February 4th: World Cancer Day. What research are we doing in the disease?

World Cancer Day is commemorated every February 4th. At IDIBAPS, there are 23 groups dedicated exclusively to cancer research and 7 that work on the disease partially. The list of groups can be found here.

Below are the news of ten of the most relevant articles published in the last year:

FAT1 gene mutation is shown for the first time to promote metastasis.

Barcelona researchers draw 3D map of the genome of healthy and cancerous lymphocytes.

A molecular classification predicts the prognosis and the benefit of a cell cycle inhibitor in metastatic breast cancer.

A study in Nature concludes that immunotherapy is less efficacious in nonviral liver cancer.

The interaction between follicular lymphoma and its microenvironment reveals a new therapeutic strategy.

A study explains how chemotherapy works in young women with low-risk hormone-sensitive breast cancer.

Clínic-IDIBAPS researchers update international guidelines for liver cancer treatment.

Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS has developed a CAR-T cell therapy for multiple myeloma that shows an effectiveness of over 70% after one-year follow-up.

Developed the first genomic test for personalized HER2+ breast cancer treatments.

A new marker for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer identified.

You will find all the news about IDIBAPS and Hospital Clínic studies at https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/category/research.