Treating a cancerous tumor is like watering a houseplant with a fire hose—too much water kills the plant, just as too much chemotherapy and radiation kills the patient before it kills the tu... Read more
If the results are confirmed in humans, the implications for personalized therapies for other cancers could mean fewer radiation treatments, or perhaps, ideally, one single high-dose treatme... Read more
A new technique for detecting cancer by imaging the consumption of sugar with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been unveiled by UCL scientists. The breakthrough could provide a safer and... Read more
A single antibody could be the key to treating multiple myeloma, or cancer of the blood, currently without cure or long-term treatment. “We tested the antibody in various ways, including on... Read more
Regular use of low-dose aspirin may prevent the progression of breast cancer Regular use of low-dose aspirin may prevent the progression of breast cancer, according to results of a study by... Read more
The specialized telerobotic system “doesn’t take the judgment out of surgeons’ hands, it enhances their capabilities and hopefully gives them surgical superpowers” Although bladder cancer is... Read more
Stanford University scientists have discovered a single drug that has killed or shrunk every kind of cancer tumor it has been used against — a new anti-cancer weapon that some have described... Read more
Tiny particles filled with a drug could be a new tool for treating cancer in the future. A new study published by Swedish scientists in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization shows... Read more
Scientists create nanoscale vehicle to battle cancer without harming healthy cells A tiny capsule invented at a UCLA lab could go a long way toward improving cancer treatment. ... Read more
Seattle’s Presage Biosciences has developed a device which introduces small amounts of different chemotherapy drugs into a patient’s tumor. The tumor is inspected after removal and the... Read more