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 group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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As a treatment for breast  cancer, radiation, even modern regimens, appears to increase  the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a report in  the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for March 7.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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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 National Cancer Institute launches a five-year, $144 million project today to investigate using nanotechnology, the science of building devices on the atomic level, to fight cancer.
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Dentists could test patients' spit for breast cancer if a new device gets the go-ahead.
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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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Scientists in Dundee hope that gene research will aid efforts to reduce medication for cancer patients.
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Cancer researchers may soon tap into school computers in Louisville to help develop new drugs to fight the disease.
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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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Democrat John Edwards said Sunday he is offering a strategy for dealing with cancer that would bolster research funding, create support networks for people dealing with the disease and encourage lifestyle changes to help keep others from getting it.
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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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The U.S. government should replace more than 1,000 irradiation machines used in hospitals and research facilities because terrorists could use the radioactive materials inside them to make "dirty" bombs, a government advisory panel has concluded.
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A gel to destroy cervical cancer cells and minimise the threat of disease is under development.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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A new treatment developed at Newcastle University uses light-sensitive antibodies that allow doctors to target tumours with precision, leaving healthy tissues untouched.