This vitamin may help battle deadly brain tumor
In a new study, researchers found that niacin, commonly called vitamin B3, combined with chemotherapy can help immune cells attack glioblastoma (a type of...
How gut bacteria may trigger colon cancer
In a new study, researchers are shedding new light on the way microorganisms that live in the gut can affect the development of colorectal...
Tiny robots could swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors
Tiny biohybrid robots on the micrometer scale can swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors or provide other cargo-carrying functions.
The natural environmental...
Even low levels of air pollution could change gene, increase risks of cancer, heart...
In a new study, researchers raise strong concerns that even short-term exposure to low-level air pollution can affect gene expression, leaving us at risk...
This new blood test can detect wide range of cancers
In a new study, researchers found that a new blood test detected more than 50 types of cancer as well as their location within...
Adding these foods to your daily meals may help prevent cancer
Recent studies have found that a healthy diet can help thwart cancer or reduce the risk of cancer coming back.
Cancer-fighting compounds such as phytochemicals and...
The pros and cons of radiotherapy for cancer: will it work for you?
In a new paper, researchers suggest that women undergoing radiotherapy for many cancers are more likely than men to be cured, but the side...
This study shows a new way to diagnose colon cancer
Currently, the gold standard for detecting colon cancer is through the use of colonoscopies. But such procedures are invasive, uncomfortable and embarrassing for patients.
Because...
Common drugs for inflammation, diabetes, alcoholism may help kill cancer
A recent study from MIT and elsewhere found dozens of non-oncology drugs, including drugs for diabetes, inflammation, alcoholism—and even for treating arthritis in dogs—could...
New drug may prevent cancer therapy from damaging the heart
The commonly used chemotherapy drug doxorubicin can damage the heart muscle, in some cases leading to heart failure.
In a new study, researchers found that...