BACKGROUND The prognostic relevance of variations in expression of specific tumor genes in colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLMs) in patients treated with resection and modern chemotherapy ...

BOSTON, MA—Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy "bait" is a greater challenge. But ...

Study presented at AACR-IASLC conference of multiple novel mutations and pathway changes not found in patients with lung cancer who smoked SAN DIEGO -- Researchers at the Translational Genomics ...

Yale Cancer Center researchers have shown that a tiny genetic variation predicts chances of survival and response to treatment for patients with ovarian cancer. The findings, published in the ...

Boston—NOVEMBER 30, 2011—Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston have uncovered important molecular and genetic keys to the development of soft-tissue sarcomas in skeletal ...

HOUSTON -- The embryonic enzyme pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) has a well-established role in metabolism and is highly expressed in human cancers. Now, a team led by researchers at the University of ...

Working with lab cultures and mice, Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a strain of the common gut pathogen Bacteroides fragilis causes colon inflammation and increases activity of a gene ...

Study describes first COX-2-targeted PET imaging agent A series of novel imaging agents could make it possible to "see" tumors in their earliest stages, before they turn deadly. ...

Philadelphia -- Researchers have determined that a combination of P16 immunohistochemistry and DNA qPCR to test for viral E6 can accurately determine the oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a protein "switch" that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication. In lab tests, the researchers showed that these ...

Study hopes to standardize clinical practice across Europe Stockholm, Sweden: First results from an international comparison of the care of patients with rectal cancer have shown there are ...

Medical researchers at the University of Leeds have come a step closer to understanding how to stop breast cancers from coming back. Their findings, published in the International Journal of ...

University of Michigan researchers outline how to improve communication about risk ANN ARBOR, Michigan - Talking with doctors about cancer and cancer treatments can feel like learning a new ...

Scientists show for first time how key protein inhibits a biological mechanism involved in destroying damaged cells; may have implications for atherosclerosis GALVESTON, September 16, 2011 ...

Press Release - Sep 12, 2011 Novel drug combination offers therapeutic promise for hard-to-treat cancers Boston, MA - Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have identified a ...