Cancer Research

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

Cancer Patients Want To Believe In Alternative Medicine Miracles, And Ignore Serious Risks

Would famous Apple CEO Steve Jobs be alive today if he had accepted science the same way he accepted technology? Pancreatic cancer will kill half of patients but he guaranteed his death when he waited 9 months after his 2003 diagnosis to have surgery that ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2018 - 9:26am

How AMPK, Thought To Suppress Cancer, Actually Helps It Survive

The protein complex AMPK is thought to suppress cancer, by slowing cellular metabolism, but it can also help some tumors grow. But why? A new study says it has solved the mystery. AMPK acts as a fuel gauge for the cell, overseeing energy input and output t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2018 - 1:16pm

I1307K and E1317Q polymorphism in the APC gene in colorectal cancer patients and two groups in Colombian population.

Ana María Mora 1, Andrés Gutiérrez 2, Marina Ordóñez 1, Amparo Mora 3, Antonio Ormaza 3-4, Germán Junca 3-4, Alejandro Giraldo 2-3 1 Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia 2 Fundación Gillow, Bogotá, Colombia 3 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá ...

Blog Post - Ana Maria Mora - Feb 11 2019 - 10:08pm