Cancer Research

Study Reveals How Arsenic Exposure May Promote Cancer

Researchers have found a new oncogenic signaling pathway by which arsenic exposure may lead to adverse health effects, including bladder cancer. The results appear in Cancer Research. While the correlation between arsenic exposure and cancer tumors such as ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 3:20pm

Photoacoustics Help Doctors Hear Melanoma

In order to determine if there is cancer in the lymph nodes, pathologists must currently perform several  detailed, time-consuming tests. But University of Missouri researchers have developed a laser-induced ultrasound, called the photoacoustic method, tha ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 6:51pm

Calculating Cancer

Can a differential equation cure cancer? A fascinating article in Forbes suggests that using mathematics may be able to create drug combinations that are far more effective than the ones now in use. 1 "I have a suspicion that we are using almost all t ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Feb 25 2010 - 12:17pm

Leukemia Cells Hijack Normal Protein To Grow

University of Pennsylvania scientists have found that mixed lineage leukemia (MLL), has an unusual way to keep the molecular motors running. The cancer cells rely on the normal version of an associated protein to stay alive. MLL happens when a piece of chr ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:03pm

Parents May Consider Early Death For Terminally Ill Children

A survey of parents who have lost children to cancer found that one in eight considered hastening their child's death, a consideration influenced by the amount of pain the child experienced during the last month of life, according to a new survey in t ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2010 - 5:49pm

Are We Winning The 'War On Cancer'?

The 'war on cancer' has led to a reduction in the rate of cancer deaths whether measured against baseline rates in 1970 or in 1990, reports a new study by the American Cancer Society. According to the study, the downturn in cancer deaths since 19 ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2010 - 4:26pm

Tumors Escape Immune System Beat Down By Mimicking Lymph Nodes

Tumors mimic key features of lymph nodes in order to create a tolerant microenviroment and escape attack from the immune system, say researchers from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. The discovery, published in Science underscores t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:05pm

Fruits And Veggies Probably Don't Prevent Cancer

Although beneficial for health in general, a diet high in fruits and vegetables probably won't reduce your risk of cancer, according to a study led by researchers at Mt Sinai Hospital. The analysis, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Inst ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2010 - 4:37pm

Is Sunscreen Toxic?

There is ongoing concern about the potential toxicity of nanoparticles of various materials, and a new study in Chemical Research in Toxicology reports that certain sunscreens that contain zinc oxide nanoparticles may be toxic if ingested. The research fou ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2010 - 12:37pm

Grandma's High-Fat Diet Increases Breast Cancer Risk?

Researchers say they have found another potential risk factor for breast cancer--Grandma's diet. Georgetown University scientists say that pregnant rats that ate a high fat diet not only increased breast cancer risk in their female daughters but also ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 6:46pm