Drug treats, prevents breast cancer
Doctors and patients have a new tool to prevent breast cancer: A drug that is already approved for the treatment of the disease.read more
View Article'Amazing' therapy wipes out leukemia in study
Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia - turning the patients' own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells....read more
View ArticleHalf Of Cancer Deaths Preventable: Report
According to a 2000 survey, Americans' worst fear is a cancer diagnosis. One out of every three women and one out of every two men will be diagnosed with cancer in her or his lifetime. It's against...
View ArticleDoctors: Pap remains best test for cervical cancer
There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women. Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's...
View ArticleCancer Diagnosis for Argentine President Was Wrong, Spokesman Says
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner never had thyroid cancer despite being diagnosed with the disease last month, her spokesman said on Saturday.
View ArticleWhy haven't we cured cancer yet? Here's why that's about to change.
It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink, gene therapies, and even a possible vaccine.
View ArticleDrugs may prompt immune system to strike cancer
Medical science efforts to harness the power of the immune system against cancer are beginning to bear fruit after decades of frustration, opening up a hopeful new front in the long battle against the...
View ArticleEvidence grows that stem cells in tumors may fuel cancer's return
How can a cancer come back after it’s apparently been eradicated? Three new studies are bolstering a long-debated idea: that tumors contain their own pool of stem cells that can multiply and keep...
View Article'Quadruple helix' DNA in humans
Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time and wonder if it might provide a target for the development of novel anti-cancer treatments.
View ArticleScientists find treatment to kill every kind of cancer tumor
Researchers might have found the Holy Grail in the war against cancer, a miracle drug that has killed every kind of cancer tumor it has come in contact with, the New York Post reported. The drug works...
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