Cancer

ATLANTA – April 28,2016 -A new report finds a statistically-significant, positive association between high levels of residential radon and the...

A recent cancer diagnosis was associated with increased risk for some mental health disorders and increased use of psychiatric medications,...

(Boston)–About half of American women have dense breasts, which makes it harder for mammograms to identify cancer and add to...

Loading video… Credit: Milano et al./Biophysical Journal 2016 The spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to...

Regular use of aspirin was linked with a significantly reduced risk of developing bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, in...

PHILADELPHIA–Long-term use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins does not appear to decrease a patient's risk of colorectal cancer,...

The ITA.LI.CA prognostic system, a model integrating tumor staging, liver function, functional status, and alpha-fetoprotein level, builds on previous models...

Neuherberg, April 27, 2016. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München describe how breast cancer cells challenged with a small-molecule inhibitor targeting...

Hamilton, ON (April 27, 2016) – Researchers at McMaster University's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute have made significant steps...

CLEVELAND– University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center physicians have started the world's first clinical trial using a new form of stereotactic...

Urologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Genesis Healthcare Partners have tested a new model of...

Twenty-seven of 29 patients with an advanced type of leukemia that had proved resistant to multiple other forms of therapy...

The children of Hispanic mothers not born in the United States appeared to have a lower risk for some types...

A team of researchers has found a key player in brain tumour formation that may lead to new therapies for...

Expanding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs to include males in Canada will help protect them against HPV-related cancers, according to...

HOUSTON – (April 25, 2016) – Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays...

An image of the HDAC enzyme is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tafbpgai7ufo1hk/AAA3a1vCIEApA3srynHXnKfta?dl=0 New knowledge about the mechanism of specific protein complexes in...

To work properly, the cells in our body use carrier proteins to control the transport of ions, such as potassium,...

Leesburg, VA, April 25, 2016– Oral presentations delivered by some of the world's most renowned researchers and radiologists were among...

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Low levels of vitamin D in black teens correlates with low activity of a major mechanism for...