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Medical Imaging in Cancer of Unknown Primary: Current Standards and Future Directions

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) accounts for 2%–5% of new cancer diagnoses and is defined by the presence of metastatic disease without an identifiable primary tumor despite extensive investigation. Due to its complexity and heterogeneity, CUP carries a poor prognosis, contributing to around 8% of all cancer-related deaths, with only 16%–20% of patients surviving beyond […]

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Photoacoustic Imaging: A New Frontier in Breast Cancer Detection and Real-Time Monitoring

Breast cancer incidence is rising globally, making it the leading cause of cancer death in women. Conventional imaging—mammography, ultrasound, and MRI—remains essential but limited: mammography performs poorly in dense breasts, ultrasound is operator-dependent with low specificity, and MRI is costly, slow, and unsuitable for real-time monitoring. This highlights the need for a fast, safe, and

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New Cancer Target Offers Hope for Personalized Treatment

CLDN18.2, a stomach-specific tight junction protein, is normally low but becomes upregulated in multiple cancers, including gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, breast, and liver tumors. This dysregulation promotes tumor growth and spread, making it a promising biomarker and therapeutic target. Its expression is regulated by transcriptional, epigenetic, and signaling pathways, and it has context-dependent effects—mostly oncogenic, but

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FAPI Nanoprobe: Dual-Cell Ferroptosis and ‘Light-Up’ MRI for Gastric Cancer Metastasis

Gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis (PM) is driven by a protective tumor microenvironment (TME), with cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) contributing to therapy resistance via high GPX4 levels that prevent ferroptosis. To overcome this barrier, researchers developed a multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform, CDDP2@MSPION@GP3/FAPI. This system combines iron oxide nanoparticles (MSPION) that release Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ in the acidic TME to trigger

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Brain Cells Fuel Cancer’s Deadly Spread

Cancer neuroscience explores how the nervous system influences tumor development. In primary brain tumors like glioma and glioblastoma, neurons promote growth through factors such as BDNF and neuroligin-3. Glioma cells form excitatory synapses with neurons and develop neuronal-like features, including “tumor microtubes” that facilitate communication and proliferation. Outside the brain, the peripheral nervous system regulates

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Environmental and Lifestyle Factors in Gynecological Cancers: Risk and Prevention

Environmental exposures and lifestyle behaviors are major, yet modifiable, drivers of cancer, accounting for nearly half of all cases globally. These factors are particularly influential in female cancers, where risks include smoking, obesity, poor diet, air pollution, and unsafe sexual practices. Protective measures such as oral contraceptives and a Mediterranean diet can lower risk in

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Claspin: A Dual-Role Regulator in Cancer Biology and Therapeutic Resistance

Cancer arises from uncontrolled cell growth and genomic instability, often due to defective checkpoints and DNA repair mechanisms. Claspin is a key regulator in this process, acting as a scaffold protein that activates the ATR-Chk1 checkpoint in response to DNA damage or replication stress. By pausing the cell cycle, Claspin allows DNA repair or triggers

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WTX-124 Fast-Tracked by FDA for Melanoma After Immunotherapy Failure

The FDA has granted fast track designation to WTX-124, a conditionally activated interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy, for patients with locally advanced or metastatic cutaneous melanoma after standard immunotherapy. WTX-124, designed to deliver IL-2 selectively to tumors and reduce systemic toxicity, is being studied as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in a phase 1/1b trial for

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IDE397 Plus Trodelvy Shows Strong Early Efficacy in MTAP-Deleted Urothelial Cancer

A phase 1/2 trial evaluating IDE397, a MAT2A inhibitor, combined with sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy) shows encouraging activity in late-line MTAP-deletion urothelial cancer. Two expansion cohorts were assessed. Dose Level 1 (IDE397 15 mg + Trodelvy 10 mg/kg, n=9) achieved a 33% objective response rate (ORR) and 100% disease control rate (DCR). Dose Level 2 (IDE397

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