Scientists in Berlin have pioneered a new "carbon ion therapy" which will fire carbon ions at 73% of the speed of light for the extremely precise treatment of inoperable tumors. »»»
African Americans who have multiple first-degree relatives with colon cancer are less likely than whites with affected relatives to undergo recommended screening procedures, according to a report in... »»»
Physicians who treat women with the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 often remove their patients ovaries to eliminate the source of estrogen they believe fuels cancer growth. »»»
Ovarian cancer doesn't get the kind of attention breast cancer gets. It's not as common, and because survival rates are poor, it does not produce an army of survivors to raise awareness. »»»
WASHINGTON -- A long-term study found that a type of stem cell transplant used for patients with life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma, results in decreased sexual function and... »»»
Nutrients taken from avocados are able to thwart oral cancer cells, killing some and preventing pre-cancerous cells from developing into actual cancers, according to researchers at Ohio State... »»»
COPENHAGEN, Denmark --Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today the initiation of a Phase III study of HuMax-EGFr(TM) (zalutumumab) to treat head and neck cancer in cooperation with the Danish Head and... »»»
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Cavity SpineWand(R), developed by ArthroCare, a multi-business medical device company, has been successfully used in treating patients suffering from spine tumors - clinically... »»»
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bisphenol A, a chemical that leaches into food and beverages from many consumer products, causes normal, non-cancerous human breast cells to express genes characteristic of... »»»
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for peri- and postmenopausal symptoms increases disease recurrence in breast cancer survivors, according to an article published online March 25 in the Journal of... »»»
Introduction Extensive mammographie density reduces the sensitivity of traditional screen-film mammography thus making the detection of breast cancer by this method more difficult1. »»»
The use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during breast cancer surgery increased substantially from 1998 through 2005, according to an article published online March 25 in the Journal of the... »»»