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Arsenic pollution causes health disaster
Over 70 million people in Southern Asia ingest involuntary arsenic through the groundwater. Arsenic poisoning is the reason for many instances of ill-health, including a rising Read more …
Eradiction of H. pylori protects against stomach cancer
Almost all stomach cancers not related to the heart develop from the stomach ulcer causing bug H. pylori. A Japanese study shows that treatment to eradicate the mikrobe reduces Read more …
Multiple-targeted therapies
The next big development in biological targeted therapies for advanced breast cancer will be drugs acting via multiple mechanisms, experts told delegates attending the 1st Asian Read more …
Cancer will kill 7.6 million people this year
A new American Cancer Society report estimates that there will be over 12 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths (about 20,000 cancer deaths a day) worldwide in Read more …
Neuroendocrine Cancer
The collaboration between two companies may pave the way for the development of new therapy options for neuroendocrine tumors: Covidien LTd, a global provider of healthcare Read more …
Finland’s colorectal cancer screening programme
Following the proposal of the European Union to all member states, Finland established a national screening programme for colorectal cancer in 2004. The programme is the first of Read more …
The European Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
The ERSPC is the world’s biggest study of screening of prostate cancer. It involves up to 260,000 men, 220,000 of them in the age group 55-75 years old. Professor Chris Bangma, Read more …
Nanorods of gold blast holes in cancer tumours
USA – Miniscule gold ‘nanorods’ triggered by a laser beam can blast holes in tumour cell membranes, which then activates a complex biochemical mechanism that leads to the tumour Read more …
Oncology
In recent years new imaging procedures have delivered many answers and solutions for oncological diagnostics and therapy.
However, one question could not be answered: Is a
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DNA copying
Researchers have made a significant new discovery about how cells copy their genetic information accurately and efficiently to avoid cancers and other diseases.
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No Link between cell phone use and increased cancer risk
According to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute the widespread concerns of cell phone users about an increased cancer risk are Read more …
Semen can worsen cervical cancer
UK - Cervical cancer could be aggravated by a hormone-like molecule – prostaglandin - found in semen, according to a team of scientists led by Dr Henry Jabbour at the Medical Read more …
New Cancer Drug Hope
AstraZeneca has been collaborating with researchers who detected a potential Aurora B inhibitor.
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Discovered: a new genetic route to skin cancer
UK – A complex chain of molecular triggers involved in the development of malignant melanoma has been unravelled
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