Cancer

Shocking Away Melanoma Reported December 2, 2005   TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer. Chemotherapy and other standard treatments are not very effective in treating the disease, but a new therapy is being tried on patients after it helped 80 percent of mice with melanoma. Here's why patients are "shocked" by how this therapy … [Read more...]

3 drinks a day raises breast cancer risk December 21, 2007 BARCELONA, Spain - All types of alcohol — wine, beer or liquor — add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday. "This is a hugely underestimated risk factor," said Dr. Patrick Maisonneuve, head of epidemiology at the … [Read more...]

Survival Better for HPV Cancers of Mouth Reported May 13, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The type of tongue and tonsil cancers that responds best to treatment are those linked to human papillomavirus (HPV), while tumors that express a certain growth factor are the least responsive and most deadly, a new study reveals. This new information could lead to improved treatment. … [Read more...]

Too Few Colon Cancer Screenings Reported January 11, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It’s a cancer that can be detected, yet fewer than half of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer undergo a screening for the disease before their diagnosis. Researchers say the results of a new study show colorectal cancer … [Read more...]

Eat your greens to reduce cancer risk December 10, 2007 Just three servings a month of raw broccoli or cabbage can reduce the risk of bladder cancer by as much as 40 per cent, researchers have found. The scientists surveyed 275 people who had bladder cancer and 825 people without cancer. They asked especially about cruciferous vegetables such … [Read more...]

Ultra-Precise RadiationReported December 26, 2005 STANFORD, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Radiation is a necessary evil for more than half of all cancer patients. The treatment can last for weeks and pose harsh side effects. Now, a new machine allows patients to receive higher doses of therapy in less time. Since a diagnosis of … [Read more...]

Vitamin D3 fights colon cancer Reported July 10, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The active form of vitamin D3, essential to calcium absorption and bone health, also seems to have anticancer effects. To try and understand the underlying mechanisms, researchers set out to identify genes whose expression in a human colon cancer cell line was altered by the … [Read more...]

New MRI Technique Helps Detect CancerReported December 04, 2009 In Health Watch: Methodist Hospital in San Antonio is helping test some new MRI imaging techniques to detect cancer that's spread to the brain much sooner.As Wendy Rigby reports, that's good news for patients whose lives may depend on early detection.It's a test that can mean the difference between life and … [Read more...]