Researchers discover how immune cells resist radiation treatment
11/25/2015
Researchers at The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a key mechanism by which radiation treatment (radiotherapy) fails to completely destroy tumors.
Breast MRI after mammography may identify additional aggressive cancers
11/25/2015
Additional breast cancers found with MRI are sometimes larger and potentially more aggressive than those found on mammography, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology.
Virginia Tech's Verbridge and Davalos describe novel tumor treatment in Scientific Reports
11/25/2015
In the first published results from a $386,000 National Cancer Institute grant awarded earlier this year, a paper by Scott Verbridge and Rafael Davalos in Scientific Reports has been published.
Breast cancer clinic attributes increased uptake of double mastectomies to 'Angelina Jolie effect'
11/24/2015
Researchers at a breast cancer prevention clinic in Manchester, UK, have observed an increased uptake of preventative double mastectomies since May 2013, when Angelina Jolie announced that she had...
Fat cells originating from bone marrow found in humans
11/24/2015
Cells could contribute to diabetes, heart disease.Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that fat cells produced by stem cells from the bone marrow may be...
Investigational drug may prevent life-threatening muscle loss in advanced cancers
11/24/2015
Preclinical study of oral drug stops inflammatory processes that result in severe cachexia.
Use of antivirals in retrovirus-infected cats
11/24/2015
A number of antiviral drugs are licensed and widely used for the treatment of specific viral infections in humans.
Subsolid lung nodules pose greater cancer risk to women than men
11/24/2015
Women with a certain type of lung nodule visible on lung cancer screening CT exams face a higher risk of lung cancer than men with similar nodules, according to a new study being presented next week...
Reducing the risk of colorectal cancer by tackling alcohol misuse: a call for action across Europe
11/24/2015
Healthcare professionals across Europe are being urged to help reduce the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) by taking positive action against alcohol misuse and dependence.
Pioneering 'Science to Survive' pipeline gives cancer patients hope for a brighter future
11/24/2015
Potentially life-saving therapies for cancer will be accelerated into clinical trials more quickly due to a pioneering project launched by scientists and clinicians at the University of Sheffield.