New funding for UK research into toxic effects of cancer drugs
8/06/2014
King's College London researchers have been awarded funding from national charity, Heart Research UK, to investigate the toxic effects of new cancer drugs on crucial heart stem cells.
New method to diagnose lung cancer found to be safe and effective for older patients
8/06/2014
A recent study in Manchester has found that a procedure to take tissue samples from lung cancer patients can be used safely in the elderly - allowing doctors to make a more accurate diagnosis and to...
Breast tumor resistance to radiation therapy promoted by protein ZEB1
8/06/2014
Twist, Snail, Slug. They may sound like words in a children's nursery rhyme, but they are actually the exotic names given to proteins that can generate cells with stem cell-like properties that have...
Breast cancer patients in high-risk populations may benefit from patient navigation
8/06/2014
Patient navigation, or the linking of a newly diagnosed cancer patient with a professional trained in assisting patients though the complex journey of cancer diagnosis and treatment, may lead to...
Clues to origin of aggressive type of breast cancer offered by cell plasticity
8/06/2014
Healthy breast cells may be able to reinvent themselves - some have the flexibility to change after they are mature - which leads researchers to postulate that similarities exist between this...
'Many cancer survivors continue to smoke,' study shows
8/06/2014
Despite the negative effect that smoking has on cancer recovery and survival, as many as 17.2% of people continue to smoke after their cancer diagnosis for certain types of cancer.
Risks of long-term aspirin use 'outweighed by cancer benefits'
8/06/2014
Researchers from the UK suggest that taking aspirin daily for 5-10 years could significantly reduce the risk of cancers of the digestive tract, such as bowel and stomach cancers.
'Many cancer survivors continue to smoke'
8/06/2014
Despite the negative effect that smoking has on cancer recovery and survival, as many as 17.2% of people continue to smoke after their cancer diagnosis for certain types of cancer.
Cancer benefits of long-term aspirin use 'outweigh risks'
8/06/2014
Researchers from the UK suggest that taking aspirin daily for 5-10 years could significantly reduce the risk of cancers of the digestive tract, such as bowel and stomach cancers.
Biomarker for head and neck cancers identified
8/06/2014
Although mutations in a gene dubbed "the guardian of the genome" are widely recognized as being associated with more aggressive forms of cancer, researchers at the University of California, San Diego...