Inflammation Plays Role in Starting, Stopping Cancer
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MONDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- The immune system's inflammatory response tends to help promote cancer tumors, but researchers at the University of California, San Diego believe that response could be used to attack cancer as well.
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Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.
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Therapies that target the basic mechanisms of cancer have become the weapons of choice in the fight against the deadly disease, researchers said at a major doctors&#39; conference in the United States.
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A variation in a gene that regulates inflammatory activity is associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer, Swedish researchers have shown.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- While there's no surefire way to prevent cancer, many kinds of foods can help lower the risk of certain cancers.
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Arthritis drugs like Celebrex and  the recently withdrawn Vioxx may boost the immune system's  ability to attack brain tumors, and possibly other types of  cancer, researchers said on Friday.
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Sun exposure apparently has a protective effect against the development of the blood cancer, non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL). A team led by Dr Anne Kricker, of the University of Sydney, has investigated the possibility
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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Mystery ingredients in non- alcoholic beer may protect against cancer, at least in mice.
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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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Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, too. And with the obesity epidemic showing no signs of waning, specialists say they need to better understand how fat cells fuels cancer growth so they might fight back...
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People at average risk for colon cancer shouldn't take aspirin or painkillers like ibuprofen to try to prevent the disease, a federal task force advises, because of the risk of bleeding and other potential health problems. The recommendation for the first time by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force includes those with a family history of colorectal cancer.
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People who use plenty of olive  oil in their diets may be helping to prevent damage to body  cells that can eventually lead to cancer, new research  suggests.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a study published in the International Journal of Cancer suggest that most factors that may cause inflammation of the ovaries are not associated with a statistically significant increased risk of ovarian cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Loss of a tumor suppresser gene  called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate  cancer, according to findings from experiments in mice.
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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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TUESDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in preventing skin cancer cells from dividing and multiplying.