Studies into the role of estrogen receptors in prostate cancer by Dimple Chakravarty and colleagues are highlighted in an article about noncoding RNAs. Read more
A study by Claudia Fischbach, Andrew Dannenberg and others has found that obesity changes the consistency of breast tissue in ways that are similar to tumors, thereby promoting disease. Read more
Treating terminally ill cancer patients with chemotherapy in the months or weeks before their deaths was not found to improve patients' quality of life and may actually do more harm than good, according to a new study led by Holly Prigerson, Ph.D. Read more
Renowned biostatistician Karla Ballman, Ph.D., has been named chief of the Division of Biostatics and Epidemiology in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College. Read more
Lung cancers attract circulating immune cells to the tumor mass, where the cancer reprograms them to support its growth and progression, according to a study by Vivek Mittal and colleagues. Read more
If tumor-suppressor gene PTEN has mutated or is absent, the DNA replication process derails and can lead to cancer development, according to a new study by Wen Shen, Ph.D. Read more
Double-drug therapy may be just as effective as triple-drug therapy, with less toxicity, for some patients with transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma, according to a study by Ruben Niesvizky, M.D. Read more