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A research team at the University of Southern California has found that fasting can slow tumor growth and limit its spreading, and can be combined with chemotherapy... Read More »
Researchers have discovered a restricted pattern of molecules that differentiate early-stage breast tumors from invasive, life-threatening cancer. They also found a... Read More »
Treatment with three relatively new ‘targeted’ cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new... Read More »
A research team led by the University of Minnesota has made a key finding in understanding whether stem cells proliferate or differentiate. The mechanism by... Read More »
Scripps researchers have found a way to detect cancer in blood that could be comparable to surgical biopsy. The new technique finds and analyzes circulating tumor... Read More »
During allergy season your eyes start to itch, your nose runs, and you sneeze incessantly. This is all because your body recognizes allergens -- anything from pet... Read More »
Bill Doyle, the executive director of Novocure, examines the latest cancer treatment therapy called tumor treating fields (TTF). In TTF, electric fields are used to... Read More »
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Aurora SterlingWhat an amazing lecture! Very inspiring, especially the footage of the patients and how they feel about the treatment. I hope that they are in fact able to make this more widely available soon.
Jan 31, 2012
Using a liquid laser, researchers have developed a better way to detect slight genetic mutations that may predispose a person to cancer or other diseases. This... Read More »
Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified genetic mutations in a specific type of childhood tumor of the brain stem. Genetic... Read More »
Scientists at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have learned more about the mutation in DNA that leads to the development of acute myeloid leukemia... Read More »
Too much of a good thing, in all actuality, can be quite the opposite. Ideal medications should, of course, minimize side effects, while maximizing the therapeutic... Read More »
Researchers at McGill University identified two genetic mutations responsible for up to 40 percent of glioblastomas in children - a fatal cancer of the brain that is... Read More »
Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved their kidney cancer drug INLYTA (axinib). The treatment will be available for patients... Read More »
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland have published an article about their discovery of a new cancer vaccine approach. The therapeutic vaccine would... Read More »
Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. have found that a leukemia drug previously thought harmful to patients’ immune systems actually... Read More »
According to a University of Michigan study on mice, the cancer treatment drugs Avastin and Sutent are ineffective in properly treating breast cancer. In a tumor... Read More »
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found evidence of losses and gains of chromosomal pairs across various cancer types that may help in understanding the nature... Read More »
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Robert PowersInteresting article.
Jan 24, 2012
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's... Read More »
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer among males, but at present there is no standard test for the disease. It is no wonder, then, that researchers at ... Read More »
A new imaging platform is providing insight into the moment cancer cells turn deadly. Proteins, such as E-cadherin, are important for the maintenance of normal tissue ... Read More »