A simple, non-invasive procedure that can indicate how long patients with cancer that has spread to the brain might survive...

A study published in Pediatrics examined interdisciplinary provider perspectives on legal medical marijuana use in children with cancer. It found...

Credit: Ronai Lab, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) La Jolla, Calif., December 11, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford...

Columbus, Ohio - A new study shows that attaching antibody-like RNA nanoparticles to microvesicles can deliver effective RNA therapeutics such...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Rare stem-like tumor cells play a critical role in the spread of breast cancer, but...

(Atlanta, Dec. 11, 2017) -- For patients with advanced leukemia, access to high-quality end-of-life care appears to be reduced in...

Credit: American Society of Hematology (Atlanta, Dec. 10, 2017) -- For people with certain types of aggressive, refractory blood cancers,...

MINNEAPOLIS, December 11, 2017 - Patients treated with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), also known as blood and marrow transplant, have...

(Atlanta, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017) -- In the first comprehensive analysis of clinical trial enrollment among older adults with blood...

Credit: Courtesy of Kang Lab/Princeton University In the ongoing battle between cancer and modern medicine, some therapeutic agents, while effective,...

ATLANTA - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers report that pairing an immunotherapy drug with chemotherapy proved...

JUPITER, Fla. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) who had...

With regards to the primary endpoint, in patients who received the combination of plitidepsin with dexamethasone, a 3.8 month progression...

Credit: UC San Diego Looking to bolster the body's immune system in the fight against infection and cancer, researchers at...

A Northwestern Medicine study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, has provided new insights into a mechanism of tumor survival...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- During infection or tumor growth, a type of...

Nanorods made of bismuth sulfide kill tumor cells with heat when they are irradiated with near-infrared light (NIR). Chinese scientists...

New Orleans, LA - For the first time, researchers led by Frank Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at...

PHOENIX and DALLAS -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- A group of the nation's premier cancer researchers led by the Baylor...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Adding a blood test called liquid biopsy to a standard tissue biopsy could...