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A new brief communication published online February 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute says that fewer prostate cancers were detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA)...  Read more

Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a bone tumor of unknown cellular origin that affects children and young adults. The protein CD99 is highly expressed in most cases of EWS, but its function in the ...  Read more

A team of researchers, led by Pier Paolo Pandolfi, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, has identified a new type of cellular senescence (i.e., irreversible arrest of cell growth...  Read more

A study published online on February 8 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (www.jem.org) reports that several distinct mutations found in a subset o...  Read more

A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, finds a study released Tuesday.

Women who take the mood drug paroxeti...  Read more

Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have discovered that in the absence of a personal history of breast cancer, most women do not take tamoxifen to prevent its onset.  Read more

People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of getting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.

Researchers collected data on the...  Read more

Scientists at Rice University have come up with a new technique to isolate cancer cells and destroy them with tiny explosions.

They used lasers to make "nanobubbles" by ...  Read more

Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): A new research has shown that prostate cancer cells are more likely to spread to other parts of the body if a specific gene quits functioning normally.

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A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health says that increased intake of folate may help protect women, but not men, from the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

R...  Read more