Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China have discovered a gene expression signature that may lead to new immune therapies for lung cancer patients...
Female cancer patients unhappy with insufficient fertility support
7/24/2013
Young female cancer patients are unhappy about the way fertility preservation options are discussed with them by doctors before starting cancer treatment, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Sheffield and The Children's Hospital, Sheffield...
Hope for women with hormone resistant breast cancer
7/24/2013
A new finding provides fresh hope for the millions worldwide with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer. Australian scientists have shown that a specific change, which occurs when tumours become resistant to anti-oestrogen therapy, might make the cancers susceptible to treatment with chemotherapy drugs...
Arsenic in rice poses health risks when rice consumption high
7/24/2013
High levels of arsenic in rice have been shown to be associated with elevated genetic damage in humans, a new study has found. Over the last few years, researchers have reported high concentrations of arsenic in several rice-growing regions around the world...
How interferon beta proteins bind to cells and activate an immune response
7/24/2013
Monash University researchers have gained new insight into the early stages of our immune response, providing novel pathways to develop treatments for diseases from multiple sclerosis to cancer...
Constructing a body is like building a house - if you compromise structural integrity, the edifice can collapse. Nowhere is that clearer on a cellular level than in the case of epithelial sheets, single layers of cells that line every body cavity from the gut to mammary glands...
Two-drug combination, under certain circumstances, can theoretically eliminate cancer
7/24/2013
New research conducted by Harvard scientists is laying out a road map to one of the holy grails of modern medicine: a cure for cancer...
Should cancer screening be stopped as dementia progresses?
7/24/2013
Research from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has found that many family caregivers of older adults with dementia are willing to consider stopping cancer screening of the elderly individual; they are also relieved when the older adult's physician brings it up...
Discovery of new target for breast cancer drugs
7/24/2013
Scientists have identified higher levels of a receptor protein found on the surface of human breast tumour cells that may serve as a new drug target for the treatment of breast cancer...
Tranexamic acid treatment for trauma being ignored by global health bodies, argue experts
7/23/2013
A cheap treatment for a disease that kills more people each year than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined is being largely ignored by global health organisations, argue researchers on bmj.com...