Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have shown that patient navigation services help decrease the time to diagnosis for female patients who have received an abnormal…

Although tumor metastasis causes about 90 percent of cancer deaths, the exact mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread from one part of the body to another is not well…

New findings that highlight the challenges of managing thromboembolic events in patients being treated for cancer were released at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the…

New studies that reveal for the first time the real economic and human costs of caring for cancer patients in Europe will be presented during the ESMO 2012 Congress…

UC Davis investigators have found new evidence that a promising type of stem cell now being considered for a variety of disease therapies is very…

For a cancer patient, over-expression of the MYC oncogene is a bad omen.

Scientists have long known that in tumor cells, elevated levels of MYC’s protein product,…

Malignant cells that leave a primary tumor, travel the bloodstream and grow out of control in new locations cause the vast majority of cancer deaths. New nanotechnology developed at Case Western Reserve University…

Films that feature characters with cancer have become a familiar sight for movie-goers in recent years, but they rarely portray the patient’s chances of survival accurately, Italian reserachers will report at the…

The American Cancer Society is teaming up with Albany Medical Center to recruit volunteers for a major cancer study.

The nationwide Cancer Prevention 3 study, which is being run by the American…

A therapy program focused on improving quality of life can help people being treated for advanced cancer, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have found.

Patients who attended the…

It seems as if a tumor deprived of oxygen would shrink. However, numerous studies have shown that tumor hypoxia, in which portions of the tumor have…

Cancer chemotherapy can be a life-saver, but it is fraught with severe side effects, among them an increased risk of infection. Until now, the major criterion for…

Cancer chemotherapy can be a life-saver, but it is fraught with severe side effects, among them an increased risk of infection. Until now, the major criterion for…

Scientists have discovered a new cancer treatment that outranks all others - marriage.

Married patients with advanced lung cancer are likely to survive longer after treatment than patients…

Sleep apnoea severity has been associated with increased cancer mortality in a new study.

The research, which will be presented today (Tuesday 4 September 2012) at the European…

Researchers have discovered two gene variants that raise the risk of the pediatric cancer neuroblastoma. Using automated technology to perform genome-wide association studies on DNA from thousands…

A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows promise for developing ultrastable RNA nanoparticles that may help treat cancer and viral infections…

As the medical community continues to make positive strides in personalized cancer therapy, scientists know some dead ends are unavoidable. Drugs that target specific genes…

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence…

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence…

Compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result of a shift in cell metabolism known as aerobic glycolysis or…

Tammy Gonzalez looked back and forth between the ultrasound monitor and the technician’s terrified stare.

“Is that on me or the baby?” Gonzalez asked, pointing to the mass resting on…

People without health insurance in rural areas are less likely to be up-to-date for routine health check-ups and cancer screening than those with coverage, according to a new study.

It has long been known that cancer is a disease of aging, but a molecular link between the two has remained elusive.

Now, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer…

A tumour-killing virus can sneak around the body by “hitchhiking” on the back of blood cells, researchers have shown.

It is hoped reoviruses can be used to treat cancer, but there…