Want to reduce the risk of developing cancer? The largest international study on lifestyle and cancer discovered key to achieving ten factors.

People should limit the fat, red meat and avoid processed meats.

These include: staying as thin as possible, avoid soft drinks, limit alcohol, and not eating bacon or ham. Read the rest of this entry »

A tissue phantom, made of gel, has been key to perform tests.

Scientists at the University of Oxford seek to harness the energy emitted by the bubbles burst upon as a method to kill cancer cells.

The researchers built a device to transmit ultrasound waves into the body of a patient in order to generate bubbles in the location of the tumor. Read the rest of this entry »

Encouraging cancer patients to write about their deepest fears about the disease, could help them improve their quality of life, says a study published in the United States.  Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists managed to identify three genes linked to colon and rectal cancer, including one affecting only certain breeds.

One of the genes increases the risk of colon cancer in Europeans, but not in Japanese.

So far four genes were known risk related to this disease, a leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Read the rest of this entry »

Cervical cancer kills about 33,000 women each year in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The human papilloma virus causes most cervical cancer.

And the figure will continue to increase unless they are introduced vaccines and diagnostic programs available in the region. Read the rest of this entry »

Chemotherapy is not effective for treating patients with asbestos-related cancer, say British scientists.

The asbestos fibers accumulate in the lungs causing injury.

Malignant mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos, a mineral that was commonly used as building material, is often incurable. Read the rest of this entry »

Science is getting closer to developing a vaccine specifically targeted to kill cancer cells.

The protein with which the vaccine would result in dendritic cells.

British scientists succeeded in identifying a protein on immune cells with which they believe could build on the body’s defenses to attack a tumor. Read the rest of this entry »

Dehydrated tomatoes may help prevent prostate cancer, says a study.

Scientists believe that the protective compound is a carbohydrate organic tomatoes.

The key, apparently, is in how the fruit is harvested for drying, which dramatically increases their nutritional value, says the study published in Cancer Research, the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Read the rest of this entry »

For the first time, scientists can cure advanced melanoma, the lethal form of skin cancer, using the patient’s own blood.

Some 50,000 people die from skin cancer every year worldwide.

U.S. researchers extracted immune cells from the blood of the patient, cloned in the laboratory and reintroduced into the individual. Read the rest of this entry »

The survival of cancer patients is strongly associated with economic development of a country.

The country with the highest breast cancer survival is the United States.

That’s the conclusion of an investigation into the survival rates of cancer conducted in 31 countries. Read the rest of this entry »