ECCO 2017: Diabetes or its rapid deterioration can be an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer
Patients and their doctors should be aware that the onset of diabetes, or a rapid…
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Lung cancer patients with anxiety, depression die sooner
Patients who experience anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer are more…
Can cancer research findings be replicated? It’s complicated
The Center for Open Science, headed by University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek, has…
The yin-yang of cancer and infectious disease
Doctors have had great success using vaccines to boost the immune system to fight infectious…
New biomarker allows better prediction of survival for patients with colorectal metastases
Liver metastases are formed from cancer cells that have originated in other organs and migrated…
Natural compound found in herbs and vegetables could improve treatment of triple-negative breast cancer in women
Triple-negative breast cancers, which comprise 15 to 20 percent of all breast tumours, are a…
Almost 1 in 2 US men could have a genital HPV infection, study finds
US men who haven’t been vaccinated for genital HPV (human papillomavirus) infection, are being encouraged…
Physical activity linked to longer survival in advanced colorectal cancer
A new analysis suggests that people with metastatic colorectal cancer who are more physically active…
Prolonged exposure to work-related stress thought to be related to certain cancers
For men, prolonged exposure to work-related stress has been linked to an increased likelihood of…
TCGA study identifies genomic features of cervical cancer
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel genomic and molecular…