The human papilloma virus (HPV) represents the main cause for various forms of breast cancer. As an Australian study shows, the negative effects against the human body can be counteracted by a vaccine against HPV. This vaccination can help save... (Continue reading)
According to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, a low cellular level of a tiny fragment of RNA appears to increase the spread of breast cancer. Their study was published in the June 12 issue of Cell, and describes... (Continue reading)
According to a new article, despite the overall declines in incidence of and death from colorectal cancer in the general U.S. population, African Americans are more likely to die of the disease. This is due to the poor access of... (Continue reading)
A research, conducted by Prof. Avraham Hochberg of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at a Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led to the development of a product that has been shown in clinical trials to be successful in halting the... (Continue reading)
The rates of colorectal cancer have grown between 1983 and 2002, in 27 of 51 countries, mostly in economically transitioning countries including Eastern European countries, most parts of Asia, and some countries of South America. Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the... (Continue reading)
An explanation for the trouble some women experience while breastfeeding or if they don’t produce enough milk may be caused by the exposure to dioxins. Corresponding author B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D., associate professor of Environmental Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology... (Continue reading)
The investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey have discovered that the key to cancer tumour suppression is a waste disposal protein, known as autophagy. Previous study of Eileen White,... (Continue reading)
The results of a recent study regarding screening tests for ovarian cancers is questioning the effectiveness of the procedure, the main concern being the fact that, at an early stage of development, the biology of ovarian cancers often interprets them... (Continue reading)
The treatment of recurrent breast cancer, which can localize in skin, lymph nodes, lung, liver or bone, should not be entirely based on the properties of the original breast cancer, suggests a recent study conducted by the Princess Margaret Hospital... (Continue reading)
Nearly 50000 people died of colon or rectal cancer in the year 2008 and in the same year there where reported more than 108,000 new cases of colon cancer and nearly 41,000 cases of rectal cancer in the U.S. alone,... (Continue reading)