Cancer Research

Rare Cancer Responds Unusually Well To New Treatment

Patients with advanced gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have limited treatment options and there are few oncologists who are specialized in this relatively rare disease. But now results from a multi-center randomized international trial of an ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2015 - 8:00am

High Cardiovascular Hormone/Peptide Levels In Cancer Patients Linked To Shorter Survival

High circulating levels of cardiovascular hormones/peptides in cancer patients have been linked to shorter survival, regardless of disease type and stage of progression in a new paper. These chemicals, known as biomarkers, are apparent in the absence of a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2015 - 12:41pm

Lung Cancer Screening Programs Do Not Increase Rates Of Unnecessary Surgeries

Lung cancer screening programs that utilize standardized reporting and include cardiothoracic surgeons as part of a multidisciplinary team can successfully be adopted into clinical practice without an increase in surgical intervention for non-cancerous di ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2015 - 2:59am

Rising Cancer Rates In Low And Middle Income Countries Threaten Economic Stability

The rising cost of treating and caring for a growing number of cancer patients threatens economic development in low and middle income countries (LMICs), making prevention a key element of health care plans, according to a new commentary. Authored by rese ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2015 - 11:37am

Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer

Why elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades.   ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2015 - 11:56am

Controlling Cervical Cancer In Latin America

Cervical cancer is an "enormous burden" for Latin American society, and the third leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the region, say Drs. María Correnti and María Eugenia Cavazza of the Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezu ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2015 - 8:30am

The Dilemma Of Screening For Prostate Cancer

Primary care providers are put in a difficult position when screening their male patients for prostate cancer--some guidelines suggest that testing the general population lacks evidence whereas others state that it is appropriate in certain patients. Now ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2015 - 7:29am

Blood Test Could Match Cancer Patients To Best Treatments

Scientists have developed a blood test that could help pair cancer patients with the most suitable therapy for their disease and then track the tumor's progress to see if the treatment is working, according to research published today (Thursday) in C ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2015 - 7:35am

Evidence For How Incurable Cancer Develops

Researchers have made a breakthrough in explaining how an incurable type of blood cancer develops from an often symptom-less prior blood disorder. All patients diagnosed with myeloma, a cancer of the blood-producing bone marrow, first develop a relatively ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2015 - 10:00am

Metabolism May Keep Cancer Cells In Check

Researchers have found that a long-known tumor suppressor, whose mechanism of holding cell growth in check has remained murky for over 40 years, works in part by keeping the cell's energy metabolism behaving in grown-up fashion. Tumor suppressors are ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 26 2015 - 10:30am