Presents options for those who don't want surgery, radiation
Fewer than 10 percent of the 100,000 men each year who get a diagnosis of early-stage prostate cancer and have the option of leaving the cancer in place while watching it actually do so. read more
Cancer survivors surveyed
Women who lose a breast to cancer report improvements in their state of mind and well-being three weeks after breast reconstruction surgery, a new survey indicates. read more
It’s been a 50-year-old dream, and a 23-year hunt, but the immortal mother cell behind the billions of new blood cells humans make every day has at last been discovered – raising the possibility of growing a new blood system for any patient who needs it. read more
Professor Anthony Miller provides further comment
November is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. We are re-posting (and have updated) this interview with Professor Anthony Miller, originally posted in 2009. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland of the male reproductive system that makes part of the liquid called seminal fluid that mixes with sperm from the testicles to make semen. Cancer of the [...]
Dr. Tak Mak, Director of the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, comments
Can the battle against breast cancer be won? Dr. Vincent Tuohy and his colleagues seem to think so with their ground breaking study in the June 10 issue of Nature medicine. This Ohio-based research group working out of the Cleveland Clinic has developed a vaccine that has been shown to inhibit breast cancer in mice [...]
Hormones appear to set the stage for breast cancer
Canadian researchers, led by U of T professor Rama Khokha, have discovered a link between ovarian hormones and breast stem-cell growth, a finding that appears to set the stage for the development of breast cancer. continued
Genetic mutation affecting brain cancer outcome identified
A team of scientists from the University of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles have identified a genetic mutation that plays a major role in the outcome of a paediatric brain cancer called choroid plexus carcinoma. The study also sheds light on why some choroid plexus tumours [...]
Should help identify right patients for radiation treatment
U of T researchers have discovered a new test that can drastically reduce the need for radiation treatment in low-risk patients recovering from thyroid cancer surgery, thereby sparing many patients from side-effects, and saving the costs of expensive therapies. And at a time when radioisotopes are in short supply, this test can reduce demand and [...]
Three unexpected genes involved in the disease
Scientists at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have discovered a powerful new tool that can help predict the prognosis for patients with bone cancer and help doctors more accurately determine how aggressively they need to treat specific patients. They found that the presence of a specific type of genetic [...]
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