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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 2,163 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 2,216 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)

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 5,187 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)

Common Plant Might Bring Insights On Cell Aging And Cancer

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:56 in Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma | viewed 5,173 times | 0 Comments

A research team coming from the Texas A&M University and the UC (University of Cincinnati) recently underwent a study regarding the association between a common plant entitled Arabidopsis and the malignant cells. The links between these two has to do... (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 5,787 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)

Researchers Find a Cancer Preventing Gene in Naked Mole Rats

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:49 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 3,660 times | 0 Comments

In spite of a thirty years life duration which enables the body`s cell to metamorphose into cancerous one, a species of rodent entitled naked mole rats has never presented such conditions. Undergoing a recent investigation, the scientists from the University... (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 5,286 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 3,688 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)

Tests on Breast Reduction Tissues May Detect Cancer

Written on 7 Nov, 2009 at 23:05 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 2,997 times | 0 Comments

For those women who desire to reduce the size of their breast, there is a new advantage in favor of the surgery. If the tissues and fats coming from the breast reduction surgery would undergo some tests, the cancer development... (Continue reading)

Rare Tumors Affecting Testicles May Show Why Some Conditions Are Common in Older Fathers` Offspring

Written on 7 Nov, 2009 at 23:03 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Stem Cells | viewed 4,672 times | 0 Comments

A recent study made on a rare version of a malign tumor affecting testicles gave researchers a more accurate view of how genetic transformations affect children. This investigation may shed some light in the cases of children who were conceived... (Continue reading)