Cancer News

Non-Surgical Approach Can Treat Lung Cancers Reported June 18, 2008 WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive procedure normally used to treat liver cancer also holds promise for lung cancer patients, according to a new study. In the study, expected to be published in the July edition ofThe Lancet Oncology, 88 … [Read more...]

Oral Cancer, Chronic Pediatric Ear Infections And Hearing Health Refected In New Study Reported June 09, 2008 Three new studies published in the June 2008 edition of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery focus on what role gender plays in the prognosis of oral tongue cancer, chronic ear infections in children, and the success … [Read more...]

Protein Linked With Poor Prognosis in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Reported January 30, 2008 WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of a protein called Ki-67 are associated with poor prognosis in women with early-stage breast cancer, but this protein may not be useful in identifying patients who would benefit from … [Read more...]

Young cancer patients at risk of heart failure due to drugs Reported September 03, 2009 Some older cancer drugs can damage heart cells leading to heart failure, where the organ does not pump as efficiently. The condition is difficult to treat and can require a heart transplant in severe cases. As more children and young … [Read more...]

Cellular Marker Improves HPV Screening for Cervical Cancer Reported September 09, 2008 TURIN, Italy, Sept. 9 -- The specificity of DNA tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be improved by the use of a protein that is over-expressed in cervical cancer cells, researchers here said. Testing for HPV has been shown to be more … [Read more...]

Cancer screening saves 30 women's lives December 28, 2007 Shanghai Health Bureau said it had screened 300,000 retired and poor women for breast cancer and other diseases in the city this year. The bureau had successfully detected early signs of cancer in 30 people, officials said. "Among these women, 13 people were found to have … [Read more...]

Cooking with gas raises risk of lung cancer Reported February 18, 2010 The aroma of seared meat as your pan-fried steak is prepared may set your tastebuds tingling – but it may also give the chef cancer, especially if they are using a gas cooker. Cooking fumes produced during high-temperature frying are already known to cause cancer. In … [Read more...]

Lung cancer culprit identified Reported May 15, 2008 A protein responsible for repairing damaged DNA may be a vital link to explaining how smoking causes lung cancer, US researchers reported on Tuesday. Lung cells exposed to cigarette smoke produce less of the protein, called FANCD2, the team at Oregon Health & Science University … [Read more...]

Smokeless tobacco raises oral cancer risk 80% Reported July 02, 2008 BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Smokeless tobacco -- such as chewing tobacco and snuff -- are less dangerous than cigarettes but still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, according to the World Health Organization's cancer agency. A review of 11 studies … [Read more...]

Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk in Obese People Reported June 20, 2008 FRIDAY, June 20, (News Locale) - Obese individuals who opt to get rid of the flab through bariatric or weight loss surgery can reduce their risk of developing cancer, two new studies out of Canada and Brazil are indicating. Researchers from … [Read more...]

Cancer solutions explored Reported June 12, 2009 The beat goes on at the National Summit for Community Cancer Control in Prince George as about 400 medical professionals from across Canada listen, learn and share from each other. Friday morning the gathering heard Dr. Simon Sutcliffe, past-president of the B.C. Cancer Agency, reflect on cancer … [Read more...]

Novel Method to Target Cancer Reported December 19, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Scientists have discovered a new way to target cancer through manipulating a master switch responsible for cancer cell growth. Cancer cells can grow and multiply faster by creating their own blood vessels. Cancer cells gain the nutrients they need by producing proteins that make blood … [Read more...]

Cancer Patients Keep their Hair! Reported December 2, 2011 Winston-Salem, NC (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Hair loss, it’s one of the most obvious signs of cancer treatment. Many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for diseases like breast cancer cause all or the most of the patient’s hair to fall out, but as one woman found out, a cool new therapy currently being studied … [Read more...]

Type of Thyroid Cancer May be More Therapeutically Vulnerable Reported November 22, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Papillary carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid cancer, and about one fourth of these carcinomas have mutations in the BRAF gene. These mutations are most common in high-grade carcinomas, in particular, the ones that resist standard treatments. … [Read more...]

Cellphones don't hike cancer risk: Danish study Reported October 21, 2011 Cellphones do not increase the risk of cancer, according to a large study involving more than 350,000 people by Danish researchers published Friday. The results, released on the British Medical Journal's website, chime with a series of other studies that have reached … [Read more...]

Cancer becomes leading cause of death in every province: StatsCanReported November 1, 2011 (source: Postmedia News) Cancer has become the leading cause of death in every province in Canada for the first time, but doctors say it's nothing new. Cancer accounted for 30 per cent of all deaths in the country in 2008, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The second-biggest … [Read more...]