Sound tech partly destroys liver tumors in rats

A noninvasive sound technology can destroy between 50 and 75% of tumors in rat livers, with the immune system handling what's left.

Jim Lynch-Michigan • futurity
April 21, 2022 ~6 min

Bedside art cuts cancer patient anxiety

Art at their bedside can be helpful in tackling anxiety for cancer patients, new research indicates. Art appreciation can be a mood booster and distraction.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
April 19, 2022 ~6 min


Bedside art cuts cancer patient anxiety

Art at their bedside can be helpful in tackling anxiety for cancer patients, new research indicates. Art appreciation can be a mood booster and distraction.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
April 19, 2022 ~6 min

Circulating tumor cells shed light on lung cancer’s return

Non-small cell lung cancer is the leading cause of American cancer deaths. New research with mice may help predict its spread and recurrence.

Eric Maze-Missouri • futurity
April 14, 2022 ~4 min

Hydrogel boosts ‘attack power’ of cells that fight cancer

A hydrogel appears to offer a temporary, hospitable environment that helps activate modified immune cells attack cancer.

Stanford • futurity
April 12, 2022 ~8 min

How cells use ‘tentacles’ to move around our bodies

New findings clarify how cells use octopus-like tentacles called filopodia to move around in our bodies.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
March 29, 2022 ~5 min

Half of women will get a false positive mammogram over 10 years

Over the course of a decade of annual screening, researchers report that half of all women will get at least one false positive mammogram result.

Nadine Yehya - UC Davis • futurity
March 28, 2022 ~8 min

Tiny ‘drug factories’ kill cancer in mice in days

Implantable "drug factories" that kill advanced-stage ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in six day could be ready for human clinical trials this fall.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
March 9, 2022 ~7 min


Cancer patients may need clearer sense of their prognosis

Advanced cancer patients may have misconceptions about how long they will live. "We need better ways to help people understand terrifying news."

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
March 3, 2022 ~4 min

Mammograms over-diagnose 1 in 7 breast cancers in the US

About one in seven breast cancers detected by mammogram screening in the US are over-diagnosed, leading to unnecessary treatments and stress.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
March 2, 2022 ~6 min

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