Cancer Articles

Curative anticancer drugs are not discovered yet. The development of new medicines was remarkably slow in recent decades. There are multiple scientific, financial and regulatory problems that have to be solved in order to improve the cancer statistics.

Hyperthermia therapy is an old but not particularly effective method of cancer treatment. However, recent discoveries provide hope of developing a completely new approach to cancer elimination based on this technique.

Early detection of cancer represents a big clinical challenge. New breath tests may help in facilitating this task. Breath test for stomach cancer was recently developed. New tests for lung and breast cancer are now under development.

Research into fasting has revealed ways in which it may prevent cancer. And new innovative ways of practicing fasting have made it much more compatible with our modern, sociable lives.

Kadcyla is a new form of chemotherapy which is used to treat late stage breast cancer. It makes use of traditional chemo drugs in combination with a third molecule which target cancer cells and spare normal healthy tissues.

Short abnormal pieces of DNA have been discovered in patients with late-stage colorectal and breast cancer. If these can also be found in early stage cancers, then an early diagnostic test could be established which can aid in early treatment.

Researchers have developed the MammaPrint test which can predict the risk of recurrence of breast cancer. This can greatly aid in decisions about whether further treatment is needed or not.

Numerous elderly women suffer from breast cancer. Should they undergo a different line of treatment in comparison to their younger counterparts, owing to the less aggressive nature of cancer in old age? Read on to find out the answer.

Scientists have discovered a compound that allows the immune system to attack bladder, brain, breast, colon, liver, ovary, and prostate cancers--when the cancers are transplanted to mice. Development of a version of the drug for humans is underway.

Some bras claim to lift and separate your breasts. Now there is a new bra that declares itself to be a new breast cancer detection tool that can discern healthy breast tissue from unhealthy breast tissue, thus being able to detect breast cancer.