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Simple blood test could be key to detecting cancer
UK researchers have developed a simple blood test that could provide the key to detecting all forms of cancer. Scientists from the University of...
Findings a ‘giant step’ towards blocking metastasis
Managing to block metastasis, the strategy adopted by tumour cells to transform into an aggressive form of cancer, or even better, prevent their formation,...
Novel approach to preventing cervical cancer described
A study has described a novel approach to preventing cervical cancer, based on findings showing successful reduction in the risk of cervical cancer after...
Lifestyle cancers on the rise in the UK – ONS study
A study by the UK’s Office for National Statistics study shows the number of people diagnosed with liver cancer has risen sharply – the...
New ovarian cancer treatment can improve response rates
Doctors at the University of Arizona Cancer Centre at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Centre have reported that a new treatment for ovarian cancer...
Gene mutation has links to type of breast cancer
Women with a specific gene mutation have a higher risk of dying from a type of breast cancer, a study has found, which has...
Vaccine could help cancers respond to immunotherapy
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) do not typically respond to immunotherapy, which limits treatment options for this cancer. But, reports Health-Canal a study has found...
Potential delivery vehicle for brain cancer chemotherapy drugs found
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have demonstrated in a mouse model that their recently developed synthetic peptide carrier is a potential delivery vehicle for brain...
New drug has potential to help melanoma sufferers
A pioneering new drug appears to have cured a British man with advanced skin cancer who had been given just months to live. The...
Life-saving potential seen in new liver cancer vaccine
Tweaking a protein expressed by most liver cancer cells has enabled scientists to make a vaccine that is ‘exceedingly effective’ at preventing the disease...
Smokers with BRCA2 gene face increased risk
Smoking and the breast cancer risk gene BRCA2 combine to ‘enormously’; increase the chance of developing lung cancer. BBC News reports that this is...
New drug brings hope to bladder cancer sufferers
A new drug is showing ‘spectacular’ results in a small-scale trial of patients with bladder cancer, says a Daily Mail report. Doctors are hailing...
Combined therapy benefits prostate cancer sufferers
In a clinical trial, men with newly diagnosed, metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who received chemotherapy straight away alongside hormone-blocking therapy lived more than a...
Benefits of green tea revealed in new pancreatic cancer study
A new study reveals how an active component of green tea disrupts the metabolism of cancer cells in pancreatic cancer, offering an explanation for...
US cancer centre adverts not providing ‘much needed’ information
A study has found that television and magazine advertisements from US cancer centres often tug at people’s heartstrings, but rarely provide information needed to...
Drug can protect breast cancer sufferers’ ovaries
A commonly used drug can help young women with breast cancer retain the ability to have babies, apparently protecting their ovaries from the damage...
New technology that detects and kills only cancer cells tested
The first preclinical study of a new Rice University-developed anti-cancer technology found that a novel combination of existing clinical treatments can instantaneously detect and...
Trial shows measles vaccine can cure some cancers
A clinical trial has shown that a deadly form of cancer can be cured with a large dose of the measles vaccine. Health24 reports...
Sniffer dogs can accurately detect prostate cancer
Highly-trained dogs are able to detect prostate cancer in urine with 98% accuracy, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the...
Anxiety an important factor in mastectomy choices
A University of Michigan Medical School study suggests that factors other than medical history and risk may influence women with cancer in one breast...
STD could increase risk of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer could be a sexually transmitted disease caused by a common infection passed on during i ntercourse. Scientists at the University of California...
New US guidelines for treating HER2-positive breast cancers
Two sets of guidelines for treating patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer have been released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology...
Study lessens anxiety that OPC cancer is contagious
Partners of patients diagnosed with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) were no more likely to test positive for oral HPV infection than...
Aspirin could help lower colon cancer risk
The humble aspirin may have just added another beneficial effect beyond its ability to ameliorate headaches and reduce the risk of heart attacks: lowering...
New study could help prevent MDS from progressing into leukaemia
Blood arises from stem cells in the bone marrow; in patients with a myelodysplastic disorder (MDS), defective stem cells reprogram their neighbours in the...
Patients more satisfied with involvement in care decisions
Regardless of whether cancer patients sought to be involved in decisions about their treatment, a recent study at the University of Pennsylvania, published in...
Slew of new treatments for cancers
Health forums were abuzz in 2007 with news that a simple, inexpensive chemical, dichloroacetate (DCA), may be a viable treatment for many forms of...
New blood test can detect cancer recurrence – researchers
Around 1 in 5 breast cancer survivors who have undergone five years of therapy experience cancer recurrence within the following 10 years. But Medical...
Statins could stop spread of prostate cancer to bones
The anti-cholesterol drugs statins could stop prostate cancer spreading to the bones. The Daily Mail reports the University of Manchester study, published in the...
High fat diet sharply increases breast cancer risk
Following a high fat diet like Atkins or LCHF increases the risk of the most common form of breast cancer by more than a...
Tests underestimate aggressiveness of prostate cancer – research
Men with prostate cancer are being given false hope by tests that underestimate the aggressiveness of their disease. The Guardian quotes Dr Greg Shaw,...
Irregular menstrual cycles could double risk of ovarian cancer
Women with irregular menstrual cycles may have more than double the risk of ovarian cancer compared to women who have regular periods. Health24 reports...
An array of new treatments for tumour cells
A radical new form of cancer treatment that relies on the body’s natural ‘killer cells’ to attack tumours has proved a success in the...
New study provides more precise data on gene mutations
For women carrying BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene mutations with their wide risk bracket of 43% to 88% of developing from breast cancer before age...
Chemo or radiation could see some cancer cells dodging death
Under stress from chemotherapy or radiation, some cancer cells dodge death by consuming a bit of themselves, allowing them to essentially sleep through treatment...
Gene plays pivotal part in triple negative form of breast cancer – study
Scientists have found that a gene previously unassociated with breast cancer plays a pivotal role in the growth and progression of the triple negative...
Predictive tool to help breast and some lung cancer patients
Researchers are developing a new predictive tool that could help patients with breast cancer and certain lung cancers decide whether follow-up treatments are likely...
MRI-guided biopsies improving prostate cancer diagnosis
In a world first, an Australian clinical trial has shown that biopsy guided by MRI can significantly improve the diagnosis of life-threatening prostate cancer...
Being unfit and obese increases risk of breast cancer
Being slim is not enough to ward off breast cancer – experts say that it isexercise that is crucial to avoiding the disease, reports...
New findings could spare healthy cells from chemo and radiation
A new study led by Prof Alexey Ryazanov of Rutgers Wood Johnson Medical School and the Rutgers Cancer Institute, and published in Developmental Cell,...