Cancer can be driven by epigenetic changes
7/29/2014
Cancer has long been thought to be primarily a genetic disease, but in recent decades scientists have come to believe that epigenetic changes - which don't change the DNA sequence but how it is...
Experts at the American Brain Tumor Association's annual conference report findings and dispel myths
7/29/2014
Today, nearly 700,000 people in the U.S. are living with a brain tumor, and yet, when it comes to pinpointing causes or risk factors, scientists are still searching for answers.
Is the European Union putting cancer research at risk?
7/29/2014
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading pan-European association representing medical oncology professionals, has expressed concern that the proposed EU General Data Protection...
Clue to skin cancer growth provided by piggy-backing cells
7/29/2014
Skin Cancer cells work together to spread further and faster, according to a new study published in Cell Reports.
Some protection offered by incomplete HPV vaccination
7/29/2014
Minority women who received the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (HPV) even after becoming sexually active had lower rates of abnormal Pap test results than those who were never vaccinated.
Key molecule identified in flies that adjusts energy use under starvation conditions
7/29/2014
Scientists at IRB Barcelona have observed that, when deprived of food, flies that do not express p53 show poor management of energy store.
Over half of patients being seen in the clinic for a diagnosed brain tumor have metastatic cancer, which has no treatment and detrimental outcomes in most cases.
Vitamin D linked with improved survival in bowel cancer patients
7/28/2014
Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood are associated with a much better chance of surviving bowel cancer, scientists from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh have discovered.
Most cancer researchers are working on the biology of the tumour. However, Michele Petruzzelli, a member of Erwin Wagner's group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has been...
New drug target can break down cancer's barrier against treatment
7/28/2014
Cancer Research UK scientists at Barts Cancer Institute have found that targeting a molecule in blood vessels can make cancer therapy significantly more effective, according to research published...