Combined gene transduction and light therapy targets gastric cancer
3/14/2016
Researchers report photoimmunotherapy to be effective against elusive gastric cancer cells following transduction with the gene that expresses the extracellular domain protein of HER2.
Prostate cancer detection from urine RNA steps closer
3/14/2016
Using RNA molecules found in urine may offer a more accurate and reliable way to detect prostate cancer than current tests based on PSA and PCA3, researchers say at a meeting.
Early detection: Colorectal cancer rates declining in Germany
3/14/2016
The introduction of screening colonoscopy in Germany is showing results: Within ten years of the start of this screening program for the early detection of colorectal cancer, the number of new...
UTSW researchers find newly identified immunity pathway protects mammals from virus-cause
3/14/2016
Building upon earlier research, investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center and their collaborators have identified a new innate immunity pathway that protects mammals from viral oncogenesis...
Researchers dig up new molecular details on 'the other type' of stem cells
3/14/2016
In a study published in PLOS Genetics, scientists Nareg J. Djabrayan and Jordi Casanova from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and CSIC, have identified two molecular...
A new study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center evaluating the use of neurofeedback found a decrease in the experience of chronic pain and increase quality of life in patients...
Unpacking space radiation to control astronaut and earthbound cancer risk
3/14/2016
NASA limits an astronaut's radiation exposures to doses that keep their added risk of fatal cancer below 3 percent.
How a bad night's sleep might worsen cancer development
3/14/2016
Recent studies have indicated that patients with sleep apnea may be associated with worse cancer outcomes.
New lifeline for patients with inoperable neuroendocrine cancers
3/14/2016
Cancer experts at the 13th Annual Conference of the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) for the diagnosis and treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumour Disease in Barcelona (9-11 March 2016)...
The financial burden of surviving cancer
3/14/2016
The battle against cancer does not stop with survival; nearly 30% of people who get through the disease face ongoing mental and physical problems related to financial stress.