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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A third of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative therapies, research suggests.
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The U.S. National Cancer Institute announced a new five-year plan on Monday to develop the use of tiny tools to fight cancer, saying nanotechnology just might provide the edge needed to defeat the disease.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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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.
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The U.S. National Cancer Institute  announced a new five-year plan on Monday to develop the use of  tiny tools to fight cancer, saying nanotechnology just might  provide the edge needed to defeat the disease.
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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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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will announce the largest hospital fund-raising campaign in New England history today, hoping to raise $1 billion to turn the rapidly growing scientific understanding of cancer into better treatments for cancer patients.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virginia residents and those from throughout the mid-Atlantic region will soon have access to one of the worlds&#39; most advanced cancer treatment systems.
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A federal panel chooses a go-slow approach to investigating whether workers got cancer at the nuclear weapons facility
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Researchers from the Wales College Of Medicine, Cardiff University in the UK have discovered what may be a clue to the prevention and treatment of cancer.
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The Kootenai Medical Center's North Idaho Cancer Center will begin offering some patients the option of taking part in trials of experimental cancer drugs, starting in January.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.
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After years of working toward the same goal as rivals, four leading cancer centers are linking efforts to fight a deadly bone disease.
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US researchers have found a way to use an antibiotic to correct a flaw in cancer cells that allows them to avoid the normal death process.
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Medical scans expose people to similar levels of radiation as atomic bombs used in Hiroshima, say experts.