Cancer Research

The universe of cancer mutations just got a whole lot bigger. By analyzing the genomes of thousands of patients' tumors, a research team has discovered many new cancer genes, expanding the list of…

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the world's oldest continuously surviving cancer, a transmissible genital cancer which causes grotesque genital tumors in dogs around the world. It first…

A little studied chemical compound dubbed BMH-21 targets and shuts down a common cancer process in laboratory-grown human tumor cell lines.  BMH-21  disrupted tumor cell division and…

A new review outlines the health effects of silica, and calls for action to reduce illness and death from silica exposure at work. For centuries, too much silica exposure, such as when workers cut,…

A team of researchers indicate that the peptide fragment lactoferricin B25 (LFcinB25) derived from cow's milk exhibited potent anti-cancer capability against human stomach cancer cell cultures. They…

A common genetic variant, rs4143094, located on the same chromosome 10 region that includes GATA3, a transcription factor gene previously linked to several forms of cancer, is in about 36 percent of…

There’s a post being highlighted by anti-GMO activists on Twitter that claims that cancer is now the leading cause of death among children in the US, that the rates of pediatric cancer are increasing…

Researchers have isolated and characterized the progenitor cells that eventually give rise to malignant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors – the most common form of liver cancer. The researchers…

Resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine, remains effective at fighting cancer even after the body's metabolism has converted it into other compounds, according to a new paper in Science…

While heart disease still edges out cancer among all Americans, cancer is the number one killer among Hispanics in Texas. Yet their prognosis remains superior to Caucasians, a Hispanic paradox that…