Researchers find no link between soy food and endometrial cancer risk
6/20/2014
Researchers have found no evidence of a protective association between soy food and endometrial cancer risk, says a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Cancer testing mistakes lead to patients missing out on treatment
6/20/2014
Some breast cancer patients have been missing out on specific treatment after 4% of study participants had their tumors classified incorrectly, researchers find.
Detection rate for invasive breast cancers significantly higher with 3-D digital mammography
6/20/2014
In community-based radiology practice, mammography screening with 3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) yielded lower recall rates, an increased overall cancer detection rate, and an increased...
Adult stem cell regulation 'contributes to lung cancer formation'
6/19/2014
A new study by UCLA researchers explains how disruptions to an adult stem cell repair process can result in the formation of pre-cancerous lesions in the lungs.
Platypus study reveals genetic pathway that can slow spread of ovarian cancer
6/19/2014
University of Adelaide research into the origins of ovarian cancer has led to the discovery of a genetic pathway that could slow the spread of the cancer.
Restoring Pax5 function may reverse common childhood leukaemia
6/19/2014
Melbourne researchers have shown a type of leukaemia can be successfully 'reversed' by coaxing the cancer cells back into normal development.
The role of risk profiling in mammography readings, breast cancer diagnosis
6/19/2014
A new approach to examining mammograms that takes into account a woman's health risk profile would reduce the number of cancer instances missed and also cut the number of false positives, according...
T cell therapy promising for immunodeficient patients
6/19/2014
When patients have to undergo a bone marrow transplant, the procedure weakens their immune system.
Heparin without its blood-thinning properties can suppress and shrink neuroblastoma tumors
6/19/2014
Researchers at Duke Medicine have identified a new strategy for treating neuroblastoma using a modified version of heparin, a century-old injectable drug that thins the blood to prevent clots from...
Cancer-killing virus therapy may be improved by low dose of targeted drug
6/19/2014
Giving low doses of a particular targeted agent with a cancer-killing virus might improve the effectiveness of the virus as a treatment for cancer, according to a study led by researchers with The...