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New drug targeting genetic weakness could become first treatment for childhood brain cancer

A new type of drug that targets a genetic weakness in an untreatable childhood brain cancer could become the first ever treatment designed to target the disease.

9 May 2019

AI can predict breast cancer risk up to 5 years before diagnosis

A team of researchers at MIT have developed an AI model that can predict breast cancer from mammogram images up to five years before a diagnosis can be made by doctors.

9 May 2019

Promising radioisotope couple for cancer diagnosis and therapy

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in ACS Omega a promising combination of radioisotope-carrying molecules for use in radiotheranostics — a diagnosis-and-treatment approach based on the combination of medical imaging and internal radiation therapy with radioactive elements.

9 May 2019

Why you should include natural sources of fiber in your diet

Like bad fats" and "good fats", carbohydrates can also be segregated into "bad carbs" and "good carbs" depending on their sugar levels and fiber content.

9 May 2019

FRAX tool useful in breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors

The FRAX® tool takes into account certain factors to determine the risk of bone fracture in the general population.

9 May 2019

Biomarker may help identify prostate cancer patients at increased risk of metastasis

For about 90 percent of men with prostate cancer, the cancer remains localized to the primary site, resulting in a five-year survival rate of almost 100 percent.

9 May 2019

Study reveals increased risk of cancer, early death in young patients with inflammatory bowel disease

A new study revealed an increased risk of cancer and early death in individuals who developed inflammatory bowel disease-including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD)--during childhood.

9 May 2019

Study: Type 2 diabetes linked to elevated risk of several cancers

A new Journal of Diabetes study from China, which has the highest number of people with diabetes among all countries, found that type 2 diabetes was linked with an elevated risk of 11 types of cancer in men and 13 types of cancer in women.

9 May 2019

Statin use before or after colorectal cancer diagnosis linked with lower risk of premature death

Use of statins before or after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer was linked with a lower risk of premature death, both from cancer and from other causes, in a Cancer Medicine analysis of published studies.

9 May 2019

Small molecule drug may help overcome ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphona

A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated how a small molecule drug discovered at the institution may help overcome resistance to treatment with ibrutinib in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

9 May 2019

Study could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer

Oncologists may soon have an accurate and inexpensive way of differentiating between types of ovarian cancer that will improve how patients are treated, thanks to findings from a national research study co-led out of the University of Alberta.

8 May 2019

Mining microbial treasures from human-made noxious sites

Filled with a noxious brew of copper, cadmium and arsenic, with a pH rivaling that of sulfuric acid, Montana's Berkeley Pit seems inhospitable to life.

8 May 2019

Genomics study reveals five genes linked to treatment resistance in prostate cancer

A new genomics study has found that men are three times more likely to die from prostate cancer if they possess mutations the retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) gene.

8 May 2019

New study pinpoints better strategies to stem arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh

In what has been called "the largest mass poisoning of a population in history," some 40 million people in Bangladesh are drinking water that contains unsafe levels of arsenic.

8 May 2019

ComPARe project provides comprehensive estimate of preventable cancer burden in Canada

We know that there are many ways in which cancer can be prevented, but how many cancers can we prevent? And what do we have to do to really have an impact on reducing the burden of this disease? A special issue of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, responds to these questions, showcasing results from the Canadian Population Attributable Risk of Cancer project—the most comprehensive, up-to-date estimate of the preventable burden of cancer in Canada.

8 May 2019

Many of the symptoms for IBS could actually be undiagnosed celiac disease

National charity Celiac UK, is calling on greater awareness of the similarity of symptoms and urges anyone with IBS to ask their GP for a celiac disease blood test, if they have not already had one.

8 May 2019

Scientists propose new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to damaged blood vessels

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University with colleagues from Great Britain Germany, China, and Switzerland have proposed a new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to the damaged areas of the blood vessels.

8 May 2019

Inhibition of ribosome biogenesis as new treatment strategy for advanced cancers

Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study from Uppsala University shows that a process that allows the cells to metastasize is aided by the synthesis of new ribosomes, the cell components in which proteins are produced.

8 May 2019

Human iPSCs make more tiny 'cargo packets' to deliver cellular aging therapies

Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells, make tiny "cargo packets" able to deliver potentially restorative or repairing proteins, antibodies or other therapies to aged cells.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 8 May 2019

Computer game can train players to eat less sugar

More than half of American adults consume excess added sugars, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

8 May 2019

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New drug targeting genetic weakness could become first treatment for childhood brain cancer

AI can predict breast cancer risk up to 5 years before diagnosis

Promising radioisotope couple for cancer diagnosis and therapy

Why you should include natural sources of fiber in your diet

FRAX tool useful in breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors

Biomarker may help identify prostate cancer patients at increased risk of metastasis

Study reveals increased risk of cancer, early death in young patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Study: Type 2 diabetes linked to elevated risk of several cancers

Statin use before or after colorectal cancer diagnosis linked with lower risk of premature death

Small molecule drug may help overcome ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphona

Study could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer

Mining microbial treasures from human-made noxious sites

Genomics study reveals five genes linked to treatment resistance in prostate cancer

New study pinpoints better strategies to stem arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh

ComPARe project provides comprehensive estimate of preventable cancer burden in Canada

Many of the symptoms for IBS could actually be undiagnosed celiac disease

Scientists propose new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to damaged blood vessels

Inhibition of ribosome biogenesis as new treatment strategy for advanced cancers

Human iPSCs make more tiny 'cargo packets' to deliver cellular aging therapies

Computer game can train players to eat less sugar

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Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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