London, Dec 26 (ANI): Scientists claim to have identified a family of “limpet-like” proteins that appears to play a vital role in repairing DNA damage which triggers cancer.
They hope that the finding may lead to new drugs, which could help kill [...]
London, Dec 22 (ANI): Young women who have sex at an early age are more likely to develop cervical cancer, a study of 20,000 women has found.
The finding came after experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer investigated why poorer women have a higher risk of the disease.
Until now, experts thought that the [...]
London, Nov 23 (ANI): In a revolutionary study, researchers have discovered what makes skin cancer grow – a finding that could lead to new ways to prevent the disease from spreading.
Although skin cancer is easily treated when caught early, it usually becomes fatal if it spreads to other parts of the body.
Dr Lesley Walker, Cancer [...]
London, November 13 (ANI): Sunbeds are increasingly putting children at risk of skin cancer, according to experts.
Researchers have estimated that a quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England have chances of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds.
In a letter written to this week’s BMJ, Catherine Thomson from Cancer Research UK and Professor Chris [...]
London, Oct 28 (ANI): An extract found in the yellowish orange Indian spice turmeric can kill oesophageal cancer cells, say scientists.
In the research, boffins found that when they treated oesophageal cancer cells in the laboratory with curcumin – a chemical in tumeric – it started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours. The cells also [...]
London, October 27 (ANI): Having the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for prevention of sexually-transmitted infection has left eight in 10 girls more cautious about the risks of having sex, a UK poll has found.
The team at the University of Manchester quizzed 500 girls and found that 79 per cent said having the jab reminded them [...]
London, Oct 4 (ANI): In the near future, cancer treatment will be dramatically transformed, Britain’s leading cancer scientist will announce this week.
On Wednesday, Sir David Lane, chief scientist at Cancer Research UK, will make the announcement citing the number of research projects reaching fruition, reports The Guardian.
“The next few years are going to be very [...]
London, Sep 21 (ANI): People who are above 55 years of age are less aware of how to reduce their risk of cancer than younger adults, revealed a survey in UK.
The YouGov survey of almost 2,000 people, commissioned by The World Cancer Research Fund [...]
London, Sept 14 (ANI): Having a second child within a year of the first birth can increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, finds a new study.
The research, involving 30,000 women each of whom had produced five or more children, has shown that those with a gap of less than 12 month were 5.2 [...]
London, August 10 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that unclear information is the reason patients are overestimating the side effects of medicines.
The finding attains significance because if the possible side effects of medicines are unclear, or patients cannot understand how common they are, there is a risk they will not take drugs prescribed for [...]
