Cancer

A single shot could be one of the biggest advances in cancer research in decades, scientists say. But the research almost didn't happen

In the research published Wednesday, doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say the treatment made the most common type of leukemia completely disappear in two of the patients and reduced it by 70 percent in the third.

CNN's Brooke Baldwin talks about the importance of protecting yourself from skin cancer.

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a way to amp up the power of killer T-cells, called CD8 cells, making them more functional for longer periods of time and boosting their ability to multiply and expand within the body to fight melanoma, a new study has found.

"The study, done in mouse models of metastatic melanoma that had spread to the brain, has important clinical implications, as the method could boost the cancer-killing power of experimental immunotherapies being tested now in various cancers, including deadly glioblastoma and metastatic melanoma, both of which are very difficult to treat successfully."

"The process Prins and his team used sought to mimic the way the T cells in the immune system recognize and fight viruses in the body, stimulating what is called the innate immune system. The innate immune system is comprised of cells that immediately defend the body from infection and frequently is not stimulated in the presence of cancer, Prins said. However, the innate immune cells can be tricked into thinking a virus is present by treating with compounds that activate Toll-like receptors (TLR)."

New evidence suggests that man's best friend may be able to detect the illness.

(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have discovered new details of how cancer cells escape from tumor suppression mechanisms that normally prevent these damaged cells from multiplying. They also demonstrated a potential link between this cell proliferation control mechanism and the cognitive deficits caused by Down syndrome.

(Penn State) A motor regulatory protein can block human ovarian tumor growth, leading to eventual cancer cell death and possible new therapies to treat the disease, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

National Cancer Institute researchers now have  clear evidence that a type of low-dose radiation CT Scan called spiral CT can help reduce the risk of lung cancer death by 20% .

A new blood test in development would detect a single cancer cell in the blood stream. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.

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Actress Christina Applegate speaks candidly about surviving breast cancer with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

New campaign recommends looking for dimpling skin around your breasts.

Out of cancer treatment options, John Cossman turns to clinical trials, without which he says he'd have "no hope."

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Dr. Howard Katzenstein of the Aflac Cancer Center and Emory U. comments.

- Chemo therapy kills growing cells as well as cancer cells.
- New targeted therapies target the cancer cells, what gene has gone wrong, what has gone wrong inside the cell, to leave normal cells inside the body unharmed.

Moffitt Cancer Center's Dr. Vernon Sondak comments on the personalized approach.

- until now we did not have the genetic markers, the bio signatures, of which melanoma should be treated one way and which should be treated another way.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Dr. Judy Garber comments on the study.

- Risk-Reducing surgeries, when should women consider having their ovaries removed for example.

Pam Sakuda was a cancer patient whose doctors prescribed psychedelic drugs.