Oncology & Cancer

Call for research into needs of cancer survivors

Around one in three US cancer survivors have unmet physical, psychological and social needs decades after their treatment finished, according to new research.

Cardiology

Ezetimibe not tied to higher cancer risk, mortality

(HealthDay)—Treatment with the lipid-lowering therapy ezetimibe/simvastatin is not associated with an increased risk of developing cancer or an increased risk of dying from cancer, according to research published in the ...

Oncology & Cancer

Blood biomarker may detect lung cancer

A new study shows that patients with stage I to stage III non-small cell lung cancer have different metabolite profiles in their blood than those of patients who are at risk but do not have lung cancer. The study abstract ...

Oncology & Cancer

Enlightening cancer cells

Joint EMBO Journal paper by IST Austria and Vienna Medical University groups on engineered cell surface receptors activated by light. Small algal protein domains serve as synthetic light sensors in human cells. First application ...

Oncology & Cancer

Screening has prevented half a million colorectal cancers

An estimated half a million cancers were prevented by colorectal cancer screening in the United States from 1976 to 2009, report researchers from the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center ...

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