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Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer: is a cancer that ignites in the lungs and most often exist in people who smoke. Two major types of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. The roots of lung cancer include smoking, secondhand smoke, exposure to certain toxins, and family history. The treatments vary but may include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy.
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SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Men, perhaps it's time to schedule a prostate screening exam with your doctor! New results from two eminent prostate
...
AUG 25, 2017
Cancer
Nearly half of American adults take some form of daily vitamin. The market is saturated with a dizzying selection of bra
...
AUG 17, 2017
Cancer
Alternative medicine options are becoming increasingly popular among patients. But results from a new study suggests tha
...
AUG 11, 2017
Videos
"Carcinogen" is a big, scary word that no one wants to see on their food labels, in items they use every day or in produ
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy that’s intended to kill cancer could, in some disturbing twists of fate, help cancer metastasize. Ala
...
AUG 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2017
Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s
...
AUG 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
No matter how you slice it, smoking is unequivocally dangerous to your health. Cigarette smoking is now the number one l
...
AUG 01, 2017
Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co
...
JUL 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found a way to highlight tumor tissue so it can be more effectively identified and removed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2017
Cancer
This year, an estimated 246,660 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease currently ranks as one
...
JUL 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Despite intense resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 06, 2017
Cancer
For the first time, scientists have captured on film cancer metastasis at the single-cell level in a mouse. "O
...
JUN 29, 2017
Videos
There is no dispute that cigarettes cause lung cancer, it says as much on every box. Quitting isn't easy given the addic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting an unprecedented look at tumors and organs - when the cells have been removed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2017
Cancer
Our immune system has an extraordinary capacity to fight pathogens and protect the body. Indeed, some immune cells can f
...
JUN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
On June 7, four workers were accidentally exposed to a large amount of nuclear fuel material at the Oarai Research and D
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 22, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 15, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 12, 2017
Immunology
Johns Hopkins scientists have a new tool against cancer, and it’s a thousand times smaller than a human hai
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2017
Cancer
Sometimes scientists have to work in reverse. That is, they may know that a compound seems to treat a disease, but then
...
MAY 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers that set out to study metabolism in cancer cells came to an interesting conclusion - some kinds of cancer ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc
...