Novel Therapeutic Agent Could Be Effective for Treating Cancers With Certain Gene Mutations
Mount Sinai Health System via News-Medical – Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a biological pathway…
New Discovery Could Yield a Potential New Treatment for Breast Cancer
Geisinger Health System via News-Medical – A discovery by a team of researchers, led by a Geisinger professor, could yield a potential new treatment for breast…
Study Shows New Links Between High Fat Diets and Colon Cancer
Arizona State University via EurekAlert – For decades, physicians and dieticians have urged people to limit their intake of high fat foods, citing links to poor…
Protein in Prostate Cancer May Inhibit Tumor Growth
University of Georgia via EurekAlert – Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, according to the American Cancer Society. It’s also one of…
Research From Roswell Park and Kaiser Permanente Supports Vitamin D Supplementation for Breast Cancer Patients
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center via Newswise – BUFFALO, N.Y. — The joint Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center/Kaiser Permanente Northern California team behind a new study…
Researchers to Develop New Technology to Detect and Remove Cancer Tumors
University of Warwick via News-Medical – New technology that will marry probes that can detect cancer tumors through the skin with high-precision robotic surgery is to…
Tomato Sauce Put to the Test for Prostate Cancer
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato sauce every day…
Lycopene Supplements Put to the Test
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – High doses of lycopene—the red pigment in tomatoes—were put to the test to see if it could prevent…
Are Avocados Associated with Greater Risk or Reduced Risk of Cancer?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Avocado consumption can improve artery function, but what effect might guacamole have on cancer risk? In my last…
Daily Intake of Two or More Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Associated with Higher Bowel Cancer Risk
BMJ via News-Medical – Drinking two or more daily sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood is linked to a doubling in the risk of bowel cancer before the…
Scientists Discover How to Trick Cancer Cells to Consume Toxic Drugs
Massachusetts General Hospital via EurekAlert – BOSTON – New research led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost…
Skin Cancer Diagnosis Is About to Undergo a Revolution
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – When Ofir Aharon was finishing his PhD in electro-optics engineering, his mother was diagnosed with melanoma, a serious form of skin…
Scientist Develops Instant Non-Invasive Cancer Detection Tech
Jon Schiller via Israel21c – An innovative optical technology that can instantly and non-invasively detect and distinguish between different types of skin cancer has been developed…
Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – What does the world’s leading authority on carcinogens have to say about mobile phones? Do cell phones cause…
Can Cell Phone Radiation Damage Your DNA?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Do mobile phones cause brain tumors? Whenever a trillion-dollar industry is involved—whether it’s Big Food, Big Tobacco, Big…