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Seeking a Cancer-Free World

The vastness of the problem and the possibility that a singular cure won’t be found cannot erode a willingness to fight the fight.

DTC Adaptation Strategies to Cell Stress

Disseminated tumor cells (DTC), which share mesenchymal and epithelial properties, are considered to be metastasis-initiating cells in breast cancer. However, the mechanisms supporting DTC survival are poorly understood. DTC extravasation into the bone...

Agonists of the TRAIL death receptor DR5 sensitize intestinal stem cells to chemotherapy-induced cell death and trigger gastrointestinal toxicity

The combination of TRAIL death receptor agonists and radiochemotherapy to treat advanced cancers continues to be investigated in clinical trials. We previously showed that normal cells with a functional DNA damage response (DDR) upregulate the expressi...

Aberrant activation of Notch signaling inhibits PROX1 activity to enhance the malignant behavior of thyroid cancer cells

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is one of the most common endocrine malignancies associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Although multiple studies have contributed to a better understanding of the genetic alterations underlying this frequen...

eIF4G1 Targeting in BRAF-Resistant and BRAF WT Melanoma

Disrupting the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F (eIF4F) complex offers an appealing strategy to potentiate the effectiveness of existing cancer therapies and to overcome resistance to drugs such as BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi). Here, we identifie...