A promising treatment on the horizon for cancer-related fatigue
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a debilitating yet all-too-common condition, which can severely affect quality of life for patients undergoing treatment….
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a debilitating yet all-too-common condition, which can severely affect quality of life for patients undergoing treatment….
Researchers at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center have found that a shorter course of radiation therapy after mastectomy and breast reconstruction…
A standard chemotherapy drug injures surrounding non-cancer cells, which can then awakens dormant cancer cells and promotes cancer growth, according…
Cholesterol-lowering statins might protect patients with ulcerative colitis from developing and dying from colorectal cancer. Statin treatment was also associated…
For more than 100 years, it has been believed that sunlight and vitamin D deficiency were associated with the risk…
Patients with pancreatic cancer who took the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan), commonly prescribed to treat anxiety during cancer treatment, had a…
Lymph nodes are one of the body’s first lines of defense against disease. Immune cells are dispatched from these biological…
A study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that performing a minor surgical procedure on patients newly…
Back in the 1920s, researchers discovered that cancer patients had sweet-smelling urine. First, the doctors were puzzled, but they soon…
Breast cancer spreading to other organs usually heralds a poorer prognosis. Researchers at the University and University Hospital of Basel…
In an international study co-led by UCLA, scientists have shown that a new targeted therapy drug can extend the amount…
In a phase 2 clinical trial of the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab, investigators found that 42 percent of patients with…
In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the puzzle of breast cancer, Harvard Medical School researchers…
Irregularities in the body’s genetic coding to make proteins are linked to cancerous tumors. But most genetic material contains elements…
“The results of the study are important for cancer research. They show that patients with gastric cancer who have been…
Cancer patients who use cannabis to address their symptoms have less pain and sleep better, according to new University of…
Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared…
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that causes uncontrolled accumulation of white blood cells. Because of the…
When cancer spreads to the brain, treatment options fall off. Most of the drugs designed to target metastases do not…
Testing for genetic mutations in urine can detect bladder cancer years before the disease shows clinical symptoms, new research has…
A research team led by Dr. Ho Sang Jung of the Surface & Nano Materials Divison of the Korea Institute…
Cancer cells have an innate randomness in their ability to respond to chemotherapy, which is another tool in their arsenal…
Researchers from the UCL Cancer Institute have provided important molecular understanding of how injury may contribute to the development of…
In a large-scale nationwide study, investigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer have confirmed that rates of pancreatic cancer are rising – and are rising…
The viruses Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have been linked to several cancers. For the first time,…
Arginine is an amino acid naturally produced by our bodies and plentiful in the fish, meat, and nuts that we…
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have used a new device to identify a key membrane protein in urine that…
Inspired by the foam on top of lattes, as well as gummy bears and Pop Rocks candies, researchers at the…
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered a new drug target for Ewing sarcoma, a rare kind of cancer…
Cancer researchers in Spain, supported by the UK charity Worldwide Cancer Research, are set to launch a clinical trial this…