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Last update: : 06.03.2017
To make even the smallest tumor clusters and other pathological metabolic processes visible with the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): Physicists from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) at…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.03.2017
How does skin cancer develop? This is the central question around which Petra Boukamp's research revolves. Boukamp, who led a research department at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) for many…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.03.2017
Tumor cells use the bloodstream to spread in the body. To reach the blood, they first have to pass the wall of the vessel. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.03.2017
The new Helmholtz Institute HI-TRON is a collaboration of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and the Research Institute for Translational Oncology (TRON) at the University Medical…
Press releaseLast update: : 13.02.2017
Joint press release of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), and the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) Almost…
Press releaseLast update: : 02.02.2017
During its formation, every tumor receives a specific genetic profile, which can be utilized for personalized cancer therapy. But even within one tumor, various regions can develop which have…
Press releaseLast update: : 01.02.2017
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered a previously unknown feedback mechanism of the human immune system. Their research shows how…
Press releaseLast update: : 27.01.2017
Can a simple blood sample test replace an invasive biopsy of tumor tissue? Can a few milliliters of blood make even mammography and colonoscopy unnecessary? What are the facts about the cancer blood…
Press releaseLast update: : 24.01.2017
For a long time it was considered an established fact that cervical cancer, which is caused by human papillomaviruses (HPV), depends on two specific viral proteins. If they are absent, the cancer…
Press releaseLast update: : 18.01.2017
To commemorate the founding of the Hopp Children's Tumor Center at the NCT Heidelberg (KiTZ) by the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Institute (DKFZ), the first Child…
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