Hospitals Chase a Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer
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A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of Americaâs health system, experts say.
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Patients treated with radioactive  material face an increased risk of triggering security alarms  because more guards are being equipped with sensitive radiation  detectors, a report said Tuesday.
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THE US National Cancer Institute announced a new five-year plan this week to develop the use of tiny tools to fight cancer, saying nanotechnology just might provide the edge needed.
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NEW YORK  - In the long run, survival after  cancer surgery appears to differ little at hospitals designated  by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as "centers of  excellence" compared with other high-volume hospitals,  according to a new report.
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UK scientists uncover a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body, according to research.
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The age of nuclear medicine dawns when a 28-year-old leukemia patient becomes the first person to be treated using a radioactive isotope.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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Scientists have launched a pre-emptive attack against the development of resistance to breast cancer treatments.
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In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers.
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Scientists in Dundee hope that gene research will aid efforts to reduce medication for cancer patients.
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A $9.7 million research grant for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to fight cancer will draw on emerging research efforts at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.
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Researchers at Stanford University in California suggest cancer cells might be reformed, which could lead to new cancer treatments.
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Using ultraviolet light may one day offer a "double whammy" to kill cancer cells by better focusing antibody-based drugs and triggering the body's own defenses to eliminate tumors, researchers said on Tuesday.
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A device from Argonne National Lab takes a fresh approach to generating t-rays.
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Medical scans expose people to similar levels of radiation as atomic bombs used in Hiroshima, say experts.
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Scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the AIDS virus to seek destroy cancer.
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The American Society of Oncology holds its annual conference this weekend to chart progress on the latest advances in preventing and treating cancer amid calls for more US funding for research.