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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 4,575 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 5,744 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)

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 28,354 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 27,787 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 26,439 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 25,138 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)

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 27,254 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 25,985 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)

New Link between Cancer and Alcohol. Alcohol Triggers Cell Transformations Which May Lead to Tumor Cells Spreading

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:43 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 28,111 times | 0 Comments

Even though past investigations associated the consumption of beverages containing alcohol to cancer and its metastasis, the process behind this relationship was never completely understood. However, a team of scientists from the Rush University Medical Center underwent a study regarding... (Continue reading)

New Research Indicates a Link between Drug Treatments and an Increased Risk of Bladder Cancer

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:38 in Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma | viewed 24,072 times | 0 Comments

Margaret R. Karagas is an epidemiologist from Dartmouth who led a team of investigators on a study concerned with the factors that can aid the development of cancer in people inhabiting the northern part of New England. The group... (Continue reading)