Medical News on Cancer
Family history is 'a bigger risk factor than lifestyle' for some cancers
Jun 30, 2014
Family history is a greater risk factor than lifestyle for developing some cancers, according to a Swedish study looking at 71,000 adopted people. Read More
Phase III trial shows improved survival with TAS-102 in metastatic colorectal cancer refractory to standard therapies
Jun 30, 2014
The new combination agent TAS-102 is able to improve overall survival compared to placebo in patients whose metastatic colorectal cancer is refractory to standard therapies, researchers said at the... Read More
Simple blood test in development that could help predict the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer
Jun 30, 2014
A simple blood test is currently in development that could help predict the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer, even in the absence of a high-risk BRCA1 gene mutation, according to... Read More
Known breast cancer gene needs a partner to initiate and spread tumors
Jun 30, 2014
A study led by Princeton University researchers has revealed that the gene Metadherin - which is implicated in promoting the spread of breast cancer tumors - only stimulates tumor growth when the... Read More
Blood test to indicate breast cancer risk 'in development'
Jun 27, 2014
Researchers have discovered that women both with and without the BRCA1 mutation who go on to develop breast cancer share a common epigenetic signature. Read More
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey identifies potential new treatment approach for lung cancer
Jun 26, 2014
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than a third of all human cancers, including a high percentage of pancreas, lung and colon cancers are driven by mutations in a family of genes... Read More
Synthetic triterpenoids show promise in preventing colitis-associated colon cancer
Jun 26, 2014
Researchers from Case Western Reserve and Dartmouth universities have shown that a class of small antioxidant molecules carries enormous promise for supressing colon cancer associated with colitis. Read More
New device could improve biomarker analyses
Jun 26, 2014
A device proposed by researchers at Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology could offer a more reliable alternative for detecting biomarkers in patients facing such illnesses as cancer or... Read More
New blood test identifies "Sudden Cardiac Death" risk
Jun 26, 2014
UAntwerp (University of Antwerp), UZA (Antwerp University Hospital), and Multiplicom NV, a specialist in the development, production and commercialization of innovative molecular genetic tests... Read More
UK investigation finds thousands of patients hospitalised unnecessarily from anaemia
Jun 26, 2014
Ferronomics, the first investigation of its kind, has uncovered nearly 80,000 hospital admissions a year in England due to raised heart rate, shortness of breath and chronic fatigue caused by iron... Read More
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