Research could lead to targeted treatment that kills only cancerous cells
8/09/2013
Researchers at Warwick Medical School have identified the key role played by a team of proteins in the process of mitosis. Working out how to control them may give scientists a way to destroy cancerous cells...
Lung cancer risk cut by eating raw garlic
8/09/2013
Eating raw garlic twice a week could potentially halve the risk of developing lung cancer, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research...
The genome of aggressive cervical cancer that killed Henrietta Lacks
8/09/2013
A team from the University of Washington has unveiled a comprehensive portrait of the genome of the world's first immortal cell line, known as HeLa...
Standardizing Guidelines for Penile Cancer Treatment
8/09/2013
Penile cancer is rare, with an average of 1,200 new cases per year in the United States, but it can be debilitating and lethal. Without evidenced-based treatment approaches, outcomes have varied widely. Philippe E. Spiess, M.D...
Research could have important implications for shared-decision making policies in cancer treatment
8/09/2013
A new study of cancer patients indicates that certain patient groups have unmet needs for greater involvement in decisions about their treatment. Cancer patients under 55 and those with some rarer types of cancer want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer...
Tamoxifen for prevention in high-risk breast cancer
8/09/2013
The global study was led by University of Melbourne and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The study involved about 2,500 women from Europe, North America and Australia who have inherited mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2, the breast cancer susceptibility genes, and who had been diagnosed with breast cancer...
MRI-guided brain cancer breakthrough - exclusive interview
8/08/2013
Neurosurgeons from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have conducted the first real-time MRI-guided gene therapy for patients with brain cancer, advancing the clinical trial of new cancer drug, Toca 511...
BJGP study confirms that GPs are effective at performing skin cancer biopsies, UK
8/08/2013
GPs can effectively perform biopsies to test for melanoma without leading to poorer long term outcomes for patients, according to research in the British Journal of General Practice this month...
Novel treatment boosted selective immune attack on leukemia cells in post-transplant patients
8/08/2013
Patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) often receive donor transplants that effectively "reboot" their own immune defenses, which then attack and potentially cure the hard-to-treat disease. However, there is a high rate of relapse in these patients, and the transplanted immune cells may also harm normal tissues, causing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)...
A possible future for cancer research without animal testing
8/08/2013
JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, has published two new methods for scientists to study and treat tumor growth. The methods introduce a lab-born, human tissue structure with replicated human biochemistry - offering scientists the opportunity to grow, observe, and ultimately learn how to treat biopsied human tumor cells...