News tagged with tumor initiation


MicroRNA molecule may serve as biomarker, target for brain metastases in breast cancer patients

Researchers have identified two molecules that could potentially serve as biomarkers in predicting brain metastases in patients with breast cancer, according to data published in Cancer Research, a publication of the Americ ...

Cancer created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hard-to-treat Myc-driven cancers may be susceptible to drug already used in clinic

Drugs that are used in the clinic to treat some forms of breast and kidney cancer and that work by inhibiting the signaling molecule mTORC1 might have utility in treating some of the more than 15 percent of human cancers ...

Cancer created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New mechanism for cancer progression discovered

The protein Ras plays an important role in cellular growth control. Researchers have focused on the protein because mutations in its gene are found in more than 30 percent of all cancers, making it the most prevalent human ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Metformin treatment caused cancer stem cell death in pancreatic cancer cell lines

Results of some preclinical trials have shown that low doses of the antidiabetic drug metformin may effectively destroy cancer stem cells, a group of cells that are considered to be responsible for tumor initiation and, because ...

Cancer created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0