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[:el] Scientists have found that carrying fat around your middle could be as good an indicator of cancer risk as body mass index (BMI), according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer. 4 Greek researchers participated in the study. It shows that adding...

2 Greek scientists in the team that detected cancer relapse long before standard testing

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Scientists have found that unstable chromosomes within lung tumours increases the risk of cancer returning after surgery, and have used this new knowledge to detect relapse long before standard testing. These are the first findings from the Cancer Research UK-funded TRACERx lung cancer study,...

Greek scientist behind the identification of risk factors for brain cancer

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] A team of international researchers led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have identified genetic markers for two subtypes of glioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Among them was the Greek researcher Konstantinos Gousias. The teram has uncovered 13 new genetic markers...

Tries to find therapies for the blood diseases

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[:el] Eirini Papapetrou is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncologyand also in the division of the Department of Oncological Sciences in Mount Sinai. She is a member of Tisch Cancer Institute and Black Family Stem Cell Institute in the Mount Sinai School of...

Top-class researcher in tumor immunology and immunotherapy

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[:el] George Coukos is the Director of Ludwig Lausanne, Director of the Swiss Cancer Center Lausanne and Professor at the University of Lausanne. Much of his career was as a clinician and cancer researcher but he has focused his work on immunotherapy and the exploration...

Greek researcher develops new method for cancer immunotherapy

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[:el] Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden led by a Greek researcher, have generated antibodies that reprogramme a type of macrophage cell in the tumour, making the immune system better able to recognise and kill tumour cells. The study, which is published in the journal...

Discovered an innovative technique in the fight against breast cancer

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[:el] Christos Sotiriou, MD, PhD is a medical oncologist specialized in breast cancer and actively involved in the treatment of breast cancer patients. He is head of the Functional Genomics & Translational Research Unit at Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Sotiriou’s research focuses on...

Greek scientist’s research for breast cancer opens up new treatments

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] EPFL scientists, among them a Greek researcher, have developed an animal model for breast cancer that faithfully captures the disease. Tested on human breast tissue, this the most clinically realistic model of breast cancer to date. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related...

Found a way to reprogram tumour cells into benign cells

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el]Antonis Kourtidis, is a Greek biologist and researcher, who -under the guidance of professor Panos Anastasiadis of the Department for Cancer Biology at Mayo Clinic- tries to find new and effective ways to beat cancer. In this effort, they have demonstrated a method to reprogram...

The biophysicist who tries to make cancer detection a lot easier

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