Oncology & Cancer
Critical illnesses cause 1 in 20 cancer patients to be admitted to intensive care, with 25% dying
Critical illness may affect chances of surviving cancer, a new study has found.
Aug 31, 2015
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News tagged with breast tumours
Oncology & Cancer
Study discovers breast cancer metastasis gene
Monash researchers have discovered an entirely new gene, responsible for triggering breast cancer, increasing tumour growth and regulating metastasis (the spreading of tumours throughout the body), which is the main killer ...
Aug 11, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Watching a tumor grow in real-time
The ability to visualize and characterize the composition of a tumour in detail during its development can provide valuable insights in order to target appropriate therapeutics. The polymer chemist Prof. Dr. Prasad Shastri ...
Jul 31, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researcher invents chemo delivery system that minimizes impact on healthy cells
A researcher at Dalhousie Medical School has developed a new way to deliver chemotherapy drugs. Using nanotechnology, the novel system releases chemo in cancerous cells only, leaving healthy cells alone. The work was recently ...
Jul 23, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Photoacoustic approach to breast cancer detection
Scientists at the research Institute MIRA at the University of Twente have been working for some time on a new technique to detect breast cancer. The technique, based on the physical principle of photoacoustics, has been ...
Jul 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Marine sponge shows tumour-stunting promise
The research, which has been published in the highly-regarded journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, suggests that peloruside A—a substance produced by the marine sponge Mycale henscheli, found mostly in Pelorus Sound—has ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
How removing a protein slows blood vessel growth in tumors
Scientists from the University of Leeds and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have discovered a new protein which triggers the growth of blood vessels in breast cancer tumours which have spread to the brain, a common ...
Jul 1, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find gene responsible for breast cancer cell metastases
A particular human gene variant makes breast cancer cells more aggressive. Not only are these more resistant to chemotherapy but also leave the primary tumour and establish themselves in other parts of the body in the form ...
Jun 15, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer study raises hope of therapy to stop tumor spread
Scientists have discovered a trigger that allows breast cancer cells to spread to the lungs.
Jun 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours
A side-by-side comparison of lung metastases showing the control antibody on the left and the podocalyxin antibody on the right. Researchers developed the podocalyxin antibody and found that it slowed tumour growth and spread.
Apr 10, 2015
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