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March 22, 2018
At-home cancer screening approval worries expertsMany Americans are buzzing over the federal government's recent approval of the country's first prescription-free genetic test for hereditary mutations linked to several common cancers. But cancer experts are raising serious concerns that the test will do more harm than good.
March 8, 2018
Exceptional responders: Why do some cancer drugs work for them and not others?Some cancer patients respond so well to certain treatment when others do not that scientists are researching what makes them unique. Find out what they're learning about so-called exceptional responders, and how that may lead to advancements in cancer treatment.
February 27, 2018
Study: Fallopian tube lesions an early sign of ovarian cancerThe most prevalent form of ovarian cancer may have actually start in the fallopian tubes. Find out why that matters, and what it may mean for future patients.
February 20, 2018
How does cancer do that? Sizing up cells and their shapesWhen it comes to cancer, cell size or shape may be critical in helping to diagnose the type and stage of the disease.
January 23, 2018
Cancer vaccines do exist, but don't expect the impossibleSince the first vaccine for smallpox was developed by English physician Edward Jenner in 1796, vaccines have prevented a variety of devastating maladies and saved millions of lives. The World Health Organization lists 26 available vaccines—for diseases from cholera to yellow fever—and another two dozen are in development for illnesses like malaria and the Zika virus. Not on the list of diseases targeted by current or potential vaccines: cancer. In fact, despite advances in medicine, and in cancer treatment in particular, one unfortunate scientific reality is that a universal vaccine to prevent cancer will likely never be developed.
January 18, 2018
Medical technology from space isn't science fiction anymoreScience fiction storylines that have played out on TV and movie screens have helped to shape some tools and technologies that have become positively commonplace today.
December 14, 2017
What's the difference? Cutting through the cancer confusionLearning the language of cancer can be difficult. For many patients and caregivers, it’s a jumbled mix of Immuno-this and onco-that.
November 28, 2017
With women drinking more alcohol, experts worry about the effect on cancer riskResearch has found that alcohol's negative effects harm women more than men, which is especially worrisome considering other trends that show women today are drinking more than ever.
October 19, 2017
How does the immune system work? When it comes to cancer, it's complicatedThe immune system is a complex apparatus that both protects the body and, in some cases, helps cancer destroy it.
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