Cancer Research

Antioxidants cause cancer. Or at least that is the headline you may read in some less reputable sources of science news, reporting this study out this week in Nature. Before you go rushing off to toss out your Teavana supercharged antioxidant green tea and ...

Article - Michael White - Sep 3 2009 - 9:20am

Are Cancer Research Priorities Too Focused On Drug Development?

Cancer research needs more basic research likely to have the biggest impact on combating the disease in the next few decades but currently research funds are focused on new drug development, says professor Richard Sullivan of the King's Health Partner ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2009 - 10:43am

MYB- New Cancer Gene Discovered

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg say they have discovered a new cancer gene related to adenoid cystic carcinoma, a slow-growing but deadly form of cancer. The research group can now show that the gene is found in 100% of these tumors, which m ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2009 - 9:47am

New Treatment Option Emerging For Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Patients with early stage, non-small cell lung cancer who are not able to undergo surgery, now have a highly effective treatment option. Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, leads to a 100 percent overall ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2009 - 8:05pm

Is There A Connection Between Thyroid Cancer And Volcanoes?

People living in volcanic areas may face a higher risk for thyroid cancer, says a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. While the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been attributed to more sensitive screening, ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2009 - 7:21pm

A 'Notch' In The Belt For Cancer Therapy R&D

Cancer research took a fascinating step forward thanks to recent research by a collaborative group from Boston; a step that, if it pans out, could impact a wide swath of cancer drug development. The research is still in its early stages- mouse models- but ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 14 2009 - 8:53pm

To Screen Or Not To Screen, And When? That Is The Breast Cancer Question

During the past few days, news media has inundated the U.S. public with word that for the first time in 20 years, a government task force has changed course in its recommendations for breast cancer screening. On the surface, that doesn't seem like an ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 17 2009 - 1:33pm

Mutated Cell Suicide

Recent research done on a plants stem cells revealed an astonishing process that makes plants very unique. The group of stem cells found in plants help produce new tissue for the plant as it grows over time. A mutation in the DNA of these stem cells would ...

Blog Post - Christian F - Nov 19 2009 - 9:58pm

How Do You Treat Cancer? Fool It Into Committing Suicide

Cancer researchers at the University of Oklahoma have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into deceptive cancer-killers. By using a patented chemical compound called SHetA2, the researchers tricked cancer cells into responding to new treatment ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2009 - 6:41pm

Isolation And Stress May Increase Breast Cancer Susceptibility

Social isolation and stress are two environmental mechanisms likely to contribute to breast cancer susceptibility, researchers from the University of Chicago said this week. Their study, published in PNAS, found that isolation led to higher production of a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2009 - 7:52pm