City of Hope opens phase 1 clinical trial aiming to transform rectal cancer into a disease treatable with radiation therapy to avoid potential long-term side effects of surgery. Physician scientists will evaluate an alternative use of an investigational enzyme inhibitor, papaverine, which is hypothesized to prime regions of tumors to be more susceptible to radiation therapy

A Japanese research team has discovered a novel global cooperative phenomena of cell interactions in cervical cancer cells. Their findings suggest that the cells are metabolically connected in a functional network. The framework they used in their studies could prove useful for investigating the hidden state of a group of cells.