Cancerous cells can emerge in all locations of the human body. Though most of them have the potential to metastasize, i.e, spread to a different organ or tissue in the body, not…
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The myth of mobile phone usage and brain cancer
Ever since the invention of cellphones, stories have surfaced with regularity linking mobile usage with brain cancer despite the fact that the majority of human epidemiologic studies have consistently failed to establish…
Breast cancer: Scientists Find Perfect Picture of Genetic Events
Scientists say they now have an almost clear picture of the genetic events that lead to breast cancer.
Prostate Cancer Drugs Found To Be ‘Promising’
There may now be hope for men suffering from aggressive prostrate cancer that is no longer responding to treatment.
Newly Discovered Protein Could Stop the Spread of Breast Cancer
A new receptor protein has been discovered that has promise in being used to stop the spread of breast cancer in patients. When this protein is active, it prevents tumor cells transmitted…
WHO: Processed meat is carcinogenic to humans; red meat probably carcinogenic
The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified processed meat as carcinogenic to humans and red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans. The classification comes after thorough review of…
Some red and processed meat could be classified as carcinogenic in WHO report
It is highly likely that a report to be released tomorrow by The World Health Organization (WHO) may classify some ored and processed meat as carcinogenic and these speculations have forced meat…
Aspirin-Cancer trial, which began in UK, is the world’s largest
With an aim to check whether aspirin can help stop the return of some cancers, a new clinical trial – largest of its kind – has been launched in the UK starting…
Ovarian tissue transplants appear to be safe and effective, study finds
Ovarian tissue removal, storage and transplant appear to be safe and offer women a good chance of becoming pregnant, a new study has revealed. Largest of its kind, the study saw researchers…
Charities, doctors slam incentives to GPs for lower patient referrals
An investigation by Pulse Magazine has led to a revelation that some GPs in the UK are being offered thousands of pounds to cut the number of patients being sent to hospital…
Aspirin found to improve survival rate in all gastrointestinal cancers
Aspirin is seemingly becoming one of the centerpieces of cancer research with a new study now suggesting that the drug improves survival rates of patients with tumours situated throughout the gastrointestinal (GI)…
Cancer survival improves across Europe, but UK still lags behind the best
Results of EUROCARE 5 are out and according to the findings, cancer survival across Europe has improved a lot, but UK is still behind the best in the game. The report is…
Cancer diagnosis in 4 weeks – government announces new plans
UK lags a lot behind other countries when it comes to survival rates for common cancer and in a bid to change that improve upon the overall cancer fighting strategy, the UK…
Pathway launches first liquid biopsy non-invasive cancer screening test kit
Pathway Genomics has announced the launch of first ever liquid biopsy non-invasive cancer screening test kit for testing cancer in its early stages. Available in two different variants – CancerIntercept Detect and…
Aspirin said to boost cancer immunotherapy effectiveness
Time and again studies have pointed out aspirin as being helpful against cancer and a new study echoes this by showing that aspirin could boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy in cancer patients….