Death triggered in cancer-prone intestinal cells
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Researchers in Singapore have worked out a way to kill intestinal stem cells that may develop into colorectal cancer, the second largest cause of cancer related deaths in western countries.
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People with type 2 diabetes who require long-term insulin therapy may be at greater risk of colorectal cancer, a small study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Certain genes are known to  promote cancer, and one such "oncogene" called MYC is commonly  activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now  shown, in mice, that when the MYC gene is turned off, liver  cancer cells become normal.
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Researchers have identified more genetic mutations that appear to be linked with cot death.
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MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Smoking may be an environmental trigger that activates pancreatic cancer in people with a family history of this usually fatal disease, a new study suggests.
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FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer drugs may be able to switch on a gene that tumor cells have switched off, potentially offering a new target for treatment, scientists say.
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An apple a day may keep colon cancer away through a plant chemical that reduces precancerous lesions. Researchers from the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) have
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Harvard researchers have found a new marker that may signal more invasive and lethal forms of colon cancer.
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Scientists have found a way to prevent bowel cancer from growing.
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U.S. scientists have discovered a gene that is the molecular mechanism that enables non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to halt the growth of cancer.
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- The test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a promising method of finding colorectal. A non-invasive test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a useful method of screening for colorectal cancer.
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(HealthDayNews) -- After cancers of the lung and breast, colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths among U.S. women. About 130,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed in the United States every year, resulting in 56,000 deaths.
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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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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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Researchers singled out the deaths of more than 300,000 cancer patients, because deaths from cancer are usually more predictable and less sudden than those from heart attacks, strokes or other ailments.
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A study published today in the American Gastroenterological Associationâs journal Gastroenterology concludes that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who require long-term insulin therapy are at a significantly increased risk for colorectal cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Eating lots of sugar and sugar-sweetened foods could increase a person's likelihood of developing cancer of the pancreas, by far one of the deadliest types of cancer, Swedish researchers report.