A novel SPECT/CT acquisition method can accurately detect radiopharmaceutical biodistribution in a convenient manner for prostate cancer patients, opening the…
PET/MRI can improve diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer patients and help avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to new research published in…
The largest study to date investigating a single invitation to a PSA blood test* to screen for prostate cancer has…
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that altering the sequence of breast cancer treatment to…
Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk…
Lung cancer is not the most common form of cancer, but it is by far the deadliest. Despite treatments such…
People who have had cancer often experience ongoing pain, but a new study reveals that being physically active may help…
Approximately half of all chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer are platinum-based. They act against tumor cells, but they also…
The most lethal feature of any cancer is metastasis, the spread of cancer cells throughout the body. New research led…
A new study carried out in mice, led by Queen Mary University of London, has identified cells that drive the…
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…