#tumors — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tumors, aggregated by home.social.
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#Neoadjuvant treatment with the #immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab significantly shrinks or eliminates #tumors in patients with desmoplastic #melanoma , a rare and aggressive form of skin #cancer
#Oncology #Immunology #Dermatology #sflorg
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#Ovarian #cancer often goes undetected for a long time. In seven out of 10 patients, the tumor has already formed secondary #tumors in the #abdominal cavity at the time of diagnosis. These metastases are particularly common in a tissue called the #omentum , also known as the peritoneal apron.
#Oncology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ongy01052601.html -
Using a simple concept and a patented Sandia #sensor that detects #radioactive materials, a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a patch to stop damage to healthy tissue during proton #radiotherapy, one of the best tools to target certain #cancerous #tumors.
#MaterialScience #Technology #Medical #sflorg
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In #Science (@sciencemagazine) this week, the Hanahan lab shows that the #RNA-binding protein #FMRP enables #tumors to evade being attacked by #CD8TCells. It does so by both suppressing #CCL17 & promoting #Tregs via #IL33 & #M2 #macrophages via #PROS1 & #ExtracellularVesicles!