A recent study investigated the levels of specific DNA fragments in the blood of ovarian cancer patients. The findings could eventually lead to a blood test that can make accurate predictions about tumor size and disease progression. Detecting DNA fragments … Read More »
The results of a phase III clinical trial suggest that light therapy may be an effective, nonsurgical therapy for men with low-risk prostate cancer, after finding that almost half of study participants with the disease went into complete remission after … Read More »
Over the last 25 years, the detection and management of breast cancer has changed significantly. A new analysis shows that, over this period, rates of death to breast cancer have fallen in most of the 47 countries examined. However, it … Read More »
The potential for photodynamic therapy to treat cancer is limited by the fact that light cannot penetrate deep inside tissue. Now, a new approach that uses microwaves to activate nanoparticles could overcome this problem and shows promise as a way … Read More »
The number and severity of side effects that women with breast cancer experience after receiving hormone therapies like tamoxifen are shaped by their expectations. Women expecting to suffer worse and more side effects are found to experience nearly twice as … Read More »
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Cancer is on track to become the leading cause of death in the United States, closing in on heart disease as America’s number one killer, a new … Read More »
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Older stroke victims suffering from anemia — a lack of red blood cells — may have higher odds of dying, researchers report. Among thousands of stroke patients, those … Read More »
According to a longitudinal study published in PLOS Medicine, the longer the duration a woman is overweight or obese, the more at risk they become for several forms of cancer. Being overweight for long periods as an adult significantly increased … Read More »
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2016 (HealthDay News) — The longer a woman is overweight, the higher her risk of several cancers, researchers report. The study, which followed nearly 74,000 U.S. women, found that the longer a … Read More »
Scientists from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge and University College London – both in the United Kingdom – have uncovered key components of HIV, which they believe could lead to new approaches for drugs to … Read More »