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. »»»
U.S. and Canadian researchers have taken steps toward developing a gene test to determine whether a patient's lung cancer is especially aggressive or whether radical treatment can be avoided. »»»
Americans, who have been getting fatter for decades, reached an unwelcome milestone in a report released Thursday: More than one in four of us are obese. »»»
Current study results from the report, 'Stress, immunity, and cervical cancer: biobehavioral outcomes of a randomized clinical trial,' have been published. »»»
Breast cancer specialists were alarmed last year when research from the National Cancer Institute revealed mammography use had dropped so sharply that doctors feared a rise in invasive cancers. »»»
TORONTO -- GeneNews Limited, a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, today announced the launch of... »»»
Something felt wrong in Leila Sadat's right breast. The Washington University law professor tried to ignore the nagging worry about a hard spot that mammograms did not detect. »»»
SAN DIEGO -- Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) is more accurate and reliable than other methods of subclinical assessment of lymphedema in breast cancer patients, according to a paper published in the... »»»
DALLAS -- Colon and rectal cancer (colorectal cancer) kill approximately 50,000 people annually and are second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths, yet preventive measures could save many of these... »»»
Using mouse embryonic stem cells, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new method to evaluate which mutations, or changes,... »»»
DALLAS -- Pulmonologists at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas have begun using a new type of bronchoscopy that utilizes global positioning-like technology to generate 3-dimensional images of the far... »»»
HOUSTON -- U.S. medical scientists say an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel growth shows promise in slowing progression of metastatic thyroid cancer. »»»