March 10, 2010
DEAD SEA, Jordan — Aided by ultrasound guidance, treating tumors with extreme heat or moderate heat may provide a possible therapeutic option,...
March 10, 2010
DEAD SEA, Jordan — Scientists may have uncovered a mechanism for resistance to paclitaxel in ovarian cancer, microRNA-31, suggesting a possible...
March 10, 2010
DEAD SEA, Jordan — Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to...
March 10, 2010
• Treatment resulted in signs of cell death.• Lymphoma tends to respond poorly to chemotherapy. DEAD SEA, Jordan —...
March 9, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the...
March 9, 2010
• Many people are unaware of obesity’s effect on cancer risk.• Effect is stronger in men than in women.
PHILADELPHIA –...
March 4, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — The second American Association for Cancer Research Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the...
February 23, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — Bitter melon extract, a common dietary supplement, exerts a significant effect against breast cancer cell growth and may...
February 23, 2010
PHILADELPHIA - Researchers have found a new oncogenic signaling pathway by which the environmental toxin arsenic may lead to adverse health effects,...
February 8, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that the prevalence of tamoxifen use for the prevention of...
February 8, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – A parent’s existing health habits or behaviors, like cigarette smoking, may influence the likelihood that they will have...
February 8, 2010
• Increased sugar intake may stimulate tumor growth through effects of insulin.• Pancreatic cancer rates increased nearly twofold...
February 4, 2010
Affecting one in two men and one in three women, cancer remains a leading cause of death around the world. This year, in the nation’s capital,...
January 19, 2010
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the American Association for Cancer Research have awarded Zeshaan A. Rasheed, M.D., Ph.D., the 2010...
January 13, 2010
CORONADO, Calif. — The American Association for Cancer Research and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)...
January 12, 2010
• ALK gene rearrangements occur in about 3 to 5 percent of cases.• Lung cancer is recognized as different diseases at a molecular...
January 12, 2010
• Green tea reduced the risk of lung cancer in smokers.• Benefit was also seen in non-smokers.
CORONADO, Calif. — Drinking green...
January 12, 2010
• ASA404 effective and well tolerated, regardless of histology.• Possible use for targeted therapy for this patient group.
CORONADO,...
January 12, 2010
• Researchers divided tumors into three types of growth patterns.• Independent predictive value for survival found in these patients.•...
January 12, 2010
• 93-gene signature developed that correlates with EGFR mutation.• Testing also being conducted in head and neck, colorectal and breast...