Study Shows Radiofrequency Ablation Highly Effective in Treating Kidney Tumors
A relatively new, minimally invasive treatment was 100 percent successful in eradicating small malignant kidney tumors in a study of more than 100 patients, report researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Researchers Uncover Key Trigger for Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product
Discovery could lead to new versions of drug being tested as a cancer treatment in humans
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego
Creighton Study Shows Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk
Most Americans and others are not taking enough vitamin D, a fact that may put them at significant risk for developing cancer, according to a landmark study conducted by Creighton University School of Medicine.
Radio Waves Fire Up Nanotubes Embedded in Tumors, Destroying Liver Cancer
Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by non-invasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and RiceUniversity has shown in preclinical experiments.
Substance in tree bark could lead to new lung-cancer treatment
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined how a substance derived from the bark of the South American lapacho tree kills certain kinds of cancer cells, findings that also suggest a novel treatment for the most common type of lung cancer. The compound, called beta-lapachone, has shown promising anti-cancer properties and is currently being used in a clinical trial to examine its effectiveness against pancreatic cancer in humans. Until now, however, researchers didn’t know the mechanism of how the compound killed cancer cells.