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Three ‘Targeted’ Cancer Drugs Raise Risk of Fatal Side Effects
-Treatment with three relatively new “targeted” cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal…
World Cancer Day Points to Prevention
Health care organizations from around the globe will come together on Saturday, Feb. 4 to promote cancer prevention…
Cancer Patients Pain Can Be Helped By Psychosocial Interventions
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, who teamed with colleagues at five universities around the United States, analyzed past…
Aiding cancer therapy by mathematically modeling tumor-immune interactions
Cancer is one of the five leading causes of death. And yet, despite decades of research, there is…
Korean research, a first step toward Dr. Smartphone?
Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone…
3 is the magic number: A chain reaction required to prevent tumor formation
The expression of p53 and Mdm2 is closely related. In an article published this week in the Cancel…
Study finds that tumor cells can prevent cancer spread
A new study finds that a group of little-explored cells in the tumor microenvironment likely serve as important…
Fibroblasts Contribute To Melanoma Tumor Growth
Fibroblasts, cells that play a role in the structural framework of tissues, play an apparent role in melanoma…
Cancer deaths across Europe ‘tipped to fall in 2011’
Experts are predicting a fall in overall cancer death rates for men and women across Europe in 2011.…
Cancer rates in U.S. keep falling: American Cancer Society
Cancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8 percent per year in men and 1.6 percent…
Scientists may be able to double efficacy of radiation therapy
Scientists may have a way to double the efficacy and reduce the side effects of radiation therapy.
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Researchers Find New Path to Control Tumor Growth
New evidence by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers that specific electromagnetic fields can safely block the proliferation…
Molecular link between diabetes and cancer described
The fact that diabetes raises the risk of certain types of cancer is already well known, but the…
Some tumors contain factors that may block metastasis
Scientists are another step closer to understanding what drives tumor metastasis, as laboratory models suggest there are factors…
Computer-based tool to improve diagnosis and prognosis for cancer patients
A computer-based tool could help GPs to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from two…
Key driver of metastasis identified
Scientists at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have identified a key mechanism of metastasis that could lead to…
Controlling gene expression to halt cancer growth
NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is a cancer without a cure, and one that affects all age groups. NMC…
Research makes it possible to predict how cancers will respond to chemo
Challenging a half-century-old theory about why chemotherapy agents target cancer, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have devised a…
Body Weight, Diet May Be Risk Factors for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Body weight in young adulthood and diet appeared to be associated with the risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according…
Mobile phones don’t hike cancer risk: Danish study
Mobile phones do not increase the risk of cancer, according to a large study involving more than 350,000…
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