http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Thyroid nodules are thought to be present in about half of all people, but very few of these are cancerous. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Cancer presents a set of diagnostic biomarkers which are able to distinguish between malignant and benign thyroid nodules. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-diagnosis-thyroid-nodules.html Cancer Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:00:02 EST news266166442 Screening for lung cancer with low dose CT scans has been shown to save lives. However, research shows that when CT scans reveal nodules in the lungs, it is not cancerous 96 percent of the time. As a result, scientists are looking for ways to more accurately make a diagnosis. One way is by using a CT guided transthoracic fine needle aspiration. Research presented in the May 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology shows that this highly sensitive technique might be the best way to diagnose pulmonary nodules. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-obstacles-fine-needle-aspiration-diagnostic.html Cancer Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:35:37 EST news253715731 Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-soy-isoflavone-supplements-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:15:00 EST news247490093