Researchers found AstraZeneca’s lung cancer pill Iressa, or gefitinib, worked far better than chemotherapy in people from East Asia whose tumors had specific mutations in genes for the epidermal growth factor receptor or EGFR.
In another, a Spanish team found that people in Europe whose tumors also had mutations in the EGFR gene were more likely [...]
Cannabinoids, a chemicals in cannabis have been found to fight and stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory. Ines Diaz-Laviada and colleagues from the University of Alcala in Madrid also tested one compound on mice and discovered it produced a significant reduction in tumor growth.
Their research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, [...]
Cancer death rates are declining, especially among younger people, new research shows.
And while cancer is poised to become the number one killer in the United States, topping heart disease, that is because deaths from heart disease have decreased faster than for cancer.
“Older Americans have only experienced decreased [cancer] mortality very recently, but younger Americans have [...]
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer. The study, published by Cell Press in the July 2nd issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, describes exciting preclinical studies in which a new therapeutic approach selectively attacks human cancer [...]
Australian researchers are set to begin human trials of a tiny nano-cell that acts as a “Trojan horse” against cancer cells, a breakthrough they say may curb the need for debilitating chemotherapy.
The technology could eventually allow cancer sufferers to receive treatment as outpatients, rather than being hospitalised for lengthy bouts of chemotherapy, according to the [...]
The anti-cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 percent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, a study has found.
They taste better too, according to scientists at Newcastle University, because more of their sugar is retained.
“Chopping up your carrots increases the surface area so more of the nutrients leach out into the [...]
Vince Palella’s brother got him started on supplements. “His wife is a health food nut,” said Palella, a 76-year-old retired contractor who wanted to atone for years of smoking and lunches that were “more drinking than lunch.”
He subscribed to a chiropractor’s newsletter they recommended. Each issue focused on a topic, such as osteoporosis, and Palella [...]
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have found that an ingredient found in jelly and jam could help prevent the spread of cancer.
They found that pectin – a natural fibre found in fruit and vegetables and widely used in food processing – played a role in fighting the progress of the disease. Lab [...]
ScienceDaily- For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation treatment to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent compared to those who have anti-androgen hormone treatment alone, according to a randomized study presented September 22, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s [...]
BOSTON —Treating abdominal cancers is unusually complicated. Unlike most types of cancers that spread inside internal organs, abdominal cancers tend to grow on the outside of them, said Dr. Martin D. Goodman, a surgical oncologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
So traditional chemotherapy injected intravenously often fails to penetrate tumors in the belly and offers [...]
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