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Researchers link gene expression patterns of normal tissue to breast cancer...

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Breast tissue surrounding tumors could be used to gauge future survival outcomes for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, a study led by University...

Global economic downturn linked with at least 260,000 excess cancer deaths

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The researchers found that increases in unemployment were associated with increased mortality from all the cancer types included in the study. The association was...

Harnessing the ‘Natural Killer’ within us to fight cancer

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Our bodies are constantly and successfully fighting off the development of cells that lead to tumours -- but when there is disruption to this...

Fighting cancer with the help of someone else’s immune cells

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A human T-cell.Credit: NIH A new step in cancer immunotherapy: researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute and University of Oslo/Oslo University Hospital show that even...

‘Sunscreen’ gene may help protect against skin cancer

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A new USC-led study identified a "sunscreen" gene that may help stave off skin cancer. The researchers found that the "UV radiation Resistance Associated Gene"...

Immune cells help reverse chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer

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T cells (red) attack ovarian cancer cells (green).Credit: University of Michigan Health System Inside each ovarian tumor, there are good cells and bad cells. A...

Can a healthy lifestyle prevent cancer?

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The authors of a new study suggest about 20 percent to 40 percent of cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths could potentially...

Cancer-fighting properties of horseradish revealed

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Horseradish contains cancer-fighting compounds known as glucosinolates. Glucosinolate type and quantity vary depending on size and quality of the horseradish root. For the first...

Experimental therapy halts treatment-resistant brain tumors in mouse model

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In this microscopic image, brain cells from adult mice are shown expressing the protein Olig2 (shown in red). Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical...

Antibody appears to attack cancer cells, leaving other cells unscathed

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A research team from Duke Health has developed an antibody from the body's own immune system that preferentially attacks cancer cells. The antibody works...

Autism and cancer share a remarkable number of risk genes in...

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Autism and cancer share more than 40 risk genes, suggesting that common mechanisms underlying the functions of some of these genes could conceivably be...