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Molecules Generated That Can Halt Metastasis of Colon Cancer
February 18, 2013 Medical researchers have managed to halt the progress of colon cancer and its metastasis in the liver in an experimental model with mice. This advance, that may open a new path for the future ... > full story -
Alcohol Consumption Is a Leading Preventable Cause of Cancer Death in U.S., Experts Say
February 14, 2013 Researchers have shown that alcohol is a major contributor to cancer deaths and years of potential life lost. These findings also show that reducing alcohol consumption is an important cancer ... > full story -
Colon Cancer Exhibits a Corresponding Epigenetic Pattern in Mice and Humans
February 7, 2013 The epigenetic investigation of mice can as a result contribute to early diagnosis of cancer in ... > full story -
Blood Vessel Cells Coax Colorectal Cancer Cells Into More Dangerous State
February 1, 2013 Blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to tumors can also deliver something else - a signal that strengthens nearby cancer cells, making them more resistant to chemotherapy, more likely to ... > full story -
How Cancer Cells Rewire Their Metabolism to Survive
January 31, 2013 Many scientists have tried killing tumors by taking away their favorite food, a sugar called glucose. Unfortunately, this treatment approach not only fails to work, it backfires--glucose-starved ... > full story -
Rice-Cell Cocktail Tough on Cancer Cells, Nice to Normal Cells
January 22, 2013 In lab tests, juice from rice cells knocked out two kinds of human cancer cells as well or better than the potent anti-cancer drug Taxol. Plus, it did something extra: it left normal cells ... > full story -
New Drug Protects Against Side Effects of Chemotherapy
January 22, 2013 A drug developed in Sweden protects against the side effects of cancer treatments while strengthening the effects on the tumor. An international drug evaluation is now starting up on a larger group ... > full story -
As Colorectal Cancer Gets More Aggressive, Treatment With Grape Seed Extract Is Even More Effective, Study Shows
January 17, 2013 When the going gets tough, grape seed extract gets going: A new study shows that the more advanced are colorectal cancer cells, the more GSE inhibits their growth and survival. On the other end of ... > full story -
Potential New Treatment for Gastrointestinal Cancers Discovered
January 17, 2013 Researchers have identified a complex of proteins that promotes the growth of some types of colon and gastric cancers, and shown that medications that block the function of this complex have the ... > full story -
Cancer Mortality Down 20 Percent from 1991 Peak
January 17, 2013 An annual report from the American Cancer Society finds as of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance ... > full story
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