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12.03.2012 17:48
Circumcised men reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 15 per cent, but only if they had the operation before having sex for the first time
08.03.2012 00:00
Hopes dashed of personalised drug treatments after two-thirds of genetic mutations in the same tumour are found to vary from one biopsy to the next
06.03.2012 16:06
A drug that releases two gases to protect the stomach lining may be significantly more effective than daily aspirin in protecting against cancer
29.02.2012 02:30
More Europeans than ever will die from cancer this year, but as a percentage of population the numbers are falling for almost all types of the disease
24.02.2012 17:40
Untreatable cancers may soon be held at bay by an experimental drug that targets not only the tumour, but its capacity to spread
17.02.2012 17:12
Genome scans show that fatal facial cancers evolved from a single Tasmanian devil alive around 16 years ago, and reveal possible vaccine targets
16.02.2012 21:00
A tiny clam-like robot made out of DNA releases its drug payload only when it meets and identifies a cancer cell
15.02.2012 13:07
A shortage of the drug methotrexate may put children with leukaemia at risk within weeks
04.02.2012 17:00
Compounds of silver are as effective against breast and colon cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug and may result in fewer side effects
29.01.2012 20:00
Yeast develops resistance to drugs by shuffling its chromosomes, and the same may apply to cancer
26.01.2012 17:17
A do-it-yourself smear test could enable millions of women in poorer countries to head off cervical cancer
09.01.2012 14:08
Venezuela's president has mused that the US may have given him and other leftist leaders cancer. That's unlikely to be possible, says Brian Palmer
08.12.2011 13:28
The birth-control pill protects against some forms of cancer, so should nuns be advised to take it, say medics. And papal doctrine will allow it
04.12.2011 12:00
Tricking glucose-eating cancer cells into consuming poisonous sugar leaves them vulnerable to attack
18.11.2011 18:29
Advanced microscopy can look into the heart of cells to find tiny changes in DNA, potentially allowing diseases to be identified years before they take hold
16.11.2011 12:00
Tiny scales that can measure the weight of single cells could help doctors to find the best treatment for individual tumours
14.11.2011 13:12
Two tweaks to the smallpox vaccine intensify its attack on liver tumours, doubling survival time for people with advanced liver cancer
02.11.2011 20:00
A daily dose of cheap drugs including aspirin and tamoxifen prevents common cancers from starting to develop, studies suggest
28.10.2011 02:01
An aspirin a day reduces the risk of developing hereditary colorectal cancer and could be of benefit to those with a family history of other cancers
19.10.2011 22:00
Rogue white blood cells are implicated as a cause of disease – and clearing them with a cancer drug relieves symptoms
14.10.2011 13:05
Preventive Services Task Force says screening for prostate-specific antigen "has no net benefit"
13.10.2011 16:29
Changes in mouth bacteria could prompt an early diagnosis for the notoriously aggressive pancreatic cancer
01.10.2011 11:00
A drug that links Herceptin to a new cancer drug, DM1, targets breast cancer cells while leaving healthy ones alone
25.09.2011 15:00
A study of 12,000 people of African descent suggests a gene associated with bladder and prostate cancer benefits those who carry it
18.09.2011 20:00
Ovarian cancer cells that shine brightly have allowed surgeons to better identify the spread of the disease
17.09.2011 11:00
A drug approved for treating Crohne's disease has been shown to decrease tumour-induced brain seizures
16.09.2011 20:31
Should we vaccinate girls against HPV? Michele Bachmann's blundering aside, there is no clear answer, says Charlotte Haug
15.09.2011 11:00
A radical idea is challenging a decades-old assumption about how cancer gets its food. If correct, it could open up a host of new ways to fight the disease
05.09.2011 17:12
Radiation therapy is more effective in some people with cancer than others. A new study reveals why – and suggests how to make the therapy more effective
16.08.2011 13:19
Comparison with the Chernobyl disaster's aftermath suggests there is no risk that the Fukushima nuclear crisis will cause deaths by thyroid cancer in Japan
02.08.2011 18:32
The genes patented by Myriad Genetics omit non-coding regions, making them "unnatural" and patentable, an appeal court has ruled
07.07.2011 21:00
Identifying the source of all blood cells could allow doctors to rebuild entire blood systems from a single stem cell
06.07.2011 20:00
Reactive oxygen species are popularly thought to promote cancer – take off the brakes and they might actually help to keep tumour growth under control
27.06.2011 22:00
Human interference over the years has resulted in the marsupials having almost no genetic diversity, leaving them vulnerable to disease
23.06.2011 00:00
Striking results in a trial of a powerful drug with few side effects revives the call for post-menopausal women to take the drug prophylactically
01.06.2011 18:07
Finding tiny quantities of cancer cells in the blood provides an early warning of metastasis – a new acoustic device could make the job easier
01.06.2011 17:55
Major review says heavy cellphone use may increase risk of specific type of brain tumours
09.05.2011 22:00
Elevating body temperature prevents tumour DNA from repairing after cancer drugs take action
03.05.2011 17:04
Adding tiny drug-filled capsules to immune cells gives them extra tumour-fighting stamina
21.04.2011 17:01
Only aggressive cancer cells that spread have the ability to live forever, providing new clues to the best treatment
21.04.2011 16:43
Only aggressive cancer cells that spread can live forever, providing new clues to optimal treatment
12.04.2011 16:51
The drug combats involuntary muscle movements in people with multiple sclerosis and will now be sold in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Africa
11.04.2011 19:14
Many people take aloe vera extract to keep healthy – but a new study suggests high doses lead to tumours in the intestines of rats
07.04.2011 17:09
A charity has unleashed a legion of experts on Wikipedia, where they will seek out and edit spurious entries on cancer
15.03.2011 17:25
As concern surrounding the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues, New Scientist looks at the risk of long-term health damage
14.03.2011 18:03
For some women, the gamble of taking tamoxifen for the prevention of breast cancer is worth the risk of possible side effects
28.02.2011 17:16
Giving people with cancer fish oil supplements may stop them losing weight, allowing them to receive additional treatments
17.02.2011 12:32
Hot cups of tea, grapefruit and bacon sandwiches have all been alleged to cause cancer – better learn to read the risks right
16.02.2011 21:00
A hormone that gives a small population in the Ecuadorian Andes their short stature may reveal secrets of thwarting cancer and diabetes
14.02.2011 22:00
Dormant cancer cells in mice are roused into forming tumours by a small cut to the skin
11.02.2011 16:34
A laser treatment for destroying tumours can also annihilate the lymphatic vessels that cancer cells use to spread
01.02.2011 20:19
Levels of a modified enzyme may help doctors identify whose cancer is likely spread and require aggressive treatment
01.02.2011 19:00
21.01.2011 14:00
Upping daily fruit and veg intake to eight portions a day could reduce the risk of fatal heart attack – but it may be asking too much of people
16.01.2011 14:00
One catastrophic event could cause hundreds of mutations, challenging the dogma that cancers form from an accumulation of mutations over time
20.12.2010 18:15
Fresh insight into prostate cancer has come in a study that shows the mitochondrial DNA of human prostate cancer cells are riddled with mutations
15.12.2010 00:00
Cancerous cells send out the same distress signals as wounds, tricking immune cells into helping them grow into tumours
13.11.2010 14:00
When cancer cells are treated with red light, they absorb a greater volume of drugs than those left to diffuse into cells naturally
04.11.2010 20:00
Killing off a specific type of cell in mice stops tumours in their tracks
21.10.2010 00:00
The discovery of a marker that highlights a wide range of cancers could give surgeons a "dotted line" to cut out tumours
14.10.2010 21:05
Few if any tumours have been found in Egyptian mummies and ancient skeletons. New Scientist examines the evidence and what it means
12.10.2010 15:10
The first direct evidence has been found linking smoking to epigenetic changes in genes involved in fighting cancer
06.10.2010 13:28
A treatment has shown promise against the final stages of cancer in mice, giving hope that it might one day prevent secondary tumour growth in people
01.10.2010 13:31
Women with endometrial cancer have been successfully treated with a hormone-releasing IUD, avoiding the need for a hysterectomy
26.09.2010 12:00
Small doses of aspirin may be as effective as higher doses at preventing bowel cancer, with less risk of side effects
23.08.2010 20:18
One injection reversed muscle wasting in mice with cancer and improved survival rates – suggesting a possible future way of treating people
23.08.2010 19:49
Three separate groups have isolated the BRCA2 protein involved in inherited breast and ovarian cancer, aiding the development of new cancer therapies
20.08.2010 18:00
Jets of fluid propelled by the collapse of microscopic bubbles could puncture cell walls to deliver drugs directly into cancer cells
13.07.2010 14:50
Can a former Disney engineer, a hurricane modeller and a cosmologist really help oncologists make the breakthrough they've sought for 50 years?
04.06.2010 14:25
For the first time, genetically modified stem cells will be injected into people's brains to destroy cancer
03.06.2010 21:00
Dubbed the "guardian of the genome" for its role in keeping cells from turning cancerous, protein 53 is also needed to make eggs and sperm
02.06.2010 20:00
An immune switch we didn't even know existed may play a role in cancer, diabetes, asthma and MS
02.06.2010 16:15
For the first time a vaccine has primed the immune system to attack cancer cells before a tumour forms
28.05.2010 12:50
Packaging lung cancer drugs in inhalable bubbles could avoid their nasty side effects, allowing bigger doses to be given safely
17.05.2010 18:43
It cost $30 million, but the World Health Organization's study of tumours and cellphone use still doesn't provide definitive answers
12.05.2010 20:00
Killing cancer cells by blocking their tendency to guzzle sugar could be a gentler way to fight the disease
08.05.2010 14:00
They say it's not what you know, it's who you know – the same is true for the gene switches that turn on cancer cells
06.05.2010 20:00
The prostate cancer vaccine offers modest benefits but paves the way for immune-based approaches to fighting other cancers
02.05.2010 12:00
It may be the tumour-free tissue surrounding colon tumours that helps give rise to cancer's most pernicious cells
29.04.2010 15:42
Epidemiologist Wendy Atkin explains how a new method of examining the lower third of the bowel using a Flexi-Scope camera can save lives
20.04.2010 19:25
Feeding pregnant rats a fatty diet puts even granddaughters at greater risk of breast cancer
10.04.2010 15:00
The drug resistance of some cancer cells might be due to changes to DNA – and they seem to be reversible
02.04.2010 12:00
Drugs that rid mice of precancerous cells could lead to ways of stopping cancer before it happens, like we prevent tooth decay
17.03.2010 20:34
Testing several drugs at once and allowing doctors to adapt treatments to patients' responses should make trials more efficient
16.03.2010 12:07
Iron-rich cells that grow into balls when "levitated" by magnets could provide a new way to study cancer in the lab – and produce replacement tissue for grafts
10.03.2010 20:00
Prostate cancer drugs trigger the release of a molecule that makes tumours grow – the discovery could lead to a way to keep the cancer at bay
24.02.2010 13:46
Overzealous regulation of opioids is having a painful knock-on effect on eastern Europeans with cancer
10.02.2010 13:26
Antidepressants may interfere with the activity of a common breast cancer drug
08.02.2010 22:00
Traces of cigarette smoke that accumulate on carpets and furniture could turn carcinogenic when they react with air
13.01.2010 20:00
The strain of life in a crime-ridden inner city seems to send tumours into overdrive. And cancer is just one disease fuelling US health inequalities
06.01.2010 22:11
Some recurrent DNA sequences thought to be nothing more than molecular parasites appear to be active only in breast and colon cancer cells
11.12.2009 18:10
Tiny amoeba-like animals have the same key protective gene as humans, shedding light on when it evolved
02.12.2009 11:00
The long-awaited study is about to come out – it won't convince sceptics, even though cellphones almost certainly can't cause cancer, says Michael Repacholi
25.11.2009 12:38
Unnecessary tests and treatments need to be eliminated, but convincing the public that this can mean better outcomes will be tough
29.10.2009 20:14
Cells that attack healthy tissue can have devastating consequences, but soon their formidable powers might be used for good
27.10.2009 23:00
No reason to worry that vaccination will encourage girls to have more sex, suggests a survey of British teenagers
13.10.2009 03:00
Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans
08.10.2009 21:00
Evidence of a virus associated with prostate cancer has been found in two-thirds of a group of people with CFS
07.10.2009 20:00
Drugs that turn otherwise insignificant weaknesses into fatal flaws could open a new front in the war on cancer
05.10.2009 16:07
Prize goes to discoverers of telomere caps and telomerase – the enzyme that makes them
22.09.2009 12:52
They might be bald and ugly, but these rodents never get cancer – and we may have found out why
19.08.2009 14:28
But there's no reason to think that smoking a joint will protect you from cancer, and medical drugs based on the chemicals are still a long way off
19.08.2009 12:18
A simple cell-tracking device reveals that cancer cells are more self-directed than the rest – which could help them form secondary tumours
18.08.2009 15:19
Smokeless "moist snuff" contains 22 cancer-causing chemicals that only burning tobacco was thought to produce
13.08.2009 20:21
Salinomycin can target and kill the chemotherapy-resistant cells in lab cultures and mice
12.08.2009 13:45
The creation of a rat with no functioning immune system is opening up the possibility of more realistic testing of cancer treatments, transplantation techniques and other therapies (full text available to subscribers)
01.08.2009 02:01
Boosting the blood supply to tumours makes them more vulnerable to chemo- and radiotherapy and has already shown benefit in humans, say researchers
01.07.2009 20:00
Just one imitation horse was enough to conquer Troy, but two waves of "Trojan" cellular compartments are needed to destroy drug-resistant tumours in mice
24.06.2009 11:00
Scientists who have for the first time listed all the animal species that are threatened by cancer say "untold numbers" could be under threat
21.06.2009 11:00
Loss of hair colour may be unwelcome to some, but the processes that produce it could be protecting us from damaged DNA
15.06.2009 12:05
The lack of female subjects could be distorting our view of how well new drugs work and the side effects they produce
08.06.2009 12:25
The neurotoxin, commonly used as a wrinkle smoothing treatment, has been modified so that it could potentially be used to treat asthma and possibly cancer
07.06.2009 12:00
Genes that protect yeast DNA from oxidising free radicals could one day lead to drugs that prevent cancer and ageing in people.
26.05.2009 12:30
An extra copy of a key gene may explain why people with the syndrome get certain cancers less than the rest of population
13.05.2009 15:58
The discovery of a genetic "ticket" that grants cancer cells entry to the brain in mice could lead to drugs that would stop human cancers spreading in the same way
04.05.2009 12:30
Plasters embedded with light-emitting diodes could be used to treat skin cancer in combination with light-sensitive drugs
01.05.2009 17:09
Smoke from burning trees may contain potent compounds that can damage human DNA and potentially cause cancer, according to a controversial study
23.04.2009 19:00
Specialised cells can be reprogrammed using proteins rather than genes, which is less likely to cause cancer
28.03.2009 13:33
A puff of exhaled air could give an early warning of lung disease by morphing a liquid into gel
25.03.2009 13:16
Certain cancer therapies may make tumours grow more aggressively depending on the dose given, new research shows, which paradoxically could help discover a cure
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