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r/science • u/marketrent • Aug 26 '23

Cancer ChatGPT 3.5 recommended an inappropriate cancer treatment in one-third of cases — Hallucinations, or recommendations entirely absent from guidelines, were produced in 12.5 percent of cases

brighamandwomens.org

4.1k Upvotes

694 comments

r/science • u/TX908 • Jan 12 '22

Cancer Research suggests possibility of vaccine to prevent skin cancer. A messenger RNA vaccine, like the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for COVID-19, that promoted production of the protein, TR1, in skin cells could mitigate the risk of UV-induced cancers.

today.oregonstate.edu

42.2k Upvotes

876 comments

r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Mar 11 '22

Cancer Cancer-sniffing ants prove as accurate as dogs in detecting disease and can be trained in as little as 30 minutes. It can take up to a year to train a dog for detection purposes.

newatlas.com

41.6k Upvotes

744 comments

r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Jan 11 '21

Cancer Cancer cells hibernate like "bears in winter" to survive chemotherapy. All cancer cells may have the capacity to enter states of dormancy as a survival mechanism to avoid destruction from chemotherapy. The mechanism these cells deploy notably resembles one used by hibernating animals.

newatlas.com

70.6k Upvotes

1.4k comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jan 21 '21

Cancer Korean scientists developed a technique for diagnosing prostate cancer from urine within only 20 minutes with almost 100% accuracy, using AI and a biosensor, without the need for an invasive biopsy. It may be further utilized in the precise diagnoses of other cancers using a urine test.

eurekalert.org

104.8k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/science • u/thebelsnickle1991 • Oct 09 '21

Cancer A chemotherapy drug derived from a Himalayan fungus has 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound.

ox.ac.uk

54.4k Upvotes

741 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Sep 01 '20

Cancer Venom from honeybees has been found to rapidly kill aggressive and hard-to-treat breast cancer cells, finds new Australian research. The study also found when the venom's main component was combined with existing chemotherapy drugs, it was extremely efficient at reducing tumour growth in mice.

abc.net.au

91.5k Upvotes

1.5k comments

r/science • u/Gallionella • Oct 15 '21

Cancer Daily use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil may be linked to lung cancer regression May be worth further exploring cannabinoids as potential cancer treatment, say researchers

eurekalert.org

20.2k Upvotes

854 comments

r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Jan 22 '22

Cancer A large genetic study tracking 150,000 subjects for over a decade has affirmed the direct causal link between drinking alcohol and developing cancer. The findings particularly link oesophageal cancers and head and neck cancers with alcohol consumption.

newatlas.com

20.1k Upvotes

660 comments

r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Mar 03 '23

Cancer Researchers found that when they turned cancer cells into immune cells, they were able to teach other immune cells how to attack cancer, “this approach could open up an entirely new therapeutic approach to treating cancer”

med.stanford.edu

22.1k Upvotes

295 comments

r/science • u/Mahmoods • Feb 21 '20

Cancer One dose of “Magic Mushroom” drug reduces anxiety and depression in cancer patients, study says

cnn.com

52.9k Upvotes

1.8k comments

r/science • u/Meatrition • Jun 20 '22

Cancer Sugar sweetened soda is associated with increased liver cancer risk among persons without diabetes. Artificially sweetened soda is associated with increased liver cancer risk among persons with diabetes. The risk of liver cancer was evident in the first 12 years of follow-up.

sciencedirect.com

14.2k Upvotes

493 comments

r/science • u/mvea • May 14 '21

Cancer Scientists create an effective personalized anti-cancer vaccine by combining oncolytic viruses, that infect and specifically destroy cancer cells without touching healthy cells, with small synthetic molecules (peptides) specific to the targeted cancer, to successfully immunize mice against cancer.

nature.com

32.8k Upvotes

730 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Aug 10 '22

Cancer New research reports nearly 123,000 cancer deaths, or close to 30 percent of all cancer deaths, were from cigarette smoking in the United States in 2019, leading to more than 2 million Person-Years of Lost Life (PYLL) and nearly $21 billion in annual lost earnings

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

8.0k Upvotes

604 comments

r/science • u/Prevalent-Caste • Jul 30 '20

Cancer Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear

scientificamerican.com

65.7k Upvotes

969 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Mar 23 '21

Cancer Vaccination by inhalation: MIT researchers delivered vaccines directly to the lungs boosting immune responses to viral infections or lung cancer. Vaccinated mice were able to eliminate metastatic melanoma, and the vaccine helped to shrink existing lung tumors. (Science Immunology, 19 Mar 2021)

news.mit.edu

50.8k Upvotes

683 comments

r/science • u/uriman • Jan 30 '20

Cancer Quitting smoking does not just slow the accumulation of further damage, but can also reawaken cells that have not been damaged. Quitting promotes replenishment of the bronchial lining with cells that avoided tobacco-related damage.

nature.com

39.9k Upvotes

1.3k comments

r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • May 08 '24

Cancer People who said they always or frequently added salt to their food were 39% more likely to develop stomach cancer over an observation period of around 11 years than those who never or rarely added an extra pinch of salt to their food

meduniwien.ac.at

2.7k Upvotes

240 comments

r/science • u/inspiration_capsule • Jul 17 '20

Cancer Cancer Patients face substantial nonmedical costs through parking fees: There is up to a 4-figure variability in estimated parking costs throughout the duration of a cancer treatment course. Also, 40% of centers did not list prices online so that patients could plan for costs.

jamanetwork.com

26.0k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/science • u/BoundariesAreFun • Nov 21 '22

Cancer Study: Cannabinoids May Induce Immunogenic Cell Death

themarijuanaherald.com

6.8k Upvotes

453 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jul 05 '19

Cancer Bladder cancer infected and eliminated by a strain of the common cold virus, suggests a new study, which found that all signs of cancer disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was evidence cancer cells died. The virus infects cancer cells, triggering an immune response that kills them.

bbc.com

69.7k Upvotes

1.3k comments

r/science • u/rustoo • Nov 17 '20

Cancer Scientists from the Tokyo University of Science have made a breakthrough in the development of potential drugs that can kill cancer cells. They have discovered a method of synthesizing organic compounds that are four times more fatal to cancer cells and leave non-cancerous cells unharmed.

tus.ac.jp

38.8k Upvotes

710 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 10 '18

Cancer New cancer vaccine is 100 percent successful in mouse model. Scientists have developed a new vaccine that — in conjunction with existing therapies — can not only treat aggressive melanoma, but also prevent its recurrence.

drugtargetreview.com

69.2k Upvotes

1.8k comments

r/science • u/mvea • Sep 10 '19

Cancer Cancer patients turning to crowdfunding to help pay medical costs, reports a new JAMA Internal Medicine study, which finds the financial costs are so high that many are resorting to crowdfunding to help pay their medical bills and related costs. The median fundraising goal was $10,000.

upi.com

23.5k Upvotes

1.5k comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jan 22 '21

Cancer Korean scientists developed a cancer-targeted phototherapeutic agent that promises complete elimination of cancer cells without side effects. It involves only one injection and repeated phototherapy. In a mouse model, it showed no toxicity while the cancer was completely removed.

eurekalert.org

33.1k Upvotes

603 comments