Cancer : Science World Report

Jun 01, 2013 08:23 AM EDT

Astronauts Impacted by Radiation Hazards on Mars Trek: Cancer Risk Increases in Deep Space

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has confirmed the hazards of space radiation. Sending astronauts to the Red Planet without a properly protected spacecraft could drastically increase their risk of cancer.

May 30, 2013 04:26 PM EDT

Shape-Shifting Nanoparticles Yet Another Method to Target and Kill Cancer

As a new method to target and terminate cancerous tissue, tiny spherical particles that float easily through the bloodstream after injection and then assemble into a durable scaffold within diseased tissue have been developed by scientists.

May 29, 2013 09:09 AM EDT

Offspring of Long-Lived Parents Less Prone to Cancer

In a new study, experts at the University of Exeter Medical School state that the offspring of long-lived parents are less prone to get cancer and other common diseases related to aging, according to a news release.

May 24, 2013 06:43 AM EDT

New Technique Developed to Detect Breast Cancer in Urine

The researcher developed a new screening technique that is based on urinalysis in order to diagnose breast cancer and also determine its severity, before detecting it with a mammogram.

May 23, 2013 07:26 PM EDT

Scientists Use Radioactive Nanoparticles to Selectively Kill Cancer Cells

Radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body have been created by researchers at the University of Missouri in a development that could enable much more effective therapies against lymphoma and other advanced-stage cancers.

May 23, 2013 03:41 PM EDT

CT Scans Could be More Effective at Diagnosing Lung Cancer than X-Rays

A new study suggests that screening for lung cancer through low-dose computed tomography (CT scans) as opposed to chest X-rays may be a more effective way of detecting the disease.

May 22, 2013 04:08 PM EDT

Physicists Bring Big Guns to War Against Cancer: Cold Atmospheric Plasma

For the first time, physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), biologists and physicians demonstrated the synergistic effect of cold atmospheric plasma - a partly ionized gas - and chemo therapy on aggressive brain tumour cells.

May 21, 2013 02:35 PM EDT

Bioengineered Molecule Very Effective at Killing Cancer in Early Trials

Using bioengineering techniques, scientists created a novel molecule which has been proven successful at killing tumour cells.

May 17, 2013 08:31 AM EDT

Study Links Skin Cancer to Lowered Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Victims of skin cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. Those with skin cancer were 80 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who did not have any skin cancer.

May 14, 2013 11:41 PM EDT

A New Weapon in The Fight Against Cancer

A group of European research partners attempted to tackle the difficult task of finding a way to detect and capture 'circulating tumour cells' (CTCs), a crucial task in the fight against cancer, and succeeded.

May 08, 2013 09:29 PM EDT

Soy and Tomato Combined May Be Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

Tomatoes and soy foods eaten together may be effective in preventing prostate cancer.

Apr 24, 2013 10:21 PM EDT

Target Painting Cancer Cells is the Surprising Mechanism Behind Effective Compound

Thanks to a new laser-based microscopy method, scientists could discover why a particular cancer drug is surprisingly effective at killing cells -- findings that could in a next step be used to aid the design of future similar or even more effective cancer treatments. Turns out that the effect works...