A new type of test to diagnose breast cancers and may prevent some women who need chemotherapy, is highly reliable, according to Swiss scientists.

An accurate diagnosis at an earlier stage could avoid chemotherapy.

Currently, the core biopsy is a fairly common practice to take samples of breast tissue in suspected there may be the presence of cancer cells, so that they can be examined under a microscope. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Patient’s blood is taken
2. Mofica is genetically normal lymphocytes or T cells
3. It is used to convert DNA to cells in “tumor-reactive”
4. Modified cells are injected into the patient
5. The modified cells attack the malignancies

Two patients in the worst kind of skin cancer were declared free of the disease, after which they are applying novel genetic therapies. Read the rest of this entry »

Eating mandarins may cut the risk of developing liver cancer and other diseases, new research suggests.

The study found a relationship between the consumption of mandarin and reduction of liver disease.

Japanese scientists discovered that the key is a vitamin A compounds called carotenoids, responsible for giving the fruit its orange color. Read the rest of this entry »

U.S. scientists have decoded the complete genetic code of breast cancer and colon cancers, offering new hope for treatment.

The genetic map shows that nearly 200 mutated genes, most previously unknown, help tumors emerge, grow and expand.

The discovery could also lead to better ways to diagnose cancer in its early stages, where treatment is easier and can be customized, according to the magazine Science. Read the rest of this entry »

A team from the University of California studied mice that inherited a wrong number of chromosomes are rich in genes and found that this error had caused cancer in some animals, but had avoided the development of the disease in others.

The researchers hope that in future, be able to manufacture drugs that block the supply of the correct number of chromosomes to new cells in order to destroy certain cancers. Read the rest of this entry »

Women with a damaged gene called PALB2 have twice the risk of breast cancer, scientists found the Institute of Cancer Research.

They estimate that the gene affected annually creates approximately 100 cases of breast cancer in the UK.

Two damaged copies of the gene also appears to cause a serious blood disorder in children, as reported in the journal Nature Genetics. Read the rest of this entry »

Several studies suggest that broccoli is important in defense against cancer.

Eating broccoli and cauliflower regularly reduces the risk of prostate cancer, according to a team of U.S. researchers.

A study involving 1,300 men suggests that these vegetables are better than others to curb the growth of aggressive tumors.

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Too much food, too much alcohol, snuff and too much sun.

Cases of skin cancer skyrocketed in the last decade.

These four are responsible for the excesses massive increase in certain types of cancer in recent years, according to British experts warns.

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Prostate cancer affects less obese…

Although it is less likely that obese people suffer from prostate cancer, are more likely to die from a variety of more aggressive disease, a new study.

Researchers at Umea University in Sweden discovered that it is much less likely to develop cancer in people who are resistant to insulin, a pre-diabetic condition linked to obesity. Read the rest of this entry »

In the granulocytes could be the key to successfully fight cancer.

The investigation of a U.S. scientist Results indicated that immune cells taken from healthy person can be used to battle cancer in another person.

The study, published in the journal New Scientist, says that some people seem to have cells that have a greater ability to tackle cervical cancer cells in test tubes. Read the rest of this entry »