Tumors develop when cells in the body grow uncontrollably. Finding a tumor on your dog can be very frightening, but they are not always detrimental — some are benign, while others are malignant.

Imagine a super-charged immune cell that can launch a focused attack on stubborn solid tumors—a smart fighter that destroys cancer cells for days without tiring. USC biomedical engineers have ...

Mast cell activation syndrome, a disorder involving immune cells gone awry, is increasingly recognized as the culprit behind many medical mysteries. The first key to understanding this complex ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a way of detecting circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer patients. The study is published in ...

The most frequent types of individual neoplasms were mast cell tumor (14.9%, n=189), hemangiosarcoma (13.6%, n=173), squamous cell carcinoma (8.4%, n=107), malignant melanoma (7.0%, n=89), hemangioma ...

EP: 1.Introduction and Objectives to Advances in Targeted Therapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer EP: 2.Goals of Therapy and Considerations for Treatment Sequencing in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung ...

Immunotherapies that mobilize a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer have become a treatment pillar. These therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, have ...

Depending on one's perspective, "mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)" is either a relatively rare, narrowly defined severe allergic condition or a vastly under-recognized underlying cause of ...

mast cell sarcoma) or even the benign tumor of mastocytoma. Secondary MCAS is when the mast cells are inappropriately triggered/over-activated by certain IgE antibodies or by certain stressors ...

Mast cell tumors (MCTs) are the second most common skin tumor in cats. Feline mast cell tumors are commonly found in the head, neck, and limbs. If your cat has cutaneous mast cell tumors ...

He talked with Lauren Moss and Joshua Short all about Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Question #1: What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? DR. HARRIS: Mast cells are found throughout the body ...

Tumor microenvironment factors also expose CAR T cells to barriers, including hypoxia, adenosine, acidic pH, immunosuppressive chemokines, and soluble factors. The authors noted that patients with ...