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Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice

Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice

Jing Wen, a scientist at the UCLA AIDS Institute; Di Wu, a UCLA postdoctoral scholar; Professor Masakazu Kamata; and staff researcher Emiko Kranz. Credit: Milo Mitchell/UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer that has spread to the central nervous system is notoriously difficult to treat. Now, UCLA researchers have developed a drug delivery system that breaks through the blood-brain barrier in order to reach and treat cancer that has [Read More...]
Similarities of small cell cancers to blood cancers could lead to better treatments

Similarities of small cell cancers to blood cancers could lead to better treatments

An interdisciplinary team of UCLA scientists has found that small cell neuroendocrine cancers from a range of tissues have a common molecular signature and share drug sensitivities with blood cancers. The discoveries could improve the diagnoses of these aggressive cancers and lead to the development of new treatments that build upon the lessons learned from successful blood cancer therapies. The study, led by senior authors Thomas [Read More...]
Body Fat Distribution Linked to Higher Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Body Fat Distribution Linked to Higher Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

In the first prospective study of directly measured body fat distribution and prostate cancer risk, investigators found that higher levels of abdominal and thigh fat are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may lead to a better understanding of the relationship between obesity and prostate cancer and provide new [Read More...]