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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Oct-2026 21:17 ET (29-Oct-2026 01:17 GMT/UTC)

New targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy induces remission in pancreatic cancer model

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A newly developed targeted radiopharmaceutical treatment can effectively slow tumor growth in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), according to new research published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In preclinical models, the treatment achieved complete remission of the disease, highlighting its potential to transform care for this highly aggressive cancer.

Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Neu5Gc-associated serum immunoglobulin G glycosylation as a diagnostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma

Xia & He Publishing Inc.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Given the lack of efficient biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnosis, this study aimed to develop an HCC diagnostic strategy based on serum protein glycosylation signatures. We characterized differential N-glycosylation patterns of serum IgG to differentiate HCC from healthy controls and liver cirrhosis, and elucidated the molecular mechanisms driving aberrant Neu5Gc elevation in HCC to provide a theoretical basis for clinical application and differential diagnosis of HCC.

Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology

Follow-up funding for two Collaborative Research Centres at the University of Cologne

University of Cologne
Grant and Award Announcement

The German Research Foundation has announced that two Collaborative Research Centres in medicine and plant genetics are entering their second funding period.

Genetic risk and lifestyle jointly influence upper gastrointestinal cancer risk in a Chinese endoscopy-screened cohort

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers studying 5556 participants in a Chinese endoscopy-screened cohort found that genetic risk and lifestyle independently and jointly influenced upper gastrointestinal cancer risk. The study identified a potential new gastric cancer susceptibility locus at 6p12.1 from genome-wide association study and showed that adding polygenic risk scores to conventional risk models improved risk stratification. A healthy lifestyle reduced risk across genetic risk groups, with greater benefit among those at high genetic risk.

Journal: Science Bulletin

Recognizing and managing IEC-HS: A life-threatening complication of CAR-T therapy

Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Immune effector cell-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis-like syndrome (IEC-HS) is a rare but life-threatening complication of CAR-T therapy. This review summarizes key diagnostic features, risk factors, and current management strategies, emphasizing early recognition and targeted intervention to improve clinical outcomes.

Journal: Chinese Medical Journal

Study reveals why breast cancer becomes more deadly with age

Georgetown University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a mechanism that may help explain a key reason why older people experience worse outcomes from breast cancer. A key aspect of the study benefited from timing and chance. During COVID, because of reduced laboratory activity, some of the research team’s mouse colonies aged longer than originally planned. This created a rare opportunity to study cancer in these older animals, which is normally a difficult and expensive endeavor. Serendipitously, the opportunity gave the scientists the ability to directly compare how tumors behave in younger versus older mice.

Journal: Communications Biology

When cells reveal their inner workings

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Every human cell is surrounded by a sugar coating known as the glycocalyx. It not only interacts with its environment but also reveals a great deal about cells’ internal states. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have mapped sugar structures on cell surfaces using high-resolution microscopy. In initial studies, they were able to correlate the spatial arrangement of the sugar structures with specific physiological cell states. The results, recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, could pave the way for new diagnostic approaches, such as tumor detection.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology

Bacteria may hold a cancer treatment clue

China Anti-Cancer Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team has proposed a provocative shift in how some of the hardest-to-treat cancers might be understood and managed.

Journal: Cancer Biology & Medicine

Screening modestly reduces prostate cancer deaths

Cochrane
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Blood tests to detect potential signs of prostate cancer likely reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer, an updated Cochrane review finds. This is a shift from the previous version of the review, which did not find sufficient evidence that screening reduced prostate cancer deaths.

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Share proton therapy across national borders and plan five new centres in Romania, Greece, Italy, Northern Ireland and Poland to maximise access for patients in Europe

European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)
Reports and Proceedings

Existing proton therapy centres mean that 59% of cancer patients across Europe currently have reasonable access to this specialist radiotherapy, according to research that will be presented the Congress of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology. In a second study, that will also be presented at ESTRO 2026, researchers have looked and when and how proton therapy is being used to treat pregnant cancer patients, and what steps must be taken to ensure treatment is effective while protecting the unborn baby.

Meeting: ESTRO 2026