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Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients -- not from other organ sites, as previously thought -- according to a preclinical study. Clots are the second-leading cause ...

At certain point of cancer progression, primary localized tumors may disseminate to distant organs, including lymph nodes, lungs, bones, liver, or brain. The current options to treat cancer metastases ...

The researchers focused on Fanconi anemia, a rare inherited disorder characterized by a failure to repair specific types of DNA damage. In this condition, the two strands of DNA literally become stuck ...

A redesigned immune-activating cancer drug has produced striking early results in a small clinical trial, shrinking tumors and sometimes eliminating them entirely.

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