Heavy alcohol consumption is more damaging than cigarette smoking as far as the development of oral cancer is concerned, according to a Pretoria academic.
18 May 2012 11:36
Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has opened the first trial of a new drug combination in patients with advanced solid tumours and in a subset of patients who have non-small cell
lung cancer. This trial will combine two compounds that aim to starve the tumours while simultaneously blocking cancer cell growth.
17 May 2012 16:27Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a protein that transports sodium, potassium and chloride may hold clues to how glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest type of brain cancer, moves and invades nearby healthy brain tissue.
10 May 2012 15:50The results of a large Cancer Research UK trial have set a new gold standard for treating thyroid cancer, reducing radiation doses to just one third of the current level, according to research in The New England Journal of Medicine.
3 May 2012 17:56
An experimental drug that blocks an essential cell protein could be used to treat
Wilms' tumour, a childhood cancer that affects the kidneys.
24 Apr 2012 14:41
Local molecular biotechnology firm, DNAlysis Biotechnology announced the availability of South Africa's first oestrogen metabolism gene test last week, 18 April 2012. The test will identify 12 gene variations involved in oestrogen metabolism and detoxification in women, a significant contribution in the prevention of breast cancer.
23 Apr 2012 17:43Bladder cancer patients given low doses of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy were nearly 50% less likely to relapse with the most lethal form of the disease compared to those given radiotherapy alone, a
major trial funded by Cancer Research UK showed Wednesday, 18 April 2012.
20 Apr 2012 16:21TOKYO, JAPAN: A Japanese study Wednesday, 11 April 2012, said regular seaweed consumption among post-menopausal women heightened their risk of developing thyroid cancer, linking it to iodine in the macrobiotic food.
13 Apr 2012 15:06Deaths from womb (uterine) cancer have risen by nearly 20% in the last decade, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK last week.
10 Apr 2012 13:35
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a promising new approach to treat a type of
myeloid leukaemia - a cancer with limited treatment options and relatively poor survival, according to research published in
Cancer Cell last week.
5 Apr 2012 07:14WASHINGTON, USA: Chinese women who ate cabbage, broccoli and leafy greens saw improved survival rates after breast cancer than women who did not eat these cruciferous vegetables, said a US study presented on Tuesday.
5 Apr 2012 07:07WASHINGTON, USA: Eating a portion of processed red meat daily can boost a person's risk of dying young by up to 20%, said a long-running US study of more than 120,000 people released on Monday, 12 March 2012.
13 Mar 2012 12:46
Durban shopping centres contributed to the annual CANSA drive with Shavathons, raising R17 931 at four centres in and around the city on Saturday 3 March 2012. Members of the public were able to shave their hair, or have it sprayed with brightly coloured hairspray, for a donation of R50, with children under 12 years donating R25 to support cancer sufferers and their families.
8 Mar 2012 14:39
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Taking a sample from just one part of a tumour may not give a full picture of its 'genetic landscape', according to a landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week. 15 Mar 2012 16:24
