Newfound effect of cancer drug may expand its use
A drug first designed to prevent cancer cells from multiplying has a second effect: it…
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Melanoma research breakthrough gives hope to treatment
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Can a dying patient be a healthy person?
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University and James W Lynch, University of Florida The news was bad.…
Programming anti-tumoural bacteria
Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumours and activated…
This new treatment could make pancreatic cancer a manageable disease
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An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
Studies abound that point to a role for plain old aspirin in keeping deadly cancers…
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue more likely to develop contralateral disease
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue have almost a two-fold increased risk of developing…
Non-profit drug development could cut cost of cancer medicines
Universities should work with new forms of commercial partner to take their own cancer drugs…
Researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have quantified the numbers of various types of immune cells associated…