Cancer
Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor
Finding offers potential novel approach to cancer treatment and prevention BOSTON - Your mother was right; broccoli is good for...
Partial breast irradiation effective treatment option for low-risk breast cancer
New clinical data shows certain patients get similar results with five days of consecutive targeted treatment versus four to six...
Scientists develop technology to capture tumor cells
Microfluidic device may help researchers better understand metastatic cancerCredit: UGA Athens, Ga. - Instead of searching for a needle in...
Improving health outcomes with a little help from our friends — and artificial intelligence
Medical University of South Carolina researchers identified socially isolated prostate cancer patients with 90 percent accuracy by parsing physicians' notes...
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center awarded nearly $9 million to expand access to clinical trials
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected, once again, as a Lead Academic Participating Site by the National Cancer Institute....
Marine organisms hold promise for treating triple negative breast cancer
FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute researchers receive $801,000 from Florida Department of HealthCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute...
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Colorectal cancer incidence on the rise among young adults in several high-income countries
The incidence of colon and rectal cancer in adults younger than 50 years has increased substantially over the latest available...
Cancer drugs promote stem cell properties of colorectal cancer
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Mannheim University Medical Center have now discovered that...
CRISPR catches out critical cancer changes
Researchers reveal which gene fusions are critical for the growth of cancer cells and identify a new drug target for...
A new approach to targeting cancer cells
UC Riverside researchers develop new drugs that target therapeutically relevant protein surfacesCredit: Pellecchia lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A...
Growth in life expectancy in Australia slows, research finds
After 20 years of rapid increases in life expectancy at birth, the rate of growth in Australia is now falling...
Clinicians could prescribe fitness apps to help cancer survivor’s exercise
Fitness apps could be prescribed by clinicians to help patients recovering from cancer increase their physical activity levels, new research...
Enzyme PHLPP2 could be a viable drug target for treating prostate cancer
Credit: Trotman lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- An estimated 450,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with a cancer that's...
Researchers identify new therapeutic target for metastatic prostate cancer
Study could also have implications for a wide range of other cancers that involve the critical MYC oncogeneCredit: Nowak et...
Healthy habits could avoid 27% of cancer cases in Brazil
A study by Brazilian researchers in partnership with Harvard estimates the impact of five risk factors on the incidence of...
Novel study discovers ‘metabolic fingerprint’ to help treat, diagnosis and prevent cervical cancer
Researchers at the University of Arizona have completed the first-of-its-kind study that could aid in the treatment, diagnosis and prevention...
Pitt study finds direct oxidative stress damage shortens telomeres
Credit: Fouquerel et al. (2019). Mol Cell. PITTSBURGH, May 14, 2019 - The same sources thought to inflict oxidative stress...
Measuring chromosome imbalance could clarify cancer prognosis
A study of prostate cancer finds 'aneuploid' tumors are more likely to be lethal than tumors with normal chromosome numbersCredit:...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of 12 cervical cancer screenings
Bottom Line: This cost-effectiveness analysis incorporates women's preferences and estimates quality of life and economic outcomes for 12 cervical cancer...
WVU researcher studies incurable blood disease usually diagnosed in children
Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Treating a stubborn blood disease that strikes children may come down to tweaking energy production in stem...
