health - "cancer"

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a novel approach to treating advanced prostate cancer that could be more effective with fewer side effects.

Childhood cancer survivors who are most likely to develop tumours in later life continue to smoke, says research

On the rocky road of cancer research, Indiana State University scientists have made important discoveries.

An organized population-based breast cancer screening program in Norway and an approach to screening that relies on physician- and self-referrals in Vermont are equally sensitive for detecting cancer, ...

The key to a better drug delivery method for cancer patients may be growing all across the Midwest, South Dakota State University research suggests.

UT Southwestern Medical Center gastroenterologists are using a new method to freeze damaged cells in the esophagus, preventing them from turning cancerous. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

Hip bone mineral density may help predict a woman's risk of developing breast cancer after menopause, researchers said in a new study.

Using laboratory and mouse models of human breast cancer, researchers have found that a small molecule capable of targeting specific proteins on the surface of breast cancer cells can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells that migrate to the brain. The small molecule used in the studies was the drug lapatinib (Tykerb), which disrupts an important breast cancer metabolic process called the Her2/neu signaling pathway. Lapatinib inhibits the activation of growth signaling proteins and their signaling pathways as well as cell migration and proliferation. Using the mouse model, the drug reduced the number of brain lesions that resulted from the injection of human cells. The study, which appeared online July 29, 2008, in the 'Journal of the National cancer Institute,' was conducted by researchers at the National cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of health (NIH).

Three cancer specialists in St. John's have decided to resign, their employer confirmed Tuesday.

The mammography screening policy used in the U.S. is equally effective as one used in Europe in detecting breast cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National cancer Institute. The results suggest that the longer screening intervals used by Europeans may be suitable for use in the U.S.