tumor
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Prenuvo was in the spotlight last month after the actress Busy Philipps revealed that a scan found a lesion in her brain that was later diagnosed as a slow-growing tumor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Chad Gilbert had just celebrated his return to the stage in June after emergency surgery earlier this year to remove a brain tumor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
A patient’s tumor is surgically removed and then sequenced, allowing researchers to figure out which mutated proteins are expressed on the cancer cells.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
That connection is especially important because cancer treatments such as radiation often work by damaging tumor cells enough to trigger their self-destruction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 1951, the same year Jones biopsied Henrietta’s tumor, researchers from Columbia University reported that the two types of cancer were easily and often confused.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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Advanced tumors shed more DNA, making them easier to detect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Cancer treatments developed for humans could potentially be evaluated in cats with naturally occurring tumors, while discoveries made during feline cancer studies and clinical trials could provide clues that help shape future human research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed an experimental drug called CS18 that may help cancer treatments work against tumors that have become resistant to therapy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The injectable drug mimics the body’s somatostatin hormone to treat disorders like slow-growing tumors and the overproduction of growth hormones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
In human populations exposed to urethane or related chemicals there is a possibility that tumors will develop in infants through prenatal exposure, as Dr. Hueper has warned.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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