Researchers in Sweden have found that women with endometriosis have a 37 percent greater chance of developing ovarian cancer than women in the general population, regardless of the number of times they have given birth. Additionally, they have documented an increased rate of malignant melanoma, endocrine and brain tumors, and kidney, breast and thyroid cancers [...]

On-line conversations continue on the subject of Ted Koppel‘s feature documenting how his producer and friend, Leroy Sievers, has been dealing with his struggle against cancer. Leroy was originally diagnosed with colon cancer which later returned as metastatic brain cancer. If you’d like to learn more about Leroy’s story, take a look at this collection [...]

The key to developing the world’s first drug treatment for brain tumors may be hiding inside of the Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens). Scientists from the University of Bath UK and the Alfacell Corporation (NASDAQ: ACEL) have produced a synthetic version of a molecule which is found naturally in the egg cells of the frog. [...]

Researchers at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital are starting to understand how certain genes may play an important role in preventing the brain cancer medulloblastoma, a cancer of the cerebellum which accounts for approximately 20 percent of childhood brain tumors. Their study demonstrated how the Brca2 gene performs critical functions in developing nervous systems by [...]