You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Cancer news Cancer news Cancer Prevention Study Seeks Participants • Cancer news • Feb 03 13 Residents of San Diego County have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a historic study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between… Bioelectric signals can be used to detect early cancer • Cancer news • Feb 01 13 Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered a bioelectric signal that can identify cells that are likely to develop into tumors. The researchers… High doses of folic acid don’t raise cancer risk: study • Cancer news • Jan 28 13 People taking high doses of the B vitamin folic acid are not at an increased risk of cancer, according to an international analysis - easing some concern… Gene mutation immortalizes malignant melanoma • Cancer news • Jan 26 13 About ten percent of all cases of malignant melanoma are familial cases. The genome of affected families tells scientists a lot about how the disease develops. Prof. Dr. Rajiv Kumar of the… New drug protects against side effects of chemotherapy • Cancer news • Jan 22 13 A drug developed at Linköping University in Sweden protects against the side effects of cancer treatments while strengthening the effects on the tumour. An international drug evaluation is now… New way to kill lymphoma without chemotherapy • Cancer news • Jan 22 13 How do you annihilate lymphoma without using any drugs? Starve it to death by depriving it of what appears to be a favorite food: HDL cholesterol. Northwestern Medicine® researchers… Cancer mortality down 20 percent from 1991 peak • Cancer news • Jan 17 13 As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2… Study of cancer cell metabolism yields new insights on leukemia • Cancer news • Jan 17 13 University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most aggressive cancers, is so difficult to cure: a… Researchers identify genetic mutation for rare cancer • Cancer news • Jan 15 13 It started with a 44-year-old woman with solitary fibrous tumor, a rare cancer seen in only a few hundred people each year. By looking at the entire DNA from… UGA discovery promises to improve drugs used to fight cancer, other diseases • Cancer news • Jan 13 13 Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. Like a microscopic metropolis locked in a state of perpetual rush hour traffic,… Genetic form of anemia offers new avenue to treating drug-resistant tumors • Cancer news • Jan 10 13 The genetic mutation that causes sickle cell anemia also turns red blood cells into potent tumor killers and may offer a new way to treat some… Common data determinants of recurrent cancer are broken, mislead researchers • Cancer news • Jan 03 13 In order to study the effectiveness or cost effectiveness of treatments for recurrent cancer, you first have to discover the patients in medical databases who have recurrent… Tumor boards linked to little association with effects on cancer care • Cancer news • Dec 30 12 There is little association of multidisciplinary tumor boards with measures of use, quality, or survival, and measuring only the presence of tumor boards may not be… Immune system changes may drive aggressiveness of recurrent tumors • Cancer news • Dec 27 12 Nearly half of the 700,000 cancer patients who undergo surgical removal of a primary tumor each year suffer a recurrence of their disease at some point, and many… Drug shortage linked to greater risk of relapse in young Hodgkin lymphoma patients • Cancer news • Dec 27 12 A national drug shortage has been linked to a higher rate of relapse among children, teenagers and young adults with Hodgkin lymphoma enrolled in… Some cancer docs say their income tied to treatments • Cancer news • Dec 27 12 A survey of cancer doctors finds that some believe they get paid more when they administer their patients’ chemotherapy and other drugs, raising concerns about conflict of interest… Understanding cell organization to tackle cancer • Cancer news • Dec 24 12 Scientists at The University of Manchester have identified how cells know which way up they need to be. The discovery could help in the fight against cancer because in the early… Cancer in Older Parents May Up Risk in Kids • Cancer news • Dec 23 12 A history of cancer at an early age still tops familial links to concordant cancers, but some cancers have familial links that extend into diagnosis at advanced ages,… 9/11 cancer study won’t settle debate over risks • Cancer news • Dec 19 12 The most comprehensive study of potential World Trade Center-related cancers raises more questions than it answers and won’t end a debate over whether the attacks were really a cause.… Immediate health risk must be weighed against radiation-induced cancer risk • Cancer news • Dec 18 12 The lifetime risks of cancer from medical radiation may be overemphasized relative to more immediate health risks, according to a new study published online in the journal… New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosis • Cancer news • Dec 17 12 Finding ways to diagnose cancer earlier could greatly improve the chances of survival for many patients. One way to do this is to look for specific proteins secreted by cancer… New technique could make cell-based immune therapies for cancer safer and more effective • Cancer news • Dec 17 12 A team led by Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Cell Engineering at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has shown for the… Internet use can reduce fatalistic view of cancer • Cancer news • Dec 10 12 Many Americans have fatalistic views on cancer prevention—they believe that getting cancer is a matter of luck or fate. Recent research, published in the Journal of Communication, found… Men more likely to die of cancer: study • Cancer news • Dec 07 12 Not only are men more likely than women to be diagnosed with cancer, men who get it have a higher chance of dying from the disease, according to a… Clinical trial tests rice bran to prevent cancer • Cancer news • Dec 06 12 A recent University of Colorado Cancer Center review in the journal Advances in Nutrition shows that rice bran offers promising cancer prevention properties. Meanwhile, an ongoing clinical trial is… Page 7 of 37 pages « First < 5 6 7 8 9 > Last » << Back to main