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Apr 14 2025HEALTH

How Immune Cells and Proteins Can Predict Treatment Success in Oral Cancer

Oral cancer is a serious issue, and one type, oral squamous cell carcinoma, is quite common. For those who have had surgery and radiation, there is a treatment option called anti-PD1 therapy. This therapy uses the body's immune system to fight cancer. However, not everyone responds well to this treatment. So, researchers looked for ways to predict who might benefit f...

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Apr 02 2025HEALTH

Muscle Changes in FSHD: A 2-Year MRI Study

FSHD, or facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, is a genetic condition that causes muscles to gradually weaken and waste away. This happens because muscles are replaced with fat over time. A recent study used MRI scans to track these changes over two years. The study found that muscles with certain types of damage, called edematous lesions, were more likely to turn ...

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