Cancer

Background The risk of pancreatic cancer, the 4th deadliest cancer for both men and women in the United States, is increased by obesity. Calorie restriction (CR) is a well-known dietary regimen that prevents or reverses…

There’s no end to the wellness benefits of a healthy diet. The right balance of the right foods can help you lose weight, keep your body’s organs and functions working to optimal levels, and even boost your emotional wellbeing, but what…

A new method for analysing cancerous tumours could potentially lead to more accurate cancer treatment while allowing doctors to understand the disease better. A team of researchers in Singapore have come up with a way to magnifying small…

Doctors have warned that having less than two alcoholic drinks a day can increase your risk of developing cancer, after researchers found that even moderate consumption was associated with almost a third of alcohol-related cancers.…

Scientists have often thought that high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is a fallopian tube malignancy masquerading as an ovarian one. Now, a new study has indicated that there is a direct connection, which could help medical wellness…

Cancer treatment can be a gruelling process and some people are so put off by going through it several times that they may choose to decline procedures if tumours return. It's important to chat to cancer specialists about our care because…

The Carolina Hurricanes hosted their St. Baldrick’s head shaving event Tuesday for the fifth straight year at the PNC Arena. The Canes have raised more than $250,000 for cancer research over the past five…

Prima BioMed (ASX:PRR) has appointed three new gynaecological oncology experts to its clinical advisory board to help guide the development of ovarian cancer candidate CVac. Professors Eric Pujade-Lauraine,…

Novogen’s (ASX:NRT) joint venture with Yale University, CanTx, has revealed its lead cancer candidate Trx-1 demonstrated a potent anticancer effect in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. Trx-1 induced an…

Uterine cancer might be in the future of people who have the BRCA1 gene and have had a preventative surgery. A recent study examined 525 women who had the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutated genes that had risk-reducing…

A DRUG company will stop supplying cut-price treatment for pancreatic cancer after the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee rejected a deal to list the medication for a subsidy, forcing desperate patients to shell out more…

A SCUNTHORPE widow has only two more weeks to force a debate in the House of Commons about the illness which killed her husband. Mum-of-one Maggie Watts, 49, has been told she has until Tuesday, April 8 to…

Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. announced today that results from research with its first-in-class Pol I inhibitor, CX-5461, will be presented at the 2014 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting held on…

A BRISTOL cancer charity has teamed up with a national partner to provide a service for women with ovarian cancer. Penny Brohn Cancer Care in Pill is working with Target Ovarian Cancer to provide a unique…

Researchers at the Mitchell Cancer Institute may have discovered an early detection test for a deadly cancer, almost by accident. We're talking about pancreatic cancer, which is often discovered too late.  It is often…

Chief executive of St Vincent’s University Hospital Nicky Jermyn is to step down from the post from next Monday. He told staff today that he was in discussions with the board of the overall St Vincent’s…

A protein engineered to combine a molecule targeting a tumor-cell-surface antigen with another protein that stimulates several immune functions was found to prolong survival in animal models of both ovarian cancer and…

Patients in the north metro have access to new treatments for breast cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer and other malignancies because of a new collaboration between Minnesota…

Glycan-based biomarkers accurately detected epithelial ovarian cancer, suggesting they may have utility as a new diagnostic test, according to study results. “This is one of many papers we’ve done to see if…

An act of cultural defiance nearly 19 years ago has led to the development of a drug that could extend the lives of some cancer patients. The first drug of its kind, Vynfinit uses a homing molecule to target a…

Cancer is often portrayed as an unstoppable, unavoidable disease. People feel scared and helpless at the idea that this devastating illness may strike at any time, and they are powerless to fight against it. The truth is, there are actually…

Global computer company IBM is in the process of creating a supercomputer which will work to fight and treat cancer in patients, in the first commercial programme of its kind to use ‘big data’ to help fight the disease. This initiative is…

It may sound surprising, and counterintuitive, but many cancer patients don’t tell their doctors about pain they’re experiencing from their disease. Eugenie Obbens, MD, acting chief of the Pain and Palliative Care Service at Memorial…

A YOUNG doctor who lost his mother to cancer wants Eurobodalla women to come out in force next month to a plain-English seminar on the issue. Tyson Sheean, 26, was in his fifth year of his medical studies…

A decade ago, Dr. Jackson Orem was the sole oncologist serving 39 million Ugandans at the Uganda Cancer Institute. Today, with a small team of specialists, he brings hope to his patients with late term…

After years of donating her talent to both the old and new hospital, one Fort resident is being comforted by the beauty she worked so hard to create. Anne Stang, 84, is currently being treated for pancreatic…

I talked by phone with Shaye Smith of the Chuck Wagon Gang a few days ago, and she was excited to tell me of an upcoming benefit performance in Shelby next week. The “Chucks” will be participating in a free admission singing for a…

Barry D. Nelkin, PhD, focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of thyroid, pancreatic, and prostate cancers, and developing novel therapies for these diseases. Nelkin, a professor of Oncology at the Sidney…

This cancer is very difficult to treat, it can remain “silent” until it has spread all over the abdomen - it’s very aggressive, the fifth most deadly cancer in the UK Pancreatic cancer has, at last,…

There are many ways to treat your prostate cancer, and a new study has shown why it’s wise to consider all of them. Findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine have shown that, 15 years after surgery or radiation treatment,…