The researchers at Auckland University have developed a gene-based mouth swab test to predict the risk of lung cancer among smokers. The new testing technology has been developed from research carried out by Associate Professor Robert Young and Auckland University colleagues. The test called ...

The researchers at Queensland University in Australia have developed a cancer drug that will not cause hair lose. The dreaded disease of cancer is usually treated by using radiotherapy or chemotherapy and even surgery. The application of radiotherapy or chemotherapy cause side effects like hair ...

A scientist at the University of New South Wales named Sarah Ongeley has revealed that the drug used for the treatment of schizophrenia may help to fight cancer. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterised by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality. Ongeley stated that ...

A new study by Australian researchers has revealed that moderate kidney disease can increase the risk for cancers of the lung and the urinary tract. The research team led by Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia has found out that chronic kidney disease among older people can trigger the risk ...

According the researchers of the University of Cornell in Ithaca, the extracts from apple fruit can combat breast cancer. The team of researchers have conducted their study on rats and found that apple extract considerably retarded the growth of adenocarcinomadefine tumors in rats. This type of ...

US Scientists have used fruit fly Drosophila to study dreaded brain tumours. The scientists have transformed the fruit fly into a lab model to study malignant brain tumours like gliomas. While explaining the reason to pick fruit fly Drosophila as lab model, the researchers explained that the ...

According to a research study, consumption of aspirin tablets may considerably reduce the risk of developing stomach cancer. The researchers further claimed that taking a tablet once a week could cut the risk by almost half. The study published in the British Journal of Cancer included about ...

The researchers at UK have claimed that tadpoles may help to develop new cancer treatment drugs. The scientist team led by Dr Grant Wheeler of the University of East Anglia's School of Biological Sciences conducted its research on tadpoles of frog species called Xenopus Laevis. Such species of frog ...

The Canadian scientists have thrown new light on cancer treatment by identifying new cellular mechanism that kills cancer cells and cells infected by hepatitis and herpes viruses. The discovery is expected to give new dimension to the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases. According to the ...

The research team led by Indian American professor, Inder Verma has developed a versatile mouse model of glioblastoma cancer, which is one of the most common brain cancers. A professor in the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute, Verma informed that the mouse models of human ...

The researchers at the University of California have opined that consumption of broccoli can reduce the risk of breast cancer among women. The study showed that compounds in broccoli restrict the growth of tumor cells. It is quite interesting to note that the compound called Sulforaphane (SFN) ...

A study published today (20th December) in the December issue of the European medical journal ‘Anticancer Research’ demonstrates that an ingredient used in a common cough suppressant may be useful in treating advanced prostate cancer.
 
Researchers found that noscapine, which has ...

In a latest study, the researchers at Vanderbilt University have found that the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin is significantly associated with lower PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels and may drop the prostate cancer risk.
The research was conducted upon 1,277 ...

According to a new study, frequent urination during night can reduce the risk of occurrence of bladder cancer. The researcher of University of Huelva, Juan Alguacil stated that accumulation of carcinogenic agents in urine increases the risk of balder cancer. As result, the urine is supposed to be ...

A new research shows that consuming caffeine-laden foods does not appear to boost breast cancer risk. According to the research carried out by department of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, caffeine does not appear to be associated with overall risk of ...

Researchers in Detroit claim that their breast cancer vaccine delivers a cancer-fighting gene into cells which fights against tumors. Mentionably, the researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit were developing experimental breast cancer vaccine, and they reached on to the conclusion that it ...

Scientists from Queensland University and Duke University in the United States have identified the origin of the most malignant type of brain tumour. The discovery accordingly is expected to provide a new hope for developing better therapies against the cancer. The discovery says that some stem ...

According to a latest study, Australian pop singer and actress Kylie Minogue's breast cancer has triggered a 30 percent surge in breast imaging of low risk women. Screening tests increased by almost a third in women aged between 25 and 44, in the six months following her diagnosis in 2005. Study ...

Smokers can considerably reduce the risk of acquiring lung cancer by merely eating three servings of fruits and vegetables everyday and by drinking green or black tea. Published in the ‘Cancer’ journal, the study has found that tobacco smokers who ingest high levels of natural ...

According a study done by Cambridge University, an ingredient of baking soda which is part of human body could be used to detect cancer through MRI. The study has been published in the recent issue of science magazine 'Nature'. According to the researchers normally the human body has a system ...

The study done on more than one thousand patients who have stage IV cancer, were given either platinum-based chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy plus Erbitux showed elongation of life for about five weeks. Dr. Karen Reckamp, an assistant professor of medicine at City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, ...

Dr. Davaasambuu Ganmaa of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts has revealed that there is no association between coffee and tea consumption and the risk of breast cancer. The decade long study claims that it is a myth that coffee and tea elevate the risk of breast cancer. ...

Experts in New York have suggested a new way to tackle brain tumors by attacking a virus often found in the glioblastomas cancer. The current surgical treatments for glioblastomas owing to the tumors deep position in the brain carry a significant risk of brain damage. The new technique which may ...

According to the report compiled by researcher Dr. Michelle A. Anderson, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan, the intake of beer lowered the age of developing pancreatic cancer most in comparison to intake of wine and any other hard liquor. As has been believed, smoking ...

According to University of Rochester Medical Center research report, vitamin D protects the healthy cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer. It does so by stimulating a specific gene to increase expression of an important enzyme in the body. Yi Fen Lee, associate professor of ...

As per a new Australian study, drinking of alcohol even in moderate quantity can augment the possibility of one developing cancer of the breast, bowel, throat, mouth and so on.  The report of this study was released by the Cancer Institute of New South Wales recently and it stated that having ...

If the country does not put a mechanism for detection of breast cancer, it can become an epidemic in India in another 10 years from now, Umberto Vernesi, the father of modern breast cancer surgery said. He has been conducting research on cancer for more than 50 years now and has more than 500 ...

A study undertaken in the US has revealed that the consumption of eggs can help prevent breast cancer. Choline, an essential nutrient found in food items such as eggs, is believed to reduce the risk of breast cancer by about 24 per cent. The consumption of choline by women of child-bearing age is ...

Why some smokers develop lung cancer and others do not depends on the genetic difference in people, reports a recent study conducted by scientists. Three distinct teams from France, Iceland and the United States have conducted the study. They have concluded saying it is the specific genome region ...