Oncology & Cancer Articles & Stories
Way Found to Predict Pancreatic Cancer Survival
If a pancreatic cancer patient has a robust response to chemotherapy and radiation treatment prior to surgery for his cancer, he's far more likely to survive for years afterward than someone who responds poorly, a recent study revealed. Read More
New Lab Test Could Speed Treatment of a Leukemia
A new test appears to give doctors the power to quickly and accurately determine which patients sick with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are resistant to the primary medicine for the condition, thus allowing them to switch the patients to effective treatments, a recent study showed. Read More
Britain OKs New Drug for Low-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Authorities in Britain have approved a new medication for people with so-called indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). It will be used when rituximab, the drug most often used to treat NHL, fails to deter the disease within six months.Two clinical studies have shown that the new medication, Leva... Read More
Thyroid Cancer Risk Rises With Number of Dental X-Rays
As the frequency of dental X-rays increases, so does the incidence of thyroid cancer, a preliminary study conducted in Kuwait has found. The researchers, who published their work in the medical journal Acta Oncologica, said that other factors, such as the increasing sensitivity of diagnostic t... Read More
Pancreatic Cancer Seems to Feed on Fructose
Pancreatic cancer cells need fuel to grow and multiply, and the sugar fructose, an ingredient that has become common in many Western foods, is that fuel, a recent study has found. The scientific investigation, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Research by doctors at the Jonsson Com... Read More
Handling Kidney Cancer With One Tiny Incision
Anti-cancer kidney surgery can now be performed through a single belly-button incision as opposed to the usual six major cuts, doctors said in reports on two recent small studies. Fewer incisions have been shown to produce faster recovery and less pain. Working at the School of Medicine at the... Read More
Compound May Help Fight a Common Leukemia
A substance that specifically disrupts a chemical pathway in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells may hold promise for battling the disorder, a new study revealed. The research, published recently in the journal Blood, found that a substance called CAL-101 wreaks havoc in several chemical ... Read More
3 Genes Found Linked to Testicular Cancer
A genetic study on thousands of men in Britain found three genes that seem to indicate a greater risk for testicular cancer, opening the way to possible earlier detection and even prevention of the disorder. The research was led by the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and included the Wellco... Read More
Marijuana Smoking, Testicular Cancer Found to Be Linked
Up to 70 percent more marijuana smokers develop the most aggressive form of testicular cancer than do those who have no such history, a study revealed.The research linked the higher cancer risk especially with the most frequent and long-term smokers, who had about a 100 percent higher risk of ... Read More
Small Trial Proves Mesothelioma Vaccine Safe, Effective
A vaccine against the asbestos-caused lung cancer mesothelioma has been shown to be safe and to induce an anti-tumor response in patients' immune systems, a small study has shown. The vaccine takes a patient's own dendritic cells (DCs), which are part of the human immune system, and sensitizes... Read More
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