A new research has established that women who were exposed to higher levels of the pesticide DDT in utero were at four times greater risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer in…
Tag: Cancer
Avocados could help beat acute myeloid leukemia, researchers say
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is considered a devastating disease as it proves fatal in 90 per cent of the seniors who contract the disease. There are few drug treatments available for the…
Aspirin may block growth of breast cancer tumours
Aspirin, which has already been laboratory tested as being a cancer tumour growth inhibitor in case of colon, gastrointestinal, prostate, and other cancers, has proved its mettle once again by effectively blocking…
Scientists may have found brain tumor stem cells’ Achilles’ heel
Doctors and medical professionals will know how hard it is to treat some brain tumours – even if they are surgically removed, zapped by radiation or infiltrated by chemotherapy drugs, they find…
Breast cancer breakthrough could pave way for therapies that could cull its spread
Researchers have discovered a trigger that allows breast cancer cells to spread to the lungs and this breakthrough means that scientists could possibly cull its spread through development of new therapies. Scientists…
Pfizer’s Ibrance shows huge promise in phase 3 trial
Pfizer has revealed results of phase 3 PALOMA-3 study wherein it said that palbociclib in combination with fulvestrant showed promising results and was superior to treatment with a standard of care by…
AstraZeneca, Lilly collaborate for immuno-oncology combination clinical trial in solid tumours
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) have revealed about their collaboration for clinical trials to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of AstraZeneca’s investigational anti-PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, MEDI4736, in combination…
Study blames delays in referrals for lower cancer survival in UK
An international study from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) – a collaboration between six countries from around the world with similar health care systems has blamed delays in referrals by GPs…
Genetically engineered herpes virus capable of halting skin cancer
Phase III of a viral immunotherapy wherein genetically engineered herpes virus were used against skin cancer has shown promising results with the herpes virus able to halt the progression of skin cancer…
Genomic landscape of prostate cancer reveals ‘clinically actionable’ mutations
A trans-Atlantic involving researchers and institutions from US and UK has led to creation of a genomic landscape of advanced prostate cancer and the discovery that many patients may carry some type…
Cancer drug efficacy increased using device that unboiled the egg
Researchers in Australia have used the vortex fluidic device – the same device using which researchers unboiled an egg – to produce a four-fold increase in efficacy of carboplatin, a commonly used…
Discovery could lead to prostate cancer cure
Researchers could have discovered ‘clinically actionable’ mutations after creating a comprehensive map of genetic mutations within lethal prostate cancer that have spread across the body in one of the largest studies of…
Study: Breast density should not be the sole criterion for supplemental screening
In a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine researchers have suggested that supplemental imaging may not be necessary for all women with dense breasts on mammography and that breast density…
Number of people dying in hospices in UK nearly doubled in two decades
Hospices in England have been playing an important role in end-of-life care of Britons specifically those suffering from cancer, but a new study has revealed that the demographics of deaths in hospices…
Researchers capture video of cytotoxic T cells hunting down, eliminating cancer cells
Researchers have captured a dramatic and stunning video of our body’s ‘serial killers’ – cytotoxic T cells – as they hunt down and eliminate cancer cells before moving on to their next…