Bottom Line: Establishing the way in which a genetic alteration called a TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion forms in a prostate cancer, ...

Women may only need three cervical screens in their lifetime if they have been given the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, ...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif. - Nov. 7, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina In recent years, the search for new cancer treatments has increasingly focused on immunotherapies ...

Credit: © KU Leuven - Junbin Qian Human cells use a timer to divide: each cell gets at least 30 ...

The vaccine that protects against cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus (HPV) also prevents an uncommon but incurable childhood respiratory disease, ...

Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL -- State laws designed to ensure that the pill form of cancer ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 9. 2017) - New findings from University of Kentucky faculty published in Scientific Reports reveals a novel ...

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Even 20 years after a diagnosis, women with a type of breast cancer ...

ANN ARBOR--Honeycomb-like arrays of tiny, lab-grown cancers could one day help doctors zero in on individualized treatments for ovarian cancer, ...

By connecting highly effective cancer immunotherapy drugs such as anti-CTLA4 (ipilimumab) and anti-PD-L1 (atezolizumab) to peptides that bind to tissues ...

(New York, NY - November 8, 2017)-- Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created the ...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Elevated levels of chronic stress hormones, such as those produced by psychological distress, ...

Credit: A. Goodman/Rice University Researchers investigating ways to deliver high doses of cancer-killing drugs inside tumors have shown they can ...

Credit: NIH Chronic inflammation is known to drive many cancers, especially liver cancer. Researchers have long thought that's because inflammation ...

The busy world inside a cell is directed by its DNA blueprint. When the blueprints are altered, cells can sicken, ...

An enzyme that is responsible for the breakdown of specific amino acids in food plays a key role in the ...

Personalized medicine -- health care tailored to the individual patient -- not only involves the use of prescription medications but ...

Credit: LIH Natural Killer (NK) cells, lymphocytes of the innate immune system with strong cytotoxic activity, play a major role ...

Credit: UVA Health System In its latest pioneering effort to harness the power of focused ultrasound to battle disease, the ...