Cancer
Which outreach method encourages patients overdue for cancer screening to get tested?
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, November 12, 2018 - Phone calls are more effective reminders for patients to book cancer...
Cancer stem cells get energy from protein, and it’s proving to be their Achilles’ heel
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang....
New strategy discovered toward possible prevention of cancers tied to mono
Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the University of Toronto have discovered a possible...
Obesity both feeds tumors and helps immunotherapy kill cancer
Credit: UC Davis Health A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth...
Exhaustive analysis reveals cell division’s inner timing mechanisms
Credit: Mattosaurus via wikimeida, public domain Understanding how and when cells divide is important to figuring out everything from how...
Stroke of genius: Drug could target leading cause in young
Credit: The Centenary Institute A study led by researchers at the Centenary Institute has identified a drug currently used to...
Will tarloxotinib finally break the HER2 barrier in lung cancer?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The HER2 gene is a well-known driver of breast cancer, where changes in this...
Tumour immune cells could aid cancer therapies, study shows
A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research...
Radiotherapy is ‘undervalued’ and ‘needs greater investment’ say experts
7 November 2018, Brussels: Radiotherapy is 'undervalued' and 'needs greater investment' according to a new report published today (7 November...
Campaigners call for stronger rights to work for people living with breast cancer
Brussels, Belgium: Campaigners are calling on EU parliamentarians to make it easier for people with advanced breast cancer to return...
How melanoma evades targeted therapies
(PHILADELPHIA) - Melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin cancer. Many patients develop metastatic disease that spreads to...
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine awarded $1.6 million for undergraduate research
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is preparing and inspiring a...
Novel tracer developed for precision targeting of non-small cell lung cancer
Credit: Zhaoguo Han, Yadi Xiao, Kai Wang, Ji Yan, Zunyu Xiao, Fang Fang, Zhongnan Jin, Yang Liu and Baozhong Shen,...
Women who are ‘larks’ have a lower risk of developing breast cancer
Glasgow, UK: Women who are "larks", functioning better at the beginning of the day than the end of the day,...
Doctors and nurses reluctant to recommend e-cigarettes to cancer patients
Glasgow, UK: Twenty-nine per cent of health professionals would not recommend e-cigarettes to cancer patients who already smoke, according to...
Gap in research means millions living with long-term consequences of cancer
Glasgow, UK: Millions of people are living with the long-term consequences of cancer and its treatment, but currently there is...
Gut stem cells offer clues for preventing tumours in inherited bowel cancer
Glasgow, UK: Treating pre-cancerous stem cells at an early stage could be key to preventing bowel cancer in people born...
Melanoma death rates are rising in men but static or falling in women
Glasgow, UK: The rate of men dying from malignant melanoma has risen in populations around the world, while in some...
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital scientists bring new hope to brain tumor patients
Credit: HKUST sGBM is a rare type of brain cancer in adults. The incidence varies from 2 to 5 per...
A prognostic model may predict survival in African-American women with breast cancer
A prognostic model developed using a machine learning approach could identify African-American breast cancer patients with increased risk of death,...