11-08-30 Researchers from Yale University are looking to a virus from the same family as the rabies（狂犬病） virus to fight a form of cancer primarily found in children and young adults. They report their findings in the September 2011 issue of the Journal...

11-08-28 Current estimates of the impact of chemotherapy（化学疗法） on women's reproductive health are too low, according to a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study. The researchers say their analysis of the age-specific, long-term effects of...

11-08-28 For the first time, scientists can see pathways to stop a deadly brain cancer in its tracks. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have imaged individual cancer cells and the routes they travel as the tumor spreads. The r...

11-08-26 Canadian researchers have discovered that a tumor cell marker is a receptor for measles（麻疹） virus, suggesting the possible use of measles virus to help fight cancer. Their findings appear in the Open Access journal PLoS Pathogens. Viruses cause...

11-08-25 Bone marrow transplantation with genetically modified cells may prolong the period of cancer-free survival, suggests a study led by Dr. Vivek Rangnekar, associate director of translational research for the Markey Cancer Center at the University of K...

11-08-23 Patients suffering from an aggressive brain cancer will benefit from the results of a University of Illinois study that could advance the development of targeted gene therapies and improve prognosis. We have advanced the understanding of the role of...

11-08-20 Sniffer dogs could be used for the early detection of lung cancer, according to new research published in the European Respiratory Journal. The study, carried out by researchers from Schillerhoehe Hospital in Germany, is the first to find that sniff...

11-08-17 Medical researchers have discovered a new type of mechanism（机制，原理） causing cancer susceptibility, showing that tiny changes in some anti-cancer genes can act as magnets to attract modifying biochemical tags, effectively switching them off and...

11-08-17 Investigators from the Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have reported findings that may shed light on why African American women have a disproportionately higher risk of developing more aggressive and difficult-to-treat breast cancers,...

11-08-17 An analysis of data that includes nearly 500,000 individuals indicates that the risk of bladder（膀胱） cancer among smokers is higher than reported from previous population data, and that the risk for women smokers is comparable with that of men, a...