German physicians have successfully used ovarian tissue implants to restore fertility to a 32-year-old cancer survivor who lost her ability to get pregnant after receiving treatments for anal cancer. Knowing the tumor’s close proximity to reproductive organs increased the possibility of infertility, doctors at Erlangen University Hospital removed healthy ovarian tissue from the young woman [...]

Hey I love the book store but, let’s face it, buying a bunch of cancer books can get expensive – especially when you’re a patient with medical expenses to consider. And with chemotherapy, radiation, surgery or lab tests on the schedule, it can be hard to find the time to drive from library to library [...]

The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Ad Council have launched a national ad campaign encouraging men over 40 to take an active role in their own health care. The Real Men Wear Gowns campaign, which was created pro bono by McCann Erickson Detroit, includes [...]

A project led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Santa Cruz is allowing scientists to see individual ribosomes in action for the first time. Ribosomes play an important role in the body by translating the genetic instructions carried by messenger RNA (mRNA). The ability to [...]

If you’ve been reading our journal for a while, you know I’m a big fan of OR-Live, an innovative web site that lets you watch cutting-edge medical procedures from the comfort of your own home. OR-Live covers a wide variety of operations going on around the country and tonight’s will involve a cancer patient. This [...]

A study led by the Methodist Hospital Research Institute indicates extracts from a tropical fungus called Phellinus linteus may combat breast cancer. Methodist Hospital’s results add to previous research suggesting the yellow mushroom is also effective for slowing lung, prostate and skin cancers. Phellinus linteus grows on the bark of mulberry trees and has been [...]

Research conducted by the National Cancer Institute indicates the function of T cells that regulate the body’s immune system is impaired when cancerous tumors are present. Findings from a mouse study reported by the NCI Center for Cancer Research indicate tumors reduce the expression of Treg cells, a specialized subset of T Cells responsible for [...]

Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have begun Phase I clinical trials of a new drug designed to treat myeloproliferative diseases (MPD) that sometimes develop into acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have already used the new drug, an orally-administered compound known as TG101348, to successfully treat chronic blood cancers in [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the recall of two herbal supplements because they contain high levels of aristolochic acid, a potent carcinogen and nephrotoxin found in certain plants and botanicals. Aristolochic acid has been linked with kidney cancer and kidney failure. Both of the carcinogen-containing products, Tou Tong San (Headache Formula) and [...]

Here’s a story from 60 Minutes about a device known as the Kanzius Machine that uses radio waves to destroy cancer cells. Video Enclosure: 60 Minutes Story on Kanzius Machine Developed by retired broadcaster and leukemia patient John Kanzius, the Kanzius Machine works by using a noninvasive radio wave generator to warm nanoparticles within cancer [...]