Chemotherapy is extremely valuable in killing cancer cells but also takes surrounding tissue with it.   Micro-scaled photovoltaic devices may one day be used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs…

Stem cell therapies hold promise as a cure for diseases but not without some risk, since faulty regulation of stem cells leads to a huge range of human diseases.   Even before birth, mistakes…

A spunky late 20-something is bringing the breast cancer fight to young people with her Bright Pink organization. Although she's uncomfortable with the word "inspiring," that is just what she and her…

Is cancer a man made disease? Recently there has been considerable increase in cancers and breast cancer has been detected in 3 persons in one locality in a radius of 500 meters. One person was in…

Cancer chemotherapy has been successful in delaying cancer progression but the flip side has been its side effects. Kinases have gained popularity as drug targets but achieving target…

Imagine that a machine draws your blood, screens it for genetic mutations and chemical variations that can cause cancer, and then pops out a drug tailor-made for your DNA. The hypothetical drug would…

Breast cancer affects over 10% of women in Europe, the UK and USA, making it one of the most common cancers. Large population studies such as the Women’s Health Initiative and the Million Women Study…

A new technology can make nanoscale protein measurements - which may mean understanding the effects of therapeutic agents in tumor cells and different cell populations within patients, a key step…

If you are a man aged 55 to 74 years with low baseline blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), you don't need further screening, says a new study in Cancer.   Aggressive…

Metastatic melanoma is a deadly diagnosis - you are, to be frank, screwed. Any glimmer of hope, however murky, is thus latched onto fervently. Unfortunately, cancer treatments aren't a picnic, many…