Cancer Research

Cancer Stem Cells- The Oncologist's Scapegoat

Since the rediscovery of the cancer stem cell hypothesis by Peter Dirks at the University of Toronto, researchers often use these cancer stem cells (or cancer initiating cells) as the scapegoat to explain why cancers are so hard to treat. ...

Article - Jennifer Wong - May 22 2010 - 11:53am

Is There A Definitive Link Between Indoor Tanning And Melanoma?

Researchers from the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health and Masonic Cancer Center say there is a definitive link between the use of indoor tanning devices and increased risk of melanoma. Their new study of 2,268 Minnesotans found that p ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2010 - 1:49pm

In Cancer, Sometimes 'Mahjong' Plays You

A new study says it is the first to identify a life-or-death "cell competition" process in mammalian tissue that suppresses cancer by causing cancerous cells to kill themselves.  Central to their discovery was the researchers' identification ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2010 - 5:37pm

Is Your Hemoglobin Trending?

Anemia is a common blood disorder characterized by low hemoglobin levels and has long been associated with those suffering from colorectal cancer, but researchers at Tel Aviv University  say that low hemoglobin levels can actually indicate a potential for ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2010 - 12:01pm

Personalized Cancer Therapy For Metastatic Melanoma- An Actual Breakthrough?

Metastatic melanoma is a deadly diagnosis- you are, to be frank, screwed. Any glimmer of hope, however murky, is thus latched onto fervently. Unfortunately, cancer treatments aren't a picnic, many providing only a little extra time on earth and awful ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 29 2010 - 2:08am

Early Prostate Cancer Screening No Benefit To Men With Low Baseline PSA

If you are a man aged 55 to 74 years with low baseline blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), you don't need further screening, says a new study in Cancer.    Aggressive investigation was instead associated with a large increase in cumulativ ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 13 2010 - 12:32pm

Genome-Wide Association Study Finds Four Possible Risk Factors For Ovarian Cancer

Cancer researchers say a large genome-wide association study (GWAS) that spanned three continents has identified four chromosome locations with genetic changes that are likely to alter a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer.  Researchers say that ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 11:03am

Personalized Medicine May Get A Nanotechnology Boost

A new technology can make nanoscale protein measurements- which may mean understanding the effects of therapeutic agents in tumor cells and different cell populations within patients, a key step toward  being able to tailor therapy for each patient. Curren ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2010 - 11:26am

How Hormone Replacement Therapy And The Pill Can Lead To Breast Cancer

Breast cancer affects over 10% of women in Europe, the UK and USA, making it one of the most common cancers. Large population studies such as the Women’s Health Initiative and the Million Women Study have shown that  progestins, synthetic sex hormones used ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2010 - 8:53pm

In Cancer, One Ring To Rule Them All

Imagine that a machine draws your blood, screens it for genetic mutations and chemical variations that can cause cancer, and then pops out a drug tailor-made for your DNA. The hypothetical drug would target and fix the point irregularities which have accum ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2010 - 2:10pm