Cancer News, Treatment and Research

Cancer News Topics

• Medical card holders face GP cancer care costs
• Nebraska Company Faces Large Fine for Illegal Asbestos Disposal
• Immune-boosting Antibodies May Help in Lung Cancer Treatment
• Owner of Former Nestle Plant Pled Guilty to Illegally Removing Asbestos
• After Asbestos Remediation, Pieces of Former Casady School in Des Moines Preserved By Habitat Restore
• Asbestos Problems at Hawaii Low-Income Housing Complex
• Executive Director of Hawaii Housing Non-Profit Fired Over Raising Concerns Over Asbestos
• Crizotinib Improves Progression-Free Survival in Some Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
• News From Frontiers In Microbiology, Oncology, Neuroscience
• Woman Forced To Quit Job After Shaving Her Head For Sister
• Local woman starts cancer support group
• NIH scientists find promising biomarker for predicting HPV-related oropharynx cancer
• Reforms speed initiation of NCI-sponsored clinical trials
• Low-Risk Prostate Cancer, Observation Is Safe
• Mathematical Models Being Used In The Fight Against Cancer
• In The Spread Of Cancer, A Developmental Protein Plays A Role
• Process Of Metastasis Explained By ‘Chase And Run’ Cell Movement Mechanism
• Previously Unknown Surveillance Mechanism Used By Cells To Monitor Oxidatively Damaged DNA
• Cells play ‘tag’ to determine direction of movement
• ‘Gene signature’ test diagnoses benign thyroid growths
• Exposure to BPA in developing prostate increases risk of later cancer: Ubiquitous plasticizers may have long-term health effects
• Vitamin D supplementation may delay precocious puberty in girls
• Exposure to low doses of BPA linked to increased risk of prostate cancer in human stem cells
• Medical assessment in the blink of an eye
• Protein essential for normal heart function identified