Researcher aim to 'unmask' cancer cells to trigger body's immune system August 20, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Cancer cells are deadly traitors, good cells gone bad. They evade the body's defense systems, passing themselves off as organisms that pose no threat. | |
Cervical cancer shots less cost-effective with age August 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
(AP) -- An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for women in their 20s, contends a new report. | |
Hair on a man's head offers clues about prostate cancer August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Some of the drugs given to many men during their fight against prostate cancer can actually spur some cancer cells to grow, researchers have found. The findings were published online this week in a pair of papers in the Proceedings ... | |
Women exposed to negative life events at greater risk of breast cancer August 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Happiness and optimism may play a role against breast cancer while adverse life events can increase the risk of developing the disease, according to a study by Professor Ronit Peled, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ... | |
Normalizing tumor vessels to improve cancer therapy August 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Chemotherapy drugs often never reach the tumors they're intended to treat, and radiation therapy is not always effective, because the blood vessels feeding the tumors are abnormal—"leaky and twisty" in the words of the late ... | |
Scientists discover new link in pathway to cancer: hope for drug design August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester scientists have identified an exciting connection between a cell’s extracellular environment and the activity of a signalling pathway molecule that controls the development of organs ... | |
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