New link discovered between pigment production and mitochondrial function in melanoma
1/07/2015

A new research report published in the January 2015 issue of the FASEB Journal helps explain what goes wrong to when someone gets skin cancer and the relationship between changing skin pigment and...

Wider gene testing in bowel cancer suggested
1/07/2015

Up to a quarter of patients with bowel cancer who have a family history of the disease could have the causes of their cancer identified through gene testing, a new study reports.

Guiding cancer surgery with 'glowing' new nanotechnology and eradicating remaining malignant cells
1/07/2015

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new way to selectively insert compounds into cancer cells - a system that will help surgeons identify malignant tissues and then, in...

Guiding cancer surgery with 'glowing' new nanotechnology and eradicating remaining malignant cells
1/07/2015

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new way to selectively insert compounds into cancer cells - a system that will help surgeons identify malignant tissues and then, in...

Older men with prostate cancer benefit from radiation plus hormone therapy
1/07/2015

Adding radiation treatment to hormone therapy saves more lives among older men with locally advanced prostate therapy than hormone therapy alone, according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical...

Risk of obesity-linked cancers likely reduced by cancer prevention guidelines
1/07/2015

Low alcohol consumption and a plant-based diet, both healthy habits aligning with current cancer prevention guidelines, are associated with reducing the risk of obesity-related cancers, a New York...

Potential blood test for prostate cancer
1/07/2015

Vanderbilt University researcher William Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Germany and Canada have demonstrated a method for detecting "cell-free" tumor DNA in the bloodstream.

Healthy obesity progresses to unhealthy obesity in most adults
1/07/2015

The idea of "healthy" obesity is a misleading concept in that most obese individuals become progressively less healthy over time, according to a study that tracked the health of more than 2,500 men...

Pathologists assessing tumors during surgery may be aided by a novel biomarker for mutant p53
1/07/2015

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL report the discovery of a novel cellular biomarker that could make it comparatively easy for cancer surgeons to determine if a patient has a...

Breast cancer reoccurrence may be prevented through nutrition education
1/07/2015

Breast cancer is the most frequent cause of death among women worldwide, and five-year survival rates are just 58.4% in Brazil, lower than in many other regions.