More Cancer Basics News

• Secrets of Telomerase Revealed

  September 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have revealed the structure of the active region of ...

• Mistaken Beliefs About Cancer Abound

  August 27 (HealthDay News) -- People throughout the world have major misconceptions when it comes ...

• Scientists ID New Proteins in Programmed Cell Death

  August 21 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have identified 170 more proteins to add to ...

• Mathematical Model Helps Predict Cancer Tumor Size

  August 19 (HealthDay News) -- A mathematical model to find blood biomarkers that can help ...

• Imaging System Lets Doctors 'See' Cancer During Surgery

  August 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging system that highlights cancerous tissue makes it ...

• Surgery Helps with Prostate Cancer, Sometimes

  August 12 (HealthDay News) -- The latest update from a European study that has followed ...

• 2 New Genes Tied to 3 Cancers

  August 7 (HealthDay News) -- Two genes linked to breast, thyroid and kidney cancer have ...

• Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine

  August 4 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 61 percent of cancer patients use complementary ...

• New Clues to How Cancer Spreads

  July 30 (HealthDay News) -- New clues about how cancer spreads from one area of ...

• Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live

  July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Your odds of surviving cancer depend on which country you ...

• Scientists Find Way to Dim Cancer Switch

  July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered that they can use a kind of ...

• Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis

  June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low socioeconomic status increases a cancer patient's risk of dying, ...

• One Gene May Be Key to Myeloma

  June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Cancerous myeloma cells are so "addicted" to a gene known ...

• Primary Tumors Fuel Growth of Cancer Cells

  June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Primary tumors can fuel the growth of stray cancer cells ...

• Type of Tomato Product Determines Power Against Prostate Cancer

  May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Dried tomatoes, anyone? A study in the June 1 issue of ...

• Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits

  May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found that normal cells and cancer cells that ...

• International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer

  April 29 (HealthDay News) -- The launch of the International Cancer Genome Consortium was announced ...

• Molecule Disrupts DNA Sequence in Ewing's Sarcoma

  April 14 (HealthDay News) -- A molecule that disrupts the oncogene that causes Ewing's sarcoma ...

• Timely Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Insurance Status

  Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People who either have no health insurance or rely on ...