Scientists find a new drug to stop brain tumor growth
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine found a drug that inhibits the growth of the most aggressive meningiomas and how to most accurately identify which meningiomas...
Scientists find a new way to treat deadly brain tumors
Scientists from the University of Surrey found that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devasting forms...
Screening before age 50 can strongly cut colon cancer risk
Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital found that screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in women before the age of 50 can strongly reduce the risk...
Better check your bowels: Screening for colon and rectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death nationwide. But it can usually be cured when caught early.
Screening tests like colonoscopy can save...
Dairy food linked to higher risk of cancer
Scientists from the University of Oxford and elsewhere found dairy products are linked to increased cancer risk.
The research is published in BMC Medicine and...
Drug combo could effectively treat this colon cancer
Scientists from the Case Western Reserve University found that combining two cancer drugs can be effective in treating a specific type of colorectal cancer.
The...
How to get ahead of head and neck cancer
Many symptoms of head and neck cancer are hard to miss—a lump in the neck, persistent hoarseness, a mouth sore that doesn't heal—which is...
Fasting-mimicking diet plus vitamin C may help fight hard-to-treat cancers
Scientists from the USC Longevity Institute and elsewhere found that vitamin C combined with a fasting-mimicking diet may help fight against some hard-to-treat cancers.
They...
People need to improve diet to prevent colon cancer, study shows
Scientists from Mayo Clinic suggest that early-onset colon cancer, defined as being diagnosed when younger than 50, continues to steadily increase in the U.S....
Why is deadly brain cancer glioblastoma so difficult to treat?
Brain cancers, in general, present many challenges when it comes to treatment.
The blood–brain barrier is the most significant factor working against us, because it...