cancer treatment

The prospect of curing cancer with the ease of a few taps on a mobile device is on the horizon. A team of scientists at Rice University has secured forty-five million dollars in funding from the Advanced Research Projects...

New research shows that more Americans with early-stage prostate cancer are opting for active surveillance instead of surgery or radiation, which are the standard treatment options. This means that men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer are closely monitored...

Scientists in the UK have identified a cancer-killing virus involving therapy that uses a common virus to infect and destroy harmful cells. Early trials of the virus therapy on patients have been especially promising. The drug is a weakened form...

A team of researchers in Dallas, Texas, has identified a small molecule which could be used against treatment-resistant cancers.

Alex Nicholson, a 24-year-old man of Greek and English heritage, needs help now to help fight the leukemia that is ravaging his body. Suffering from leukemia, a cancer of the blood, he has now exhausted every usual treatment. His only...

The EMA has approved a new cancer treatment for bone marrow carcinoma that was developed by Greek researchers in a study codenamed "Apollo."

Spiders belonging to the Darling Downs funnel-web species can be found throughout eastern Australia, and two out of fourteen recorded people who have been bitten by the venomous arachnid have suffered severe symptoms of poisoning. However, the spider's poisonous...

Shortages of essential supplies and medication are forcing Greek hospitals to postpone scheduled treatments, including those for cancer patients, the Athens Medical Association (AMA) reported on Tuesday. It expressed grave concern over the inability of state hospitals to purchase...