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Patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) who are carriers of the BRAF V600E mutation may have worse mortality, researchers found.

In a retrospective study, overall mortality was significantly higher in…

Breast cancer patients carrying a BRCA1 mutation had significantly worse recurrence and survival rates than patients without BRCA mutations or with a BRCA2 mutation, research said.

Data from a…

A novel two-step immunotherapy process appears to be effective in nearly three-fourths of women with advanced ovarian cancer, a researcher said here.

The process begins with treatment with a personalized…

There are over 100 different types of human papilloma virus (HPV). Cervical cancer is known to be caused by infection with approximately 14 so-called “high-risk” types of this…

A variety of mutations may give rise to breast cancer, but scientists generally assume that it starts off with just a few. That’s because later-stage breast cancers tend to have more mutations…

A new chemotherapy regimen appears to produce minimal side effects in patients with lung cancer that has not responded to previous therapy, paving the way for additional research to…

One-quarter of women who should take hormone-blocking therapies as part of their breast cancer treatment either do not start or do not complete the five-year course, according to a new…

CNIO researchers, together with scientists in the United Kingdom, have revealed that hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene predispose patients to a worse evolution of the illness and a…

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer - one of the least…

The American College of Physicians (ACP) became the latest group to ask doctors to be clear about the limited benefits and “substantial harms” of prostate cancer screening before offering their male…

A study at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has identified a chicken-killing virus as a promising treatment for prostate cancer in humans.

Researchers have…

Two researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a new genetic link between the rapid growth of healthy fetuses and the uncontrolled cell division in cancer.…

Only 53 percent of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients who were at high risk of carrying a BRCA 1 or…

The process of autophagy cleans cells – they wrap up the bad stuff and then dispose of it. And so it stands to reason that inhibiting autophagy would make…

Although mammography, the gold standard of breast cancer screening, reduces breast cancer mortality, it has important limitations. Critics point to reduced sensitivity for women with dense breasts, a…

Advanced HER2-positive breast tumors expressed variable amounts of protein—a measurement which had a significant correlation with survival, a biomarker analysis of a large clinical trial showed.

Women with the highest…

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Once colorectal cancer has spread to other parts of the body,…

Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver.…

A novel combination of two drugs has shown anti-cancer activity in patients who had incurable solid tumors and carried a germline mutation in their…

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a “one strategy fits all”…

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc said its cancer diagnostic agent was effective in identifying the first lymph node reached by the disease in patients with head and neck cancer, paving the…

Smokers are less likely to be alive and cancer-free three years after having surgery for colon cancer than people who have never smoked, according to a new study.

Out of…

Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer…

Prostate cancer doesn’t kill in the prostate - it’s only once the disease travels to bone, lung, liver, etc. that it turns…

Men with an inherited genetic condition called Lynch syndrome face a higher lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer and appear to develop the disease at an earlier…