Can Prostate Cancer Change to Resist Treatment?
Yes, it can. Prostate cancer isn’t a fixed target. Under the pressure of hormone drugs, some tumor cells change how they grow and what they depend on, and a treatment that worked for a year or two starts losing its grip. One form of this is called lineage...
Can Stomach Cancer Be Cured if It’s Found Early?
Yes, stomach cancer can often be cured if it’s found early. When it’s caught before it grows beyond the inner layers of the stomach wall, surgery, or sometimes even endoscopic removal, can clear it completely, and survival rates are among the best in cancer care. The...
Can Cord Blood Stem Cells Be Turned Into Cancer-Fighting T Cells?
In the lab, yes. As something you can actually receive at a clinic today, no. Cord blood is rich in blood-forming stem cells, the same ones already used in transplants for leukaemia and lymphoma. Researchers have worked out ways to nudge those cells into becoming T...