Cancer Research

More Than 40 Melanoma-specific Genes That Determine Aggressiveness Discovered

Melanoma is one of the worst, most metastatic cancers known today. Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered more than 40 genes that predict the level of aggressiveness of melanoma and that distinguish it from oth ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 12:00pm

Some Aggressive Cancers Respond To Arthritis Drugs

A study of triple-negative breast cancer raises the prospect that some patients with aggressive tumors may benefit from a class of anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 28 2014 - 2:30am

Childhood Cancer Changes Could Lead To Huge Savings For Health Care

Recently findings could help to reduce health care charges while also protecting childhood cancer survivors from heart ailments caused by drug therapy.  The paper reviewed data from patient histories to show that current standard medical guidelines for pr ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 2:24pm

MGMT Protein Expression Predicts Effectiveness Of Brain Cancer Chemotherapy

Researchers have identified a biomarker that predicts whether glioblastoma – the most common form of primary brain cancer – will respond to chemotherapy.   "Every patient diagnosed with glioblastoma is treated with a chemotherapy called temozolomide. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 10:59pm

How Tumors Remodel After They Move In

Researchers have found that the loss of a protein called p62 in the cells and tissue surrounding a tumor can enhance the growth and progression of tumors. The study suggests that therapies targeting the tumor micro-envirnonment may be as important as targ ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2014 - 9:30am

Cancer Immunotherapy For Dogs Developed

After the age of 10, a dog develops cancer almost every second of the day- about 5 percent of the elderly dog population per year. If you have the financial means, a few therapies derived from human medicine are available for dogs but a truly successful fo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2014 - 10:00am

A Pathway For Blocking Liver And Colon Cancer Is Found

Researchers have revealed the structure of a protein complex, MATα2 and MATβ, that bind to each other and promote the reproduction of tumor cells in liver and colon cancers. Both of these types of cancer are significant. In 2012 alone, liver cancer was re ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2014 - 12:00pm

Vasectomy Linked To Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer

Vasectomy is a common form of contraception in the U.S., with about 15% of men having the procedure. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among U.S. men, so identifying risk factors for lethal prostate cancer is important for public ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2014 - 12:08am

Bloodstream: New Route For Ovarian Cancer Spread

Circulating tumor cells spread ovarian cancer through the bloodstream, homing in on a sheath of abdominal fatty tissue where it can grow and metastasize to other organs, according to a new paper. The researchers found the circulating tumor cells (CTCs) re ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2014 - 3:02pm

Cervical Cancer Assurance: Negative HPV Test May Be Better Than Negative Pap

The human papilloma virus (HPV) is common in humans but it can lead to infection and even cancer so there have been calls to get people vaccinated. 4,000 women will die each year from cervical cancer, which is linked to HPV, and HPV can also cause genital ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2014 - 11:42am