Most forms of cancer still must be spotted visually to be diagnosed. But if a newly devised virus can do the job, it could track down cancer cells too small or well hidden to be seen in scan... Read more
Image by Anomieus via Flickr How to track down tiny tumours ONE problem with cancers is detecting them when they are small and easy to deal with. Once they have grown large enough to be noti... Read more
U.S. researchers have discovered a compound that can kill breast cancer stem cells Read more
Image via Wikipedia Magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) is a promising new cancer treatment that essentially “fries” cells inside tumors. The procedure has been used successfully i... Read more
Statistics indicate that complete removal, or resection, of a tumor is the single most important predictor of patient survival for those with solid tumors. So, unsurprisingly, the first thin... Read more
Early detection of lung cancer is vital for increasing a patient’s survival rate and to prescribe the best form of treatment. Now New York researchers have developed an early detection metho... Read more
Since the antibody only targets the cancer cells, surrounding healthy cells are not affected unlike other cancer treatments such as chemotherapy & radiotherapy Read more
Although chemotherapy is an effective cancer treatment, it’s shotgun approach also damages healthy cells bringing debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity and a battered immu... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Using an off-the-shelf digital camera, Rice University biomedical engineers and researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have created an inexp... Read more
One of the most promising applications in the emerging field of nanomedicine is cancer treatment. The ability to target individual cells provides safer and more effective treatment than curr... Read more
It is responsible for the majority (around 75 percent) of skin cancer related deaths Although melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer, it is responsible for the majority (aro... Read more