Public release date: 7-Jun-2011 Advanced hepatitis C patients with chronic liver disease may benefit from drinking coffee during treatment, according to a new study in…
Drosophila intestines provide ‘ready-made stem cell microenvironments’ that are ‘difficult-to-impossible’ to create in petri dishes, offering an unconventional screen that allows researchers to test drugs…
A gentle break down of the poor methodology of those extrapolating data from the SELECT cancer trial. A text book case of poor study construction,…
– Those who did not use radiation for low grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are alive 20…
Public release date: 22-Apr-2010 -60% of prostate cancers detected with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests could represent overdiagnosis -50% of lung cancer detected they estimate could…
Public release date: 3-May-2010 – Current chemotherapies do not work against cancer stem cells, which is why cancer recurs and spreads – Researchers found sulforaphane…
Public release date: 19-Apr-2010 – “It’s well known that meat cooked at high temperatures generates heterocyclic amines (HCAs) that can cause cancer,”
Public release date: 19-Apr-2010 – the researchers report that the risk of developing Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was approximately 45 percent lower for participants who had vitamin…
Contact: Shawn Farley PR@acr.org 703-648-8936 American College of Radiology NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis with low-dose CT screening Philadelphia, PA—Data from the…
Contact: Leslie Capo lcapo@lsuhsc.edu 504-568-4806 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA – A study led by Madhwa Raj, PhD, Research Professor in…
Contact: Karen Mallet km463@georgetown.edu Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON — Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say a compound derived from cruciferous vegetable such as cabbage,…
Hormone disruptors rise from the dead Broken-down pollutants reform in the dark, casting doubt on environmental risk assessments. Mark Peplow 26 September 2013 The vast…
Contact: Skip Derra skip.derra@asu.edu 480-965-4823 Arizona State University Tracing cancer back to the dawn of multicellularity could explain its mysterious properties and transform therapy…
Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study examining trends in X-ray computed tomography (CT) use…
Contact: Diana Quattrone diana.quattrone@fccc.edu 215-728-7784 Fox Chase Cancer Center WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2013)—Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that omega-3 fatty acids…
Contact: Diana Quattrone diana.quattrone@fccc.edu 215-728-7784 Fox Chase Cancer Center WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2013)—Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that omega-3…