Cancer Research

Cancer Death Rates Continue To Decline

Deaths due to cancer for both men and women in the United States continued to decline between 2003 and 2007, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.  Overall rates of new cancer diagnoses for men and women combined decr ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2011 - 4:50pm

Cosmic Embryo #4: Breast Cancer Wars: Delaying The TKO?

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Article - Richard (Dick) Go... - Mar 24 2013 - 4:00pm

Sunburn with Sunscreen- A Case Study

The subject of this case-study is a 44 year old female of Indian [Asian] origin with no past history of immunodeficiency. Currently, she is in reasonable health for her age and shows no signs or symptoms of any serious illness. A genetic predisposition to ...

Blog Post - Chanda Siddoo-Atwal - Apr 2 2012 - 2:05pm

Squid Ink--Now With Medical Applications!

I missed a cool paper last year on the effects of squid ink on angiogenesis--the growth of new blood vessels. And therefore I also missed the chance to run the sensationalist headline SQUID INK BLOTS OUT CANCER, or something equally punny and misleading. G ...

Article - Danna Staaf - May 7 2011 - 12:36pm

Research Publications

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Blog Post - Dr. Varaprasad Bo... - May 14 2011 - 4:18am

Cosmic Embryo #5: Aiming For The Moon With All Rockets Blazing? A Critique Of Breast Cancer Deadline 2020

Cosmic Embryo #5:  Aiming for the moon with all rockets blazing? A critique of Breast Cancer Deadline 2020®   The multibillion dollar breast cancer enterprise has just issued its damning self-assessment:   ...

Article - Richard (Dick) Go... - Mar 24 2013 - 4:01pm

BCL6 Protein Is Key To Fighting Drug Resistance In Most Common Childhood Cancer

A team of scientists say they have uncovered the basis for drug resistance in  acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer.   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounts for about 23 percent of all cases of cancer in children under the ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2011 - 12:49pm

Why I Am Not Having A Screening Mammogram

Conventional Canadian wisdom suggests that all women should have a screening mammogram starting at age 50 (age 40 in most of the USA). The reason given is that mammograms detect cancers earlier, while it is still possible to treat them. Instead of dying o ...

Article - Natalie K Björklu... - Jun 8 2011 - 11:14am

High Protein Diet Reduces Cancer Risk In Mice

A diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present, according to a study published in Cancer Research.   The study was conducted in mice but the scientists believe the strong biologic ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2011 - 11:16am

Nano-Team Takes On Tumors

By using two types of nanoparticles, drug delivery to tumors could be increased significantly. At the moment, several drug-delivering nanoparticles are already being used in clinical trials to combat tumors. A team at MIT decided to use two distinct parti ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Jun 21 2011 - 8:39pm