Cancer Research

Cancer Mutations, Now With Faster Modeling

By sequencing the genomes of tumor cells, thousands of genetic mutations have been linked with cancer. Sifting through this deluge of information to figure out which of these mutations actually drive cancer growth has proven to be a tedious, time-consumin ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 5:31pm

Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk By Sleeping With Lots Of Women- But Not Men

Men who have had sex with more than 20 women have a 28% lower risk of getting prostate cancer than those who have had only one partner  - but males having more than 20 male partners face a 100% higher risk of getting prostate cancer than those who have ne ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2014 - 4:00pm

PRC1 Caught: Cancer-Related Cell Enzyme In Action

A research team has produced a detailed working image of an enzyme in the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) related to the BRCA1 breast-cancer protein. PRC1 regulates cell development and is associated with many types of cancer because enzymes like PRC ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 4:29pm

Young Patients With Colorectal Cancer Could Double By 2030

By 2030, nearly 10 percent of colon cancers and nearly 25 percent of rectal cancers will be diagnosed in patients younger than the traditional screening age. This growing public health problem is underscored by data trends among 20- to 34-year-olds in the ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 8:30am

Oral Cancers Differ In Smokers And Nonsmokers

The location of oral cancers differ in smokers and nonsmokers and nonsmokers have a higher proportion of cancers occur on the edge of the tongue, according to a new paper in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head&Neck Surgery. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 5:31pm

Tumors And The Mystery Of 'Frankenstein' DNA

Highly-paid environmental lobbyists invoke Frankenstein's monster for everything, apparently never having read the novel. But there is some biology that is a little like Shelley's monster, massive DNA molecules stitched together from other parts ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2014 - 9:30am

Bean Sprouts, Cancer And The 'Master' Gene Behind Both

In bean sprouts, a collection of amino acids called a protein complex allows them to grow longer in the darkness than in the light. In humans, there is a similar protein complex called CSN, and its subunit CSN6 is now believed to be a cancer-causing gene ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2014 - 4:00pm

Fluorescence Microscopy: New 2-D Images Can Detect Cancer Risk

Portuguese researchers have developed a new method which uses images of a protein in cells to quantify its distribution (how much protein there is, and where it is in the cell) for that population of cells. The discovery has important medical implications ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Dec 1 2014 - 11:19am

Androgen Deprivation Therapy For Prostate Cancer Linked To Decreased Survival In Older Men

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in which an injectable or implanted medication is used to disrupt the body's ability to make testosterone, is a common treatment for prostate cancer but should not be used in men whose cancer has not spread beyond ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 5:05pm

Is That A Harmless Mole Or Potential Skin Cancer?

If you're at high risk of skin cancer, check your skin regularly. R oman Königshofer /Flickr, CC BY-ND By H. Peter Soyer, The University of Queensland and Anna Finnane, The University of Queensland ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 11:02am