Reduced risk of colorectal cancer in people who have been screened
11/03/2014
People with a history of screening for colorectal cancer are 44% less likely to develop the disease in the years following screening than those who have never undergone screening, according to a...
ATIR™ granted orphan drug designation by EMA for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia
11/03/2014
Kiadis Pharma B.V., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing T-cell immunotherapy treatments for blood cancers, today announces that its lead product ATIR(TM) has been granted Orphan...
Ethnic minorities in England are less aware of cancer symptoms and more likely to say they wouldn't see the doctor, even when they have a symptom that they think might be serious, according to...
'Invisible tattoos' could improve body confidence after breast cancer radiotherapy
11/03/2014
Invisible tattoos could replace the permanent dark ink tattoos used to ensure that breast cancer patients having radiotherapy are treated in exactly the same spot during each session, according to...
Patients who received post-operative radiation therapy (PORT), radiation therapy after surgery, lived an average of four months longer when compared to the patients who had the same disease site...
'Trained immunity' mediates BCG therapy of bladder cancer
11/03/2014
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a vaccine widely used in low and middle-income countries to protect against childhood tuberculosis.
Air pollution link between childhood leukemia and power lines being questioned
11/03/2014
Researchers from the UK have called into question a theory suggesting that a previously reported risk of leukaemia among children born close to overhead power lines could be caused by an alteration...
Biopsies were found to be the most costly tool prescribed in lung cancer diagnosis, according to research presented at the 2014 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology.
Rewiring cell metabolism slows colorectal cancer growth
11/03/2014
Summary: Many types of cancers (including brain, breast, and colon) have significantly less of a protein complex, called the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), within them as compared to...
AHCC, Japanese mushroom extract, eradicates HPV infections in women
11/03/2014
New research presented at the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) 11th International Conference in Houston, TX showed for the first time that it is possible to eliminate HPV infection in women...