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Potential ‘universal’ blood test for cancer discovered

Researchers from the University of Bradford have devised a simple blood test that can be

The tissue section through a prostate reveals whether cancer cells are present. (Photo: Lukas Kenner)
Scientists developed new technology for the diagnosis of cancer cells

The type of therapy a cancer patient receives, largely depends on the trained eye of

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Does Cat Poop Parasite Play a Role in Curing Cancer?

  How a Tiny “Bug” Can Stop Cancer in its Tracks as a Vaccine Toxoplasma

English: Cancer cells photographed by camera attached to microscope in time-lapse manner. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cancer breakthrough as scientists discover how cells spread for the first time paving the way for new treatments to halt disease in its tracks

A breakthrough in cell research may pave the way for treatments which stop cancer spreading

Dresden cancer researchers are looking to cut the overall size of the facility for cutting-edge proton therapy against cancer in half – and to cut costs by doing so. Diagram: Umar Masood
Compact proton therapy for fight against cancer

In the fight against cancer, proton therapy is especially precise and is better able to

Dr. Steve Jiang, UT Southwestern’s new director of the Division of Medical Physics and Engineering, and Professor and Vice Chairman of Radiation Oncology
Video game processors to improve cancer patient care

Medical physicists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are finding new ways to use the speed of

Painted Tablet Background - Analog,1253 (Photo credit: Patrick Hoesly)
‘Blood lab’ inside a mobile phone could detect cancer

Plans to design a smart phone app that can detect leukaemia will be among the

The new MIT nanoparticles consist of polymer chains (blue) and three different drug molecules — doxorubicin is red, the small green particles are camptothecin, and the larger green core contains cisplatin. Image courtesy of Jeremiah Johnson
Targeting cancer with a triple threat

MIT chemists design nanoparticles that can deliver three cancer drugs at a time. Delivering chemotherapy

Maximilian Diehn shares senior authorship of a paper describing a technique that is sensitive enough to detect just one molecule of tumor DNA in a sea of 10,000 healthy DNA molecules in the blood.
Blood test could provide rapid, accurate method of detecting solid cancers, study finds

A blood sample could one day be enough to diagnose many types of solid cancers,

The arrow on this mammogram points to a small cancerous lesion. A lesion is an area of abnormal tissue change (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Can Vitamin A Turn Back the Clock on Breast Cancer?

Pre-cancerous cells treated with a vitamin A derivative revert into non-cancerous cells. A derivative of

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Plasma tool for destroying cancer cells

Inducing biological tissue damage with an atmospheric pressure plasma source could open the door to

The Human Body -- Cancer (Photo credit: n0cturbulous)
New drug raises potential for cancer treatment revolution

A revolution in cancer treatment could soon be underway following a breakthrough that may lead

A paper diagnostic for cancer

Low-cost urine test developed by MIT engineers amplifies signals from growing tumors to detect disease.

Overview of signal transduction pathways involved in apoptosis, also known as "programmed cell death". (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Tissue-Penetrating Light Releases Chemotherapy Inside Cancer Cells

Researchers from the cancer nanotechnology and signal transduction and therapeutics programs of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive

ROBERT BOSTON High-tech glasses developed at the School of Medicine help breast surgeon Julie Margenthaler, MD, visualize cancer cells in a patient Feb. 10.
Special Glasses Help Surgeons “See Cancer”

High-tech glasses developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help surgeons