Credit: Wikimedia Commons Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical imaging and drug development. The chemical me..

WHEN: Tuesday to Saturday, Oct. 17-21, 2017 WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819 WHAT: Invited and platform (oral) session..

University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center researchers performed a population-level analysis of national surveys conducted from 2001 to 2015 and found that in the U..

Credit: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--Mouse models have advanced our understanding of immune function and disease in many ways but they have failed to account for the ..

Credit: Steve Zylius/UCI Irvine, Calif. -- A stem cell-based method created by University of California, Irvine scientists can selectively target and kill cancerous tissue while preventing some of t..

Credit: Edith Peterson Mitchell, M.D./American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., July 26, 2017--Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, a leading researcher, medical oncologist and propone..

Early-stage colon cancer patients could benefit in the future from specific genetic tests that forecast their prognosis and help them make the right decision regarding chemotherapy. Two of the biomark..

Does the type of surgery used to treat breast cancer impact a woman's sensuality and sexual function in survivorship? New research from Women & Infants Hospital analyzed the association of surgic..

PHILADELPHIA - The Penn Center for Precision Medicine (PCPM) Accelerator Fund awarded eight research teams from Penn Medicine in their second round of funding for the implementation of personalized me..

New research published in the scientific journal Thorax has found that smokers who undergo a CT scan of their lungs are more likely to quit smoking. Lung cancer is one of the most common and serious..

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center In preclinical experiments, researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a new way in which colon cancer develops, as well as a potential "silver bullet" f..

While past attempts to treat melanoma failed to meet expectations, an international team of researchers are hopeful that a compound they tested on both mice and on human cells in a petri dish takes a ..

New York, NY (July 26, 2017) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four outstanding young scientists as recipients of the prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Aw..

Credit: W.A. Link In 1966, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist named Chan Robbins launched an international program designed to measure changes in bird populations using volunteers recruited..