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New research shows that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are less likely to carry out regular self-examinations to screen for...

Cancer mortality in the US continues decades-long drop

ATLANTA -January 4, 2018-The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991 and has reached 26%, resulting...

Don’t give up now — keeping your New Year’s resolutions could reduce cancer risk

The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of the first week of January,...

Gene fusion shifts cell activity into high gear, causing some cancer

Credit: Iavarone Lab, Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY (January 3, 2017)--The fusion of two adjacent genes can cause cancer by kicking mitochondria into...

Scientists design bacteria to reflect ‘sonar’ signals for ultrasound imaging

Credit: Anupama Lakshmanan/Caltech In the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine is shrunken down and injected into a scientist's body to repair a...

Virus could treat brain tumours by boosting immune system

A virus injected directly into the bloodstream could be used to treat people with aggressive brain tumours, a major new study reports. Scientists have found...

New research shows how alcohol damages DNA and increases cancer risk

Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research part-funded by...

Could viruses take cancer immunotherapy to the next level?

Credit: The Ottawa Hospital The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), a non-profit based in Stamford, Connecticut, dedicated to funding breakthrough cancer gene therapy treatments,...

In clinical trial, cream reduces squamous cell carcinoma risk

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New results from a clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte carcinoma skin cancer provides evidence...

Tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients

Credit: Lima et. al. 2017, Hormuth et. al. 2015 Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot" -- the successful effort that sent...

Trastuzumab: No negative impact on cardiac function

PITTSBURGH, PA -- Long-term follow-up results of the NRG Oncology trial NSABP B-31 have shown that the addition of trastuzumab to adjuvant chemotherapy does not...

Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care

Credit: University of California, Davis RESTON, Va. - The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of disease through analysis of better...

PharmaMar has requested the process of re-examination for Aplidin® from the EMA

(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced the initiation of the re-examination process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) for the indication of relapsed...

State-of-the-art MRI technology bypasses need for biopsy

January 2, 2018

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Jan. 02, 2018 - The most common type of tumor found in the kidney is generally quite small (less than...

Americans’ attitudes about science in 2017: High confidence, low visibility