Predicting aggressiveness of oral cancer
7/01/2014
Studying mouth cancer in mice, researchers have found a way to predict the aggressiveness of similar tumors in people, an early step toward a diagnostic test that could guide treatment, according to...
Comprehensive review of treatments for depression in cancer patients
7/01/2014
Depression is common in cancer, up to half of all patients facing the disease experience depressive symptoms, ranging from mild to severe.
Potential new use for cancer drug in gene therapy for blood disorders
7/01/2014
Scientists working to make gene therapy a reality have solved a major hurdle: how to bypass a blood stem cell's natural defenses and efficiently insert disease-fighting genes into the cell's genome.
Family history is 'a bigger risk factor than lifestyle' for some cancers
6/30/2014
Family history is a greater risk factor than lifestyle for developing some cancers, according to a Swedish study looking at 71,000 adopted people.
Scientists map cell's DNA history to embryonic origin
6/30/2014
By looking at mutations in a cell's DNA, scientists can work out how the cell has changed since its genetic origin in the fertilized egg. This could be useful for cancer research.
The new combination agent TAS-102 is able to improve overall survival compared to placebo in patients whose metastatic colorectal cancer is refractory to standard therapies, researchers said at the...
Genetics dominant risk factor in common cancers
6/30/2014
A study of individuals who have been adopted has identified genetics as the dominant risk factor in 'familial' breast, prostate and colorectal cancers.
Invisibility cloak for immune cells
6/30/2014
The various cells in the immune system have to protect themselves from one another so that they don't kill each other.
Potential new therapeutic target for osteoporosis: MicroRNA that blocks bone destruction
6/30/2014
UT Southwestern cancer researchers have identified a promising molecule that blocks bone destruction and, therefore, could provide a potential therapeutic target for osteoporosis and bone metastases...
A simple blood test is currently in development that could help predict the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer, even in the absence of a high-risk BRCA1 gene mutation, according to...