Cancer

Cancer rate 4 times higher in children with juvenile arthritis

New research reports that incident malignancy among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is four times higher than in those without the disease. Findings…    

AACR Supports World Cancer Day, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012

The American Association for Cancer Research supports World Cancer Day on Saturday, Feb. 4, and the efforts of the Union for International Cancer Control…    

Many people continue to smoke after being diagnosed with cancer

A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online…    

Obesity and cancer screening: Do race and gender also play a role?

Researchers in Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University recently found that obesity was linked to higher rates of prostate cancer screening across…    

Fish oil may hold key to leukemia cure

A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn…    

Vitamin D doesn’t prevent heart attack or cancer

Among seniors with a high risk of bone fractures, taking vitamin D or calcium pills has no impact on their chances of dying from…    

Technologies give high-resolution ‘snapshot’ of cancer tissues

Stanford researchers have melded tools and technologies from engineering, computer science and stem cell biology to analyze hundreds of individual cancer cells and draw…    

Children experience differing changes one year after a sibling’s death from cancer

The majority of children experience personal changes and changes in relationships one year after their sibling has died from cancer; however, positive and negative…    

What killed Steve Jobs?

What killed Apple’s visionary founder and CEO Steve Jobs? Neither his company nor his family have disclosed the cause of death, but medical experts…    

Diabetes and cancer: A shared biological basis

Contrary to what you might think, cancer and diabetes appear to have some biology in common. According to a report in the September 30th…    

Healthier living could cut 2.8 million cancer cases

Healthier lifestyles and better diets could prevent up to 2.8 million cases of cancer each year, the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) said on…    

Role of alcohol intake and smoking on upper aerodigestive cancers

This paper provides an extensive analysis of the proportion of the risk of upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers in the population (the population attributable…    

Low-dose naltrexone (LDN): Tricking the body to heal itself

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered the mechanism by which a low dose of the opioid antagonist…    

Popular Herbal Supplements May Adversely Affect Chemotherapy Treatment

Acai berry, cumin, herbal tea, turmeric and long-term use of garlic – all herbal supplements commonly believed to be beneficial to your health –…    

More evidence that caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer

There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way…    

Mobile use doesn’t alter kids’ cancer risk: study

Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are at no bigger risk of developing brain cancer than those who do not use them, according…    

Lawson researchers take control of cancer

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, one in four Canadians will die of cancer. This year alone, the disease will kill an estimated 75,000…    

Study confirms safety, cancer-targeting ability of nutrient in broccoli, other vegetables

Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables that helps them prevent cancer, has been shown for the first time…    

WHO says cell phone use “possibly carcinogenic”

Using a mobile phone might increase the risk of developing certain types of brain tumors and consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure,…    

Herbal remedies offer hope as the new antibiotics

Cancer treatments often have the side effect of impairing the patient’s immune system. This can result in life-threatening secondary infections from bacteria and fungi,…    

People with diabetes more likely to get cancer

People with diabetes are at higher risk for certain cancers than those without the blood sugar disease, suggests a new study.

Based…    

Einstein researchers find key gene in childhood cancer

There are no effective treatments for rhabdoid tumors – aggressive childhood cancers that usually strike children under three years old and affect the brain…    

WHO warns of enormous burden of chronic disease: Non-Communicable Diseases

Chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes have reached global epidemic proportions and now cause more deaths than all other diseases combined, the…    

Smokers who quit have less aggressive kidney cancer

Researchers have found that kidney cancer is not only more common among heavy smokers, it also appears to be more aggressive.

According…    

A ‘Pacman Strategy’ to Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer

A molecule that lies dormant until it encounters a cancer cell, then suddenly activates and rouses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells…