Cancer Research

Gastric bypass and similar stomach-shrinking surgeries are a popular option for obese patients looking to lose weight and they have even been linked to a decreased risk in many types of cancers -…

Researchers have found that by changing the selectivity of an enzyme, a small molecule could potentially be used to decrease the likelihood of alcohol-related cancers in an at-risk population.…

Cancer vaccines turn the body's own immune system specifically against tumor cells and one area of study are vaccines that are directed against neoantigens, proteins that have undergone a genetic…

A new study has found that giving acetate supplements sped up the growth and metastasis of tumors in mice. Acetate is a major compound produced in the gut by host bacteria, which can have…

A cancer false alarm could put people off checking out cancer symptoms they develop in the future, according to a review of papers. More than 80 percent of patients with potential cancer symptoms are…

Colorectal carcinoma, colon cancer, is the third most common cancer in the United States.  So-called microsatellite stable colorectal cancer with mutations in the BRAF gene represents a…

By:  Karin Heineman, Inside Science (Inside Science TV) – Shelley Tworoger, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts studied ovarian cancer. "This is…

Image: Peter Hermes Furian In 1971 Richard Nixon declared “War on Cancer” with the signing of the National Cancer Act. Significant progress has been made in the intervening 44 years – and Europe has…

In the last 40 years, health care has improved a great deal and we are living longer than ever. But the downside to longevity is more time for mutations to occur, and that means cancer. A new…

By inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer, researchers transformed the behavior of tumor cells from suppression to immunostimulation - they…