Low dose of a four-drug combination helps prevent the spread of cancer in mice without triggering drug resistance or recurrence, shows a study published today in eLife. The findings suggest a new approach...

Growing up, I’d never even been to a hospital. I was a pretty fit and healthy kid – I used to be in my school sports teams, and competitively swim three or four times a week. In fact, the day...

Dr Hilary Jones discusses bowel cancer awareness acronym When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other...

(HealthDay)—Young Black and Hispanic cancer patients face poorer survival odds than their white counterparts, even from some cancers that are highly curable, a new study finds. It’s well known...

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which cancer cells of a relatively benign subtype of pancreatic tumors methodically revert—or ‘de-differentiate’—to...

Menopausal symptoms – hot flushes and night sweats – experienced by women with breast cancer can be reduced through group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) delivered by breast care nurses,...

People who work shifts appear to be significantly more likely to end up in hospital with Covid-19 than people who have regular work patterns, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax. Researchers...

The first National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded clinical study examining stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in the treatment of oligometastatic breast, prostate,...

A new study, released on the bioRxiv* preprint server, shows that rapamycin, an immunosuppressive drug used in some cancers, and its analogs, may have an undesirable effect on viral entry into the host...

Loose Women: Dr Hilary discusses how to live longer When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related...