The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce its 2007 lesson of ASTRO Fellows. These 40 distinguished members will get their awards at a special ceremony during the 49th Annual assembly to be held October 28 through November 1, 2007, at the Los Angeles conference...

Filed under: Diets, Worthy Wisdom Ever heard that the white stuff we eat is not so healthy? I’ve heard it, day and moment again. I was reminded of that fact while at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona that past April. My Ranch nutritionist confirmed it. And the foods I ate while at that health and...

Hyperthermia, combined with chemotherapy, improves the chances of healing and survival of patients with low-lying, soft tissue sarcomas. At the Annual General assembly of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, the GSF scientist Prof. Dr Rolf D. Issels, presented the results of the...

A treatment for neuroblastoma that lands a one-two punch works best when the moment punch is timed to take maximum advantage of the first one, according to results of studies at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Neuroblastoma is a pediatric solid tumor that arises from cells in the peripheral...

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review has found only limited evidence for an organization amidst eating tomatoes and a decreased risk of positive cancers, according to an essay published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Several studies have reported an organization amoung...

Nanobubbles Deliver Targeted Cancer Drugs Using UltrasoundA new targeted drug delivery method uses ultrasound to image tumors, while plus releasing the drug from “nanobubbles” into the tumor.Cancer drugs can be targeted to tumors by delivering them in packets of nanoparticles, thereupon releasing...

Filed under: Prostate Cancer, Drug, Clinical Trials, Research There’s good news for prostate cancer patients who’ve had the disease spread to other parts of the body — a new treatments, currently being tried out on hundreds of patients with promising results. The drug is called GVAX...

Filed under: Drug, All Cancers It appears pharmaceutical giant Merck is wanting to get a larger piece of the cancer drug pie. The company iaspartnering with Ariad Pharmaceuticals to develop a new cancer treatment (in an experimental stage) with the potential to manufacture the smaller Ariad by a billion...

A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in Cancer Cell.”This vehicle, or...

UK men and women say reducing their risk of cancer is final on a list of reasons to exercise, according to a national survey* by Cancer Research UK and Cannons. After keeping fit, the main motivation for 16-24 year olds to exercise is to look good. [click link for full article] Original post by admin

Cancer Research UK funded scientists have for the first moment identified a common genetic variant that can increase a person’s risk of developing bowel cancer. Their findings seem in two papers published online in Nature Genetics 1,2 final Sunday. Several genes are already known to contribute...