Stressing out cancer cells may lead to better treatment
12/03/2014
Using metabolic stress to kill cancer cells could open the way for new targeted therapies that won't harm normal cells and have no adverse side effects.
New data shows popular alternative medicines can pose a risk to cancer patients
12/03/2014
The ten most commonly asked about complementary medicines all interact with conventional treatments, potentially posing a threat to patient health and reaffirming the need for complementary or...
Remarkable improvements in cancer survival mean that half of all people diagnosed with cancer today (2010-11) in England and Wales are expected to survive from their cancer for at least 10 years...
Acid reflux medicines improve survival for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
12/03/2014
Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) who were taking a proton-pump inhibitor and/or a histamine receptor-2 antagonist to alleviate acid reflux had longer overall survival...
Prognostic role found for miR-21 expression in triple-negative breast cancer
12/03/2014
"Triple-negative" breast cancer (TNBC) occurs in patients whose cells do not express receptors for estrogen, progesterone, and/or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (ER-/PR-/HER2-).
A just-published paper in the prestigious journal Nature highlights how researchers at the BC Cancer Agency are using human breast cancer 'avatars' - models of human breast cancers - to measure how...
Majority of people ignore cancer warning signs, study finds
12/03/2014
Most people who experience warning signs of cancer dismiss them as being symptoms of less serious conditions, finds a new study by researchers from the UK.
Breast, lung and colon cancers may be prevented by widely used osteoporosis drugs
12/03/2014
The most commonly used medications for osteoporosis worldwide, bisphosphonates, may also prevent certain kinds of lung, breast and colon cancers, according to two studies led by researchers at the...
Patients still needlessly dying of lung cancer due to local variations in care, UK
12/03/2014
Results from the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) published 3 December 2014 show that a substantial number of patients are needlessly dying of lung cancer as a result of local variation in care.
Ciliopathies offer insight into a variety of human diseases and syndromes
12/03/2014
In recent years, cilia, microscopic, tentacle-like extensions from biological cells, have risen from relative obscurity and are now considered important to the understanding of many human afflictions.