Designer diet for prostate cancer July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Eating one or more portions of broccoli every week can reduce the risk of prostate cancer, and the risk of localised cancer becoming more aggressive. | |
Death, division or cancer? Newly discovered checkpoint process holds the line in cell division July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it ... | |
Discovery of gene mechanism could bring about new ways to treat metastatic cancer July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells ... | |
Cancer cells revert to normal at specific signal threshold, researchers find July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Cancer starts when key cellular signals run amok, driving uncontrolled cell growth. But scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine report that lowering levels of one cancer signal under a specific threshold ... | |
Higher coffee consumption associated with lower liver cancer risk June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A new large, prospective population-based study confirms an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and liver cancer risk. The study also found that higher levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) in the blood were ... | |
New clinical trial for patients with asbestos-associated lung cancer June 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted ... | |
Faulty DNA repair could be a risk factor for lung cancer in nonsmokers June 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability, according to researchers ... | |
 Marine organisms could hold the secret to reducing cancer June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Research into why a tea derived from an ancient crop from the western Pacific could be responsible for reducing the risk of cancer, is being conducted by Aberdeen experts. | |
 Blue light used to harden tooth fillings stunts tumor growth June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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A blue curing light used to harden dental fillings also may stunt tumor growth, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. | |
Improving understanding of cell behavior in breast cancer June 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The invasion and spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, known as metastasis, is a principal cause of death in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Although patients with early stage, small, breast tumours have ... | |
Wavelets crunch through doctors' day long struggle to diagnose brain tumors June 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Today if doctors devote a full day to analysis and expert thought, they may be able to provide just half a dozen patients with a diagnosis of the precise type of brain tumour they face. Now researchers at the University of ... | |
MIT researchers see alternative to common colorectal cancer drug June 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A compound that accumulates in cells more readily than a commonly used colorectal cancer drug may be just as useful in treating colorectal tumors, but with fewer side effects, MIT researchers have found. | |
'Addicted' cells provide early cancer diagnosis June 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Institute of Food Research have detected subtle changes that may make the bowel more vulnerable to the development of tumours. | |
Researchers show how the brain can protect against cancer June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Scientists have been aware for many years that if cancer patients are not able to deal with the stress associated with being sick, the cancer will progress faster than in calmer patients. To counteract this phenomenon, physicians ... | |
Solid tumor cells not killed by radiation and chemotherapy become stronger June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Because of the way solid tumors adapt the body's machinery to bring themselves more oxygen, chemotherapy and radiation may actually make these tumors stronger. | |
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