Emory University researchers want to know more about the hormone leptin and how it influences the development of breast cancer. A recent grant from the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation may help them get their answers. Leptin has long been recognized to play an important role in obesity, but new information has also been linking [...]

Researchers at the University of Bonn have completed a five-year study showing MRIs beat standard mammograms for detecting early non-invasive tumors that can eventually turn into breast cancer. The common tumors are known as ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, and they normally form inside the milk duct of the breast. Scientists believe the majority [...]

The Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) has announced plans to open a 22 million dollar Proton Beam Radiation Therapy (PBRT) treatment facility which will be the first one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. PBRT is designed to target tumors that are in close proximity to critical body structures. It is currently used to treat [...]

Congratulations, you’ve got your cancer under control and you’re ready to enjoy your summer vacation in the great outdoors. But there’s a problem. Your cancer treatments have left you with some special clothing needs that aren’t being addressed at the local mall. In the past, finding appropriate attire after a mastectomy, ostomy, or other major [...]

Debate over the safety of aspartame has reignited as a result of a second Italian study linking the artificial sweetener to several cancers in rats. The controversial research, conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation in Bologna, Italy, showed an increased instance of leukemia, lymphoma and renal cancers in a population of Sprague Dawley rats who [...]

Nanotechnology is being used by an Australian team to build mini-cells which can specifically attack malignant cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unaffected. The new cells are about one-fifth the size of a normal cell and can release drugs directly into cancerous tumors. It is hoped that the new technique could be used to treat [...]

If you want to find out more about dangers that could be lurking in your family tree, check out this video from CBS News and the accompanying article about fathers and breast cancer: Source: WCCO-TV Tags: genetic testing detection risk factors mammogram mastectomy

The Canadian Cancer Society is recommending adult Canadians consider adding daily Vitamin D supplements to their diets during the fall and winter months. The CCS’s dosage recommendation of 1000 international units (IU) per day is based on increasing medical evidence showing Vitamin D may reduce a person’s risk for colorectal, breast and prostate cancers. Adults [...]

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 [...]

Researchers from Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Eli Lilly & Company (NYSE: LLY) have discovered a mutation of the AKT1 gene which appears to cause tumor cell proliferation in breast, colorectal, and ovarian cancers. The team identified the altered form of AKT1 by analyzing the molecular features of tumor samples from 150 cancer patients. [...]