Cancer in the News
The articles featured below include news about, or mention of, cancer, including cancer research, generally. There is information about cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, survival rates and research into many aspects of cancer and its prevention and treatment. This is page 4 of 26.
Breast Cancer in Men
Breast cancer in men is not unknown but awareness of male breast cancer is low and, according to researchers at Leeds University (England), most men do not even know they are at risk - despite an i...
New drug targets for inherited breast and ovarian cancers
A protein that is found in bacteria that could reveal new drug targets for inherited breast and ovarian cancers as well as other cancers linked to DNA repair faults according to UK scientists.The r...
Massage therapy for reducing pain, anxiety and depression
Many cancer patients receive complementary therapies such as massage to reduce the sensation or effects of symptoms such as pain, anxiety, or depression associated with the cancer. A recent academi...
Role of E-cadherin in embryonic stem cells
The protein molecule E-cadherin that 'glues' cells together and so plays an important role in the development of cancers is also responsible for many other important functions of cells, according t...
Prostate Cancer Awareness Campaign to mark Men's Health Awareness Week
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men in Ireland after skin cancer. Over the course of their lifetime, men having a one in eight chance of developing prostate cancer. According to...
Ovarian cancer and p53, carboplatin and paclitaxel
Faults in tumour suppressor protein p53 (also known as protein 53 or tumor protein 53) and encoded by the TP53 gene could be used to predict which drug combination ovarian cancer patients are most ...
Survivors of childhood cancers at increased risk of other cancers later in life
Survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely than the general population to develop a new cancer according to a recent study by cancer research scientists. The researchers followed the...
Breast Cancer and Stress
Colon Cancer Treatment in Ireland
Cancer Research UK concern about consumption of alcohol
Cancer Research UK-funded researchers have indicated that alcohol has a significant effect on cancers of the mouth, food-pipe, voice-box and pharynx. Specifically, they attributed 6,000 of these ca...
