Studied for decades for their essential role in making proteins within cells, several amino acids known as tRNA synthetases were recently found to have an unexpected - and critical - additional role in cancer metastasis in a study conducted collaboratively in the labs of Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D...
Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site a more inviting target, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine. A common substance used in many...
New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative - and that the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast...
A lifelong diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can inhibit growth of breast cancer tumours by 30 per cent, according to new research from the University of Guelph. The study, published recently in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, is believed to be the first to provide unequivocal evidence...
Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine), a new medication for the treatment of HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA. Metastatic, also known as late-stage, means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. HER2, a protein...
Brigham Young guard Craig Cusick learned his father had been diagnosed with cancer just a few hours before playing in an in-state grudge match against Utah State on Tuesday night.
Cusick was able to end an emotional day with a smile on his face being mobbed by teammates after he grabbed an...
Triple-negative breast cancers are more biologically diverse than previously believed and classification should be expanded to reflect this heterogeneity, according to University of North Carolina researchers...
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On Thursday afternoon, the NBA world received some bad news. Dr. Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979, has spent time in intensive care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as he receives treatment for cancer. Although Dr. Buss has taken on fewer responsibilities in recent...
A Basque research consortium has managed to stop the development of colon cancer and its liver metastasis in an experimental model using mice. This breakthrough, which could open new avenues for the future treatment of these pathologies, has been achieved by creating molecules that interfere...
An anti-copper drug compound that disables the ability of bone marrow cells from setting up a "home" in organs to receive and nurture migrating cancer tumor cells has shown surprising benefit in one of the most difficult-to-treat forms of cancer -- high-risk triple-negative breast cancer. The...
Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for genitourinary cancers were released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 14-16, 2013, at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL...
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A compound that stimulates the production of a tumor-fighting protein may improve the usefulness of the protein in cancer therapy, according to a team of researchers. TRAIL is a natural anti-tumor protein that suppresses tumor development during immune surveillance -- the immune system's process...
Proton therapy evaluated as a treatment option Radiation oncologists from some of the country's leading cancer centers will meet in Phoenix later this week to discuss the appropriate use of proton beam therapy in the treatment of breast cancer. Proton therapy is a highly precise form of...
Cancer cells need food to survive and grow. They're very good at getting it, too, even when nutrients are scarce. Many scientists have tried killing cancer cells by taking away their favorite food, a sugar called glucose. Unfortunately, this treatment approach not only fails to work, it...
My new girlfriend's mom has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is going through chemo, and I don't know how to say hello to her. My go to for any other situation is normally "Hey, how are you?"
I feel like that is an inappropriate and impersonal greeting. Also I don't want to go...
Remember when we wrote about the woman who petitioned Victoria's Secret to make comfortable, pretty bras for mastectomy survivors? Well, it looks like the company is actually going to do it. More »
Thanks To Petition, Victoria’s Secret Might Actually Make Bras For Breast Cancer Survivors is a...
Fran Drescher received two Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of the lovable ‘Miss Fine' on the CBS hit series, The Nanny, a show she also created, and executive produced. An accomplished film actress, Fran won Esquire Magazine's Five Minute Oscar for her memorable...