Tissue testing during breast cancer lumpectomies prevents need for reoperation 96 percent of time
4/09/2014
Unique laboratory testing during breast cancer lumpectomies to make sure surgeons remove all cancerous tissue spares patients the need for a repeat lumpectomy in roughly 96 percent of cases at Mayo...
Hope for children with previously incurable brain cancer
4/09/2014
Imagine the anguish of a parent whose child is diagnosed with an incurable form of childhood brain cancer.
Solving platelet 'puzzle' uncovers blood disorder link
4/09/2014
The puzzle as to how an essential blood-making hormone stimulates production of the blood clotting cells known as platelets has been solved by Melbourne researchers.
Research suggests prostate cancer may be prevented by circumcision
4/09/2014
Men circumcised after the age of 35 were 45% less at risk of later developing prostate cancer than uncircumcised men, as shown by researchers at the University of Montreal and the...
Radiotherapy plus six months of hormone therapy improves prostate cancer survival
4/09/2014
The findings, which were presented at the 33rd conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO33) in Vienna, are expected to change clinical practice.
Your body's cells have two major interconnected energy sources: the lipid metabolism and the glucose metabolism.
New mutations in pediatric brain tumors, known as high-grade gliomas (HGGs), which most often occur in the youngest patients, identified by the St.
Immune response to cancer cuts both ways
4/09/2014
The difference between an immune response that kills cancer cells and one that conversely stimulates tumor growth can be as narrow as a "double-edged sword," report researchers at the University of...
New mechanism discovered for unleashing immune system against cancer
4/09/2014
A major discovery that brings a new drug target to the increasingly exciting landscape of cancer immunotherapy was published by researchers from La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology and...
Growth and metastases of epithelial ovarian cancer promoted by scaffolding protein
4/09/2014
NEDD9, a scaffolding protein responsible for regulating signaling pathways in the cell, promotes the growth and spread of epithelial ovarian cancer according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer...