Continue reading Could ‘barring exit from blood vessels’ stop breast cancer spread?
As more people are able to live a healthy life after cancer, recent research suggests that young women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer now have the chance to conceive later in life, thanks to safe and successful ovarian transplants.
Continue reading Ovarian transplants prove safe and effective for cancer patients
Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism that allows tumors to develop resistance to chemotherapy. The molecular mechanism acts as a backup when a gene called p53, that normally helps healthy cells prevent mutations, is missing. About half of tumors do not have p53.
Continue reading new clue about chemo-resistance in tumors could improve cancer treatments
Women should have the opportunity to begin annual screening for breast cancer from age 40 and also be allowed to continue screening annually after 55, according to the American Cancer Society’s new breast cancer guidelines, published in JAMA.
