Study solves testosterone’s paradoxical effects in prostate cancer
A treatment paradox has recently come to light in prostate cancer: Blocking testosterone production halts tumor growth in early disease,…
A treatment paradox has recently come to light in prostate cancer: Blocking testosterone production halts tumor growth in early disease,…
A new study from researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) reveals that patients living with certain long-term health…
Cancer doesn’t grow in a vacuum—each tumor grows in a particular microenvironment within the body and spreads through a tangled…
Hardly any other molecule has a more turbulent past than thalidomide. It was the central ingredient in a drug approved…
Many people with stage II or III colon cancer receive additional, or adjuvant, chemotherapy following surgery. However, clinical trials have…
Modern therapies have extended the lives of many cancer patients; however, survivors often live with chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular…
Research led by Weill Cornell Medicine provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem…
A new urine test that measures 18 genes associated with prostate cancer provides higher accuracy for detecting clinically significant cancers…
Grant of up to $11 million will fund a clinical trial at UCSF that uses a smarter new CAR-T guided…
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…