Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a rare inherited cancer syndrome causes, in those who suffer from it, gastrointestinal polyps and they get predisposed to colon cancer and other tumor types. The researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies exploited the tumors’ weak... (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)
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that tumours with PTEN mutations are often resistant to radiation therapy. The PTEN gene produces a protein found in almost all tissues in the body. This protein prevents... (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)
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Nationwide Children have discovered a potential strategy for cancer therapy by focusing on what’s missing in tumors. MicroRNAs control gene expression and are commonly lost in cancerous tumors. Noticing this absence, scientists have shown that the... (Continue reading)
Tumor cells that detach and enter the bloodstream create the possibility for the disease to spread in other tissues. While scientists gained knowledge about how cancer cells attach to these surfaces, little is known about the way these cells detach... (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)
The discovery of a micro-molecule which regulates the activity of the p53 protein that protects cells against cancer could have an important significance in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The molecule in question is in fact a type of... (Continue reading)