Beating advanced cancers: New epigenomic block for advanced cancer
6/18/2015
An international research team led by Mayo Clinic oncologists has found a new way to identify and possibly stop the progression of many late-stage cancers, including bladder, blood, bone, brain, lung...
Toward nanorobots that swim through blood to deliver drugs
6/18/2015
Someday, treating patients with nanorobots could become standard practice to deliver medicine specifically to parts of the body affected by disease.
New imaging technique could make brain tumor removal safer, more effective, study suggests
6/18/2015
Brain surgery is famously difficult for good reason: When removing a tumor, for example, neurosurgeons walk a tightrope as they try to take out as much of the cancer as possible while keeping crucial...
Rates of breast-conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer have increased, study finds
6/18/2015
The use of breast-conserving therapy for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer rose between 1998 and 2011, a study finds, though there are still barriers to the procedure.
Alzheimer's risk may be predicted by blood protein
6/17/2015
A study in twins has discovered a single blood protein that could indicate in advance the development of mild cognitive impairment, a disorder associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
An analysis that included information from more than 57,000 screening colonoscopies suggests that higher adenoma detection rates may be associated with up to 50 percent to 60 percent lower lifetime...
Prenatal DDT exposure linked to increased risk of breast cancer
6/17/2015
Women born in 1959-67 who were exposed to higher levels of the pesticide DDT in utero may be at almost four times higher risk of breast cancer, a new study finds.
Lymph nodes signal more aggressive thyroid cancer even in young patients
6/17/2015
Patients older than age 45 with thyroid cancer that has spread to neck lymph nodes have long been considered at higher risk of dying, but the same has not been true for younger patients.
Heavy hydrogen (deuterium) in living organisms may provide clues to prevent and treat cancer
6/17/2015
Sub-molecular cellular events, driven by hydrogen's replacements with deuterium, explain medical and economical failures of targeted molecular cancer drugs, which are the main conclusions of the 3...
Alzheimer's risk may be predicted by blood protein
6/17/2015
A study in twins has discovered a single blood protein that could indicate in advance the development of mild cognitive impairment, a disorder associated with Alzheimer’s disease.