Cancer news

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…    

Association of quantity of alcohol and frequency of consumption with cancer mortality

A paper from the National Institutes of Health in the United States has evaluated the separate and combined…    

Vitamin D deficiency common in cancer patients

More than three-quarters of cancer patients have insufficient levels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) and the lowest levels…    

10 ways to make better decisions about cancer care

Talking with doctors about cancer and cancer treatments can feel like learning a new language, and people facing…    

Targeting cholesterol may help slow glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is among the most lethal cancers, but scientists have uncovered a novel growth mechanism that suggests patients…    

Men: Cancer Prevention Tips By Age

Men who maintain a healthy body throughout life are often better able to fight off diseases like cancer.…    

Fish oil reduces effectiveness of chemotherapy

Researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, have discovered a substance that has an adverse effect on…    

Nanosensors made from DNA may light path to new cancer tests and drugs

Sensors made from custom DNA molecules could be used to personalize cancer treatments and monitor the quality of…    

Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer

A bacterial strain that specifically targets tumours could soon be used as a vehicle to deliver drugs in…    

9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk: study

Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York’s World…    

Bone marrow transplantation may increase cancer resistance in patients

Bone marrow transplantation with genetically modified cells may prolong the period of cancer-free survival, suggests a study led…    

Hereditary cancer risk

Medical researchers have discovered a new type of mechanism causing cancer susceptibility, showing that tiny changes in some…    

New process that can save at-risk cancer patients is effective and significantly less costly

People at risk for a certain form of colon and other types of cancer may soon have a…    

Penn Study on Silencing of Tumor Suppressor Gene Suggests New Target for Lymphoma

Mariusz A. Wasik, MD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Qian Zhang, MD, PhD, research assistant professor,…    

Using math to fight cancer

Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) and the University of Heidelberg in Germany have developed a mathematical…    

Cancer gene therapy from camels

Nanobodies produced by camels have unique properties, which can be used in future drug development. New research published…    

American men with cancer more likely to die than women

Men who are diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease than women, due to…    

Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed smart nanomaterials, which can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous…    

Self-referral: A significant factor in imaging growth

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests that self-referral in medical imaging…    

Scientists Identify Order of Mutations that Lead to Cancer

Scientists have begun to reveal the order of the genetic aberrations in individual cancers in a finding they…