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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 27th, 2014
Researchers Figure Out How Lung Cancer Spreads Through the Body

Researchers Figure Out How Lung Cancer Spreads Through the Body

Now that they know how lung cancer spreads, scientists expect they will soon find a way to put a leash on this process

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 18th, 2014
Scientists Gain New Insight into How Cancer Spreads Through the Body

Scientists Gain New Insight into How Cancer Spreads Through the Body

Understanding how cancer spreads in the body means knowing how to block or at least slow metastasis, specialists say

Scientists Identify Signals Cancers Use to Recruit Host Cells

Scientists Identify Signals Cancers Use to Recruit Host Cells

It might be possible to stop the spread of cancer by blocking these signals

New Protein Target for Treating Cancer Discovered

New Protein Target for Treating Cancer Discovered

This molecule usually stops tumor cells from migrating in the body

Nanoparticles Could Be Used to Target Micrometastases in Aggressive Cancers

Nanoparticles Could Be Used to Target Micrometastases in Aggressive Cancers

This technique could help treat cancers that are resistant to regular therapies

Gene Switched On by Stress Speeds Up the Spread of Cancer

Gene Switched On by Stress Speeds Up the Spread of Cancer

Researchers say silencing this gene might help keep tumors from growing

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 29th, 2012
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Can Be Tackled by Mushrooms, Herbs

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Can Be Tackled by Mushrooms, Herbs

New study offers hope to those suffering from this aggressive disease

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 28th, 2012
Nanotechnology Used to Detect Cancer Tumor Locations

Nanotechnology Used to Detect Cancer Tumor Locations

Innovative approach could help doctors save countless lives

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 1st, 2012
Immune System Cells Can Be Activated in Melanoma Tumors

Immune System Cells Can Be Activated in Melanoma Tumors

This activation can significantly alter clinical outcomes for patients

Cancer Metastasis Facilitated by Stress

Cancer Metastasis Facilitated by Stress

This is especially true in the case of breast cancer

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2012
How Chemotherapy Boosts Bone Cancer Growth

How Chemotherapy Boosts Bone Cancer Growth

Worrying discovery made by scientists in the United States

Test Assesses Metastatic Risk of Eye Cancers

Test Assesses Metastatic Risk of Eye Cancers

The tool can determine whether the tumors will spread

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 15th, 2012
Earliest Stages of Metastasis Explained in New Study

Earliest Stages of Metastasis Explained in New Study

RPI investigators make a potentially-significant discovery

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 23rd, 2012
Metastatic Melanoma Survival Rates Doubled by New Drug

Metastatic Melanoma Survival Rates Doubled by New Drug

The chemical was only recently approved for human use

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 18th, 2012
Certain Cancer Cells Keep Tumor Spread in Check

Certain Cancer Cells Keep Tumor Spread in Check

The discovery may lead to a reevaluation of current therapies

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 14th, 2011
Efficiency of New Breast Cancer Drug Shows in Days

Efficiency of New Breast Cancer Drug Shows in Days

Previously, oncologists had to wait up to several months for the results

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 21st, 2011
Improving the Outcome of Prostate Cancer Is Possible

Improving the Outcome of Prostate Cancer Is Possible

Scientists look for ways of starving tumors to death

 
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