly winning the war on cancer(vox.com)

365 points by lr0 1 year ago | 161 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.

Scientists Untangle the Biology of an 'Undruggable' Cancer Gene(nytimes.com)

4 points by gumby 23 days ago | 2 comments

New York Times article on scientists working out the biology of a cancer gene long considered undruggable; the capture shows only a captcha page.

Study: Exercise increases cancer survival rates(nejm.org)

71 points by RickJWagner 17 days ago | 39 comments

A New England Journal of Medicine study page on exercise and cancer survival, blocked here by a Cloudflare security verification screen.

Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab(nature.com)

570 points by dataminer 1 year ago | 198 comments

Nature news article about virologist Beata Halassy, who treated her own breast cancer with lab-grown oncolytic viruses, and researchers' warnings against copying her.

Things that apparently cause cancer(breakthroughjournal.org)

172 points by timpera 23 days ago | 63 comments

An Ecomodernist article by Deric Tilson and Adam Stein questioning the methodology behind studies claiming various things cause cancer.