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New Target Identified Could Stop Developing Own Blood Supply of Tumours

Written on 7 Feb, 2011 at 22:55 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 3,880 times | 0 Comments

A recently developed drug is, according to researchers, aimed at particular receptors involved in the growth of blood vessels which sustain tumour growth. The drug is active in the case of patients presenting advanced forms of cancers and has stopped... (Continue reading)

New Lung Cancer Treatment Brings Promising Results

Written on 7 Feb, 2011 at 22:52 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 4,876 times | 0 Comments

A new lung cancer treatment consisting of an inhalable dry powder seems to have determined a significant increase of the survival rates and is also less invasive than other current treatment options, many of them including surgery and radiation. The... (Continue reading)

Identification of Key Mechanism in Breast Cancer

Written on 9 May, 2010 at 23:28 in Breast Cancer, Cancer | viewed 17,502 times | 0 Comments

A key molecular mechanism that favors spreading of tumor cells to adjacent or distant regions of the body has been identified by researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. This process is called metastasis and appears in breast... (Continue reading)

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Eliminated in Mice Thanks to a Combination between Medication and Radiation

Written on 9 Feb, 2010 at 14:08 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer | viewed 24,605 times | 0 Comments

The scientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center managed to counteract the NSCL (non-small cell lung cancer) in the mouse organism by utilizing a clinical trial medication entitled BEZ235 and combining it with irradiation in low-dosage. The investigation... (Continue reading)

New Initiative to Screen the Exposure to Environmental Carcinogens

Written on 9 Feb, 2010 at 14:06 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 24,132 times | 0 Comments

A recent investigation of an ACS (American Cancer Society) research collaborator subcommittee regarding cancer and the environment stated that the exposing of oneself to carcinogens must be diminished as much as possible and even stopped in the cases where it... (Continue reading)

New Research Proves that Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Therapies Do Not Enhance the Predisposition to Cancer In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 21:28 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer | viewed 22,757 times | 0 Comments

A new investigation regarding people who suffer from RA (rheumatoid arthritis) observed that the patients did not present a high predisposition of developing malignant tumors within the first six years after beginning a treatment with the anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor).... (Continue reading)

New Research on Cancer Investigates the “Asian Paradox”

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 21:26 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer | viewed 21,578 times | 0 Comments

Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified the H. pylori also known as Helicobacter pylori a definite carcinogen, debates regarding the fact that there is a small number of people who develop malignant gastric tumors are under way.... (Continue reading)

Rapid Detection of Cancer and Follow-up Treatments Thanks to Groundbreaking Lab-on-chip

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 21:25 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 22,708 times | 0 Comments

IMM (the Institüt für Mikrotechnik Mainz), leading European research complex in micro-fluids IMEC which is a large European research complex in nanotechnology and nano-electronics and their collaborators for the European Sixth Framework Project MASCOT managed to set the grounds for... (Continue reading)

Short-term Treatment with Celecoxib May Prove to Bring Advantages in Preventing Gastric Carcinogenesis

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:53 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 23,687 times | 0 Comments

In 1983 scientists managed to isolate and grow the H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori). Since then it was found that this bacteria represents an essential factor in triggering health conditions such as peptic ulcer, gastritis and gastric cancer. The COX-2 (Cyclooxgenase-2)... (Continue reading)

The Survivors of the Holocaust Present an Increased Predisposition of Developing Cancer

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:46 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer | viewed 22,203 times | 0 Comments

As a recent published research states, the Jewish people who survived the WWII and also were exposed to the Holocaust present an increased predisposition of developing cancers. This new investigation was released in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... (Continue reading)