Cancer news

New attack on cancer forces cells to grow old & die

Instead of killing off cancer cells with toxic drugs, scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that forces them…    

Disabling Skp2 Gene Helps Shut Down Cancer Growth

Increased understanding of the Skp2 gene and its relation to cellular senescence may lead to the development…    

Scientists Share Data about Malignant Hyperthermia

Travel Award Available to share data with Clinicians and Scientists to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and management of…    

New DNA technique leads to a breakthrough in child cancer research

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet have used novel technology…    

Tumor mechanism identified

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth (UK), the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Cornell…    

Genome study shows what cancers have in common

Genetic abnormalities—missing DNA or duplicate DNA—that fuel the growth of one type of cancer may actually be at…    

UK cancer survival rates, spending lag Europe

Cancer death rates are falling in Britain but the chances of surviving the disease are still worse than…    

Researchers Discover Second Protective Role for Tumor-Suppressor

ATM, a protein that reacts to DNA damage by ordering repairs or the suicide of the defective cell,…    

Cancer: “Primitive” Gene Discovered

To find the causes for cancer, biochemists and developmental biologists at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, retraced the…    

Blocking cell movement for cancer, MS treatment

University of Adelaide researchers in Australia are finding new ways to block the movement of cells in the…    

Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be prevented

Forty percent of the 12 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year could avert the killer disease…    

How to Prevent Radiation Mistakes in Cancer Patients

Recent media stories have reported isolated cases of cancer patients who were injured by incorrect doses from intensity-modulated…    

New computational tool for cancer treatment

Many human tumors express indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme which mediates an immune-escape in several cancer types. Researchers…    

New measurement technique will help in fight against cancer

A new technique to catch cancer early has taken an important step forward thanks to the National Physical…    

Simple test could cut cancer deaths in poor nations

A simple “see and treat” approach using a test costing $2 could help doctors prevent 100,000 cervical…    

How sunlight causes skin cells to turn cancerous

Most skin cancers are highly curable, but require surgery that can be painful and scarring.

A…    

Metastasis formation revealed in detail and real time

Up to 25% of cancer patients develop metastases in the brain – often long after successful treatment of…    

Costly Cancer Treatments: No Easy Access in U.S. or U.K.

Cancer patients in both the United States and the United Kingdom face challenges in gaining access to…    

U.S. cancer rates continue their decline: report

Fewer people are getting cancer and death rates continue to fall, according to the latest report on cancer…    

Study shows gene positions may aid cancer diagnosis

Certain genes switch their nuclear position in tumor cells, offering a potential new method of diagnosing cancer, say…