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Cisplatin may cause more permanent hearing loss in people with Cockayne syndrome
5/18/2016
Chemotherapy drug cisplatin is used to treat breast, prostate, neuroblastoma, melanoma and many other cancers.
Keeping fit may help prevent cancer
5/18/2016
Study of pooled data finds more leisure-time physical activity is tied to lower risk of 13 cancers, supporting the idea that keeping fit should be a key part of cancer prevention.
3D printed replica bone used to identify bone cancer treatment
5/18/2016
A team from Nashville, Tennessee, has used 3D printing to construct accurate replicas of human bone tissue in order to study properly, for the first time, how tumours and bones interact and how...
Blocking apoptotic response could preserve fertility in women receiving cancer treatments
5/18/2016
Female cancer patients of reproductive age could preserve their fertility during radiation and chemotherapy through treatments that target the DNA damage response in oocytes (the cells that develop...
New ultrasound method increases awareness about cancer cells
5/18/2016
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States have developed a method to analyse and separate cells from the blood.
Drug against breast cancer is also highly potent against a frequent form of leukaemia
5/18/2016
Cancer cells have an abnormal cell division and survival machinery -- they grow faster than they die.
Blocking known cancer driver unexpectedly reveals a new tumor-promoting pathway
5/18/2016
Targeting both pathways with drug inhibitors more effective in stopping colorectal cancer growth.
Study advances understanding of colon cancer and colitis
5/18/2016
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), of which Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the main types, is on the increase in the United States, affecting more than 1.
Contagious canine cancer: How it evolved over 2,000 years
5/18/2016
A new study has shed light on the evolution of transmissible cancer in dogs, as well as some of the mechanisms underlying the disease, which could offer insight into human cancer.
A new survey, launched today (18th May 2016) by the UK Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC), will aim to seek views from UK health professionals, including lung cancer nurse specialists, on how to improve...