CancerQuest

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CancerQuest (http://www.cancerquest.org) is based at Emory University. We produce a variety of educational materials for cancer patients, cancer caregivers and students.

08/14/2023

Consuming aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in diet sodas and other food products, may be linked to an increased risk of cancer. The decision by the World Health Organization to list aspartame as a carcinogen has faced criticism from other researchers and from the US FDA.

06/08/2023

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, with millions of cases per year in the U.S. alone. About one in five people in the U.S. will get skin cancer during their lifetime. These cancers are often diagnosed by removal of small amounts of skin from suspected cancers (biopsies). MOST biopsies ar...

06/08/2023

Nine in ten cancer deaths are linked to the spread (metastasis) of cancer from its original location to other parts of the body. HOW and WHY cancer cells move is a huge question. Some recent advances are shedding light on this mysterious, but deadly process.

06/08/2023

Viruses are generally thought of as disease-causing villians. This is particularly true because of the COVID pandemic - caused by a

06/08/2023

A small cancer clinical trial gave historical results. Every patient in the trial had a complete remission of their re**al cancer. The 12 patients received a treatment, dostarlimab, every three weeks for six months. The treatment is designed to activate the patient's own immune system to fight cance...

06/08/2023

Does it matter to cancer whether it's day or night? The answer seems to be 'yes'. Scientists have known that the cells in plants and animals go through periods of high and low activity. These patterns are called circadian rhythms. The impact of circadian rhythms on the spread of cancer was recently....

06/07/2023

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06/07/2023

Due to their voracious appetite for food crops, locusts are not usually thought of as helpful, That could change. Work done at Michigan State University has shown that locusts are able to tell the difference between normal and cancer cells. Not only that, but they can tell the difference between dif...

06/07/2023

Replimune®, otherwise known as RP2, is a cancer therapy designed to target many types of cancers, including skin, oesophageal, head, neck, and uveal melanoma (a rare type of eye cancer). Current treatments for these cancers include surgery,

06/07/2023

Currently, there are only a few ways to detect cancer and they can be invasive and often unpleasant. What if it was possible to detect cancer with contact lenses?

06/07/2023

Air pollution causes many cases of lung cancer every year. But how?

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CancerQuest (http://www.cancerquest.org) is based at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. The heart of our outreach is our website. We also produce a variety of educational materials for cancer patients, cancer caregivers and students. These include 3D posters, CDs and DVDs. You can also follow us on Twitter @cancerquest.