Scientists Gain Insights Into Cancer's Spread
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Aggressive cancer cells have a &quot;toggle switch&quot; that enables them to travel to other parts of the body and form new tumors, say Duke University researchers.
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DISTANT relatives of cancer victims have a higher than average chance of suffering the disease themselves, researchers say. Scientists looked at the family tree of about 32,000 patients
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Using a novel research technique, Hong Kong scientists find new ways to attack a deadly disease
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Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease
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Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are likely to be aggressive. A team from the University of Texas, in the US, found cancer cells that overexpressed a particular protein were more likely to be fatal.
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A new study from the University of Ulster has revealed that eating a regular diet of soy-rich foods could reduce the spread of breast cancer.
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A painstaking scan of the DNA of  tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are  involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding  that offers new ways to fight the disease.
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A small population of stem cells drives tumor growth in colon cancer, researchers said on Monday in a discovery that could lead to a new approach to tackle the deadly disease.
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Genes associated with prostate cancer have been discovered, which could be used to spot future sufferers.
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BEIJING, Aug.20(Xinhuanet) -- Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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A technique for determining whether cancer has spread could save many patients from surgery.
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In findings that could make broccoli and Brussels sprouts easier to swallow, early research suggests a chemical found in the vegetables may impede the spread of breast cancer cells.
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A gene that helps cells keep their  shape also causes pancreatic cancer when mutated and it might  provide clues to what causes the lethal disease and how it  spreads so fast, researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic are finding better ways to diagnose brain tumours.
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A team of South Korean scientists have found a way to solve the cancer paradox of why aging cells with reduced ability to proliferate are susceptible to cancer, characterized
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Identifying the properties of the cancer stem cells could provide crucial information and lead to more potent treatments, researchers say.
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.