Cancer Research

In Early Stage Breast Cancer, Even Small Tumors Can Be Aggressive

Even small tumors can be aggressive, according to a study in patients with early stage breast cancer presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid.  They found that nearly one in four small tumors were aggressive and patients benefited from chemotherapy. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2017 - 12:28pm

Cause Of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma In The Liver Identified

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer mainly found among children and young people, currently has surgery as the only treatment available. But even then less than 40 percent of patients will survive beyond five years. It might hel ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2017 - 3:19pm

What Killed Dinosaurs May Kill Cancer Cells Too

The world’s second densest metal can be used to kill cancer cells by filling them with a deadly version of oxygen, without harming healthy tissue, according to a new paper. The metal, iridium, was in the asteroid with the strongest link to the extinction o ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2017 - 11:32am

The Gut Effect on Colon Cancer

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Blog Post - Smitha Dutt - Feb 28 2018 - 1:12pm

Cancer Dormancy: Why Cancer Cells Go To Sleep

Cancer has always been thought of as something that grows rapidly and uncontrollably, but this view may be wrong. New evidence suggests that cancer alternatively uses the “accelerator” and the “brake” in order to survive. ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 27 2018 - 8:23am

Does The HPV Vaccine Really Prevent Cervical Cancer?

There are many different types of human papilloma virus (HPV). Some are associated with the development of cervical lesions that can become cancerous and are considered as high-risk HPV types. Two of these high-risk types (HPV16 and HPV18) account for abou ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2018 - 3:28pm

IARC Needs More Than A Preamble Change

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which operates under the auspices of the U.N. World Health Organisation, is soliciting comments prior to holding an Advisory Group meeting in November to propose revisions to its Preamble. ...

Article - Geoffrey Kabat - Jun 11 2018 - 2:59pm

Throat Cancer From HPV Is Uncommon

There are reasons to get an HPV vaccine- it literally prevents cancer- but consumer marketing is misstating absolute and relative risk when it comes to throat cancer. A preventive vaccine against HPV types, 6, 11, 16, and 18 has been in widespread use for ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 12 2018 - 3:25pm

Diabetes Raises Risk Of Cancer In Women, And Men, Sometimes

A review of data on nearly 20 million people has concluded that having diabetes significantly raises the risk of developing cancer. For women the risk is even higher, not just of cancer but also leukemia and cancers of the stomach, mouth and kidney. Men, h ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2018 - 12:47pm

Metastasis: Broken Cellular Function Mechanism Observed In Mice

Metastasis is the formation of secondary tumors and a leading contributor to deaths related to cancer. The exact mechanism for how cellular function becomes broken in cells far removed from a cancer’s primary tumor have been unclear. But it's been pon ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2018 - 9:51am